The Week in Pictures: April 22 – 29, 2019
A selection of the best pictures from last week’s events in the Orthodox world.
Important news
Patriarch Daniel at Agape Vespers: Peace and joy are two gifts that bring gladness to human soul
During his homily at the Agape Vespers on Pascha Sunday, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel reflected on the gifts offered by the Saviour Jesus Christ after his resurrection, saying that ‘peace and joy are two gifts…
Patriarch Daniel welcomes Holy Fire at Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest
His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, welcomed Saturday evening, April 27, 2019 at the Patriarchal Cathedral the Holy Fire (Light) from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. The Assistant Bishops to the Patriarch,…
Holy Fire arrives in Romania
The Holy Fire arrived in Romania on Saturday evening, April 27, 2019. The plane bringing the Romanian delegation, headed by His Grace Bishop Timotei of Prahova, landed on Henri Coandă International Airport at 19:09 The…
Holy Fire has descended in Church of Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem
The Holy Fire has descended in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, as seen on the live stream on the Facebook page of the Jerusalem Patriarchate. The Holy Light descended at about 2:30 PM.…
Everything that is beautiful in the church is a sign of Christ’s adoration: Patriarch of Romania on Palm Sunday
The Patriarch of Romania during the Divine Liturgy on Palm Sunday told the faithful that the beautiful vestments, liturgical objects, icons and painting are signs of Christ’s adoration, which does not oppose the care for…
Romania Patriarch laments ‘cruelest expression of dehumanizing violence’ of Sri Lanka attack
The Patriarch of Romania denounced the ‘cruelest expression of dehumanizing violence and alienation from God’ of the Sunday slaughter of Christians and foreigners in Sri Lanka as Catholics celebrate Easter by lamenting the bloodshed and…
Patriarch Daniel: We took the profession of faith out of church walls and showed it publicly to the city
‘We took the profession of our faith out of church walls and showed it publicly to the city,’ the Patriarch of Romania told the people gathered on the Patriarchate’s Hill in Bucharest at the conclusion…
Thousands flood Bucharest to remember Christ’s Entry into Jerusalem: VIDEO
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. The worshipers…
‘The Good to Know’ online magazine: April 2019
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