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The Week in Pictures: July 24 – 30, 2023

Summer camps, pilgrimages and many other unique images captured in the Orthodox world can be seen in our Week-in-Pictures feature for the week of July 24 – 30, 2023. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Aurelian Iftimiu (@ian.aurelian) Do you want to be featured in…

Jul 31, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: July 17 – 23, 2023

Events in the Orthodox world during the week of 17-23 July revolved around the feasts of St. Elijah the Prophet and St. Mary Magdalene. For the Romanian Orthodox Church, the highlights were the ordination of a new hierarch and the Patriarch Daniel’s birthday anniversary. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post:   View this post on Instagram…

Jul 27, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

Escaping war but longingly looking back: Diaconia Mission offers Ukrainian refugee mothers a holiday with their children

Throughout July 2023, refugee mothers from Ukraine spend a free holiday with their children in the Republic of Moldova, in a programme entitled “Bridges of Solidarity” and implemented by the Diaconia Social Mission with the financial support of Caritas Ambrosiana. Women who fled the war are torn between homesickness and fear for their future. The…

Jul 17, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

Photo submission deadline extended for Colours of Orthodoxy contest dedicated to Greece

The photo submission deadline for the “Colours of Orthodoxy” contest has been extended until July 31. This year’s edition of the contest is dedicated to Greece. The competition is open to all professional and amateur photographers from around the world. Participation in the competition is free. Organisers reserve the right to extend the duration of…

Jul 15, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: July 3 – 9, 2023

Camps, workshops, anniversaries, patronal feasts and concerts are some of the ingredients of Orthodox life from 3 to 9 July 2023. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Basilica.ro (@basilica.ro) Do you want to be featured in our weekly selection of photos? We would gladly include…

Jul 12, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

Archbishop of Râmnic celebrated Hieromartyr Anthimus the Georgian in the saint’s homeland

Romanian Orthodox Archbishop Varsanufie of Râmnic officiated the Divine Liturgy in Ude, Georgia – Hieromartyr Anthimus the Georgian’s native town. The saint was one of the Romanian hierarch’s predecessors on the throne of Râmnic. St Anthimus, who is honoured by both Romanians and Georgians, is celebrated in Georgia on June 26. On this day this…

Jun 30, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

The Path of Saints: 20,000 Romanian faithful process with the relics of St. John the New of Suceava

More than 20,000 Romanian Orthodox faithful participated last week in a procession with the relics of St. John the New of Suceava. The action inaugurated a series of events celebrating the patronal feast of the Archdiocesan Cathedral of Suceava, which is protected by the saint. The “Path of the Saints” procession was led by Archbishop…

Jun 30, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: June 19 – 25, 2023

During the week of June 19 – 25, the main religious events were centred around two important feasts, the Nativity of St John the Baptist and the Translation of the Relics of Great Martyr John the New of Suceava. Romanians also celebrated a part of their national identity on International Day of the Romanian Blouse…

Jun 26, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

Holy Hierarch Gregory, Metropolitan of Wallachia, honoured through a Night Vigil at the Romanian Cathedral in Québec

On Wednesday, His Grace Ioan Casian officiated a Night Vigil at the Romanian Orthodox Diocesan Cathedral in Saint-Hubert, Québec, in honour of Holy Hierarch Gregory, Metropolitan of Wallachia. The Romanian bishop was joined in the religious service by Protosyncellus Maxim Morariu, Ecclesiarch of the Cathedral, and by Fathers Traian Petre and Daniel Ungureanu. The liturgical…

Jun 23, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

Prayer on the ruins of the burnt church in Boian, Canada: It’s the moment for a new generation to build

HG Ioan Casian, Bishop of Canada, visited the Romanians from Boian, in the Canadian Province of Alberta. The hierarch’s visit came a week after a fire consumed the historic church of the community. Bishop Ioan Casian prayed at the site of the burnt church and participated in a meeting which aimed to determine the next…

Jun 22, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

The “Colours of Orthodoxy” photo contest promotes Greece this year

The “Colours of Orthodoxy” photo contest promotes Greece this year. The best photos will be exhibited and selected for the album “Colours of Orthodoxy. Greece”, to be published by the Polish Orthodox Church. Photo submissions are accepted until July 8, in the following categories: Places, Reportage, People, and Details. Participants are welcome to submit up…

Jun 21, 2023Ștefana Totorcea