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The Week in Pictures: April 15 – 21, 2019

A selection of the best pictures from last week’s events in the Orthodox world.

Apr 25, 2019Mircea Florescu

In pictures: Preparation of the Holy Chrism during Holy Week

His Eminence Metropolitan Laurentiu of Transylvania led the work of preparing Holy Chrism during the Holy Week at the All Romanian Saints Monastery in Bucharest. The preparation began on Monday morning, April 22, 2019, with Patriarch Daniel blessing the ingredients before preparation and Holy Week services got underway. Wednesday afternoon, the cooking concluded and the…

Apr 25, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Basilica photos: Selection of pictures from this year’s Bucharest Palm Sunday procession

Thousands of clergy and believers lined the streets of Bucharest to remember Christ’s glorious Entry into Jerusalem but also to profess their faith publicly during the annual Palm Sunday procession on Saturday afternoon. Foto credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene

Apr 20, 2019Raluca-Emanuela Ene

The Week in Pictures: April 8 – 14, 2019

A selection of the best pictures from last week’s events in the Orthodox world.

Apr 15, 2019Mircea Florescu

PHOTO | Feast St. Callinicus celebrated at Cernica Monastery

Hundreds of believers faced the rain to honor the relics of St. St Callinicus and attended the Divine Liturgy officiated Thursday, April 11, 2019, b y His Grace Bishop Timotei of Prahova at Cernica Monastery. Photography courtesy of Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu

Apr 12, 2019Mircea Florescu

Photo | Patriarch Daniel attended the Divine Liturgy celebrated at the Antim Monastery

On the fourth Sunday of Great Lent, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel attended the Divine Liturgy celebrated at the Antim Monastery. Photography courtesy of Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu

Apr 11, 2019Mircea Florescu

PHOTO | The Great Canon of St Andrew of Crete at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest

On Wednesday, April 10, 2019, the patriarchal auxiliary bishop Varlaam of Ploiești officiated the Great Canon of St Andrew of Crete at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. His Grace said that the Canon is “a dramatic dialogue between our consciousness and soul.’ Photography courtesy of Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu

Apr 11, 2019Mircea Florescu

Photo Gallery | Feast of the Annunciation at the Patriarchal Cathedral

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel presided over the Divine Liturgy celebrated on the Annunciation of the Theotokos at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. Concelebrant for the Divine Liturgy was His Beatitude’s patriarchal auxiliary bishop Varlaam of Ploiesti, chief secretary of the Holy Synod. Photography courtesy of Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene

Mar 27, 2019Raluca-Emanuela Ene

In pictures: HB Patriach Daniel at the Chapel of the National Cathedral on the second Sunday of the Great Lent

On the second Sunday of Great Lent, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel attended the Divine Liturgy celebrated at the Chapel of the Romanian People’s Salvation Cathedral in Bucharest, where he offered his reflections on the day’s Gospel reading and the life of Saint Gregory Palamas. Photography courtesy of Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene

Mar 27, 2019Raluca-Emanuela Ene

Photo Gallery | March for life 2019 in Bucharest

Thousands of people took the streets on Saturday, March 23, 2019, to support the rights of unborn children and of mothers in a pregnancy crisis. Photography courtesy of Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene

Mar 27, 2019Raluca-Emanuela Ene

The week in pictures: March 11 – 17, 2019

A selection of the best pictures from last week’s events in the Orthodox world.  

Mar 18, 2019Mircea Florescu