St Demetrius Church in Bucharest’s old town centre is the only church in the Romanian capital to have a portable painted icon of St Jude the Brother of the Lord, the apostle to whom we pray in times of hopeless cases.
On June 19, 2020, St Jude was solemnly celebrated during a Divine Liturgy.
Photography courtesy of: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
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