The Week in Pictures: April 1 – 7, 2024

Today we present the 300th “Week in Pictures” photo-feature. The first article was published on July 18, 2018, and we have selected and presented unique images from the Orthodox world every week since then.

Sunset at Argeș Monastery, April 2, 2024. Photo credit: Facebook / Ovidiu Vlăsceanu
Romania’s Bucegi Mountains seen from the National Cathedral in Bucharest on April 3, 2024. Photo credit: Luigi Ivanciu
Bishop Polycarp of Belogradcik celebrated the Liturgy of the Presanctifies Gifts at the “Holy Spirit” Church in Sofia, Bulgaria, on April 3, 2024. Photo credit: Bulgarian Patriarchate
In the month of tree planting, members of the ATOS youth organization planted saplings at Ilișești Church Forest, Romania. Photo credit: Facebook / ATOS Suceava
Sâmbăta de Sus Monastery in the county of Brașov, Romania. Photo credit: Monk Paisie Vasile
Spring picture at Dervent Monastery, Constanța county, Romania. Photo credit: Protos. Sofronie Bobaru
Gendarmerie heroes remembered on the 174th anniversary of the Romanian Gendarmerie, April 3, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
The Holy Unction Sacrament at the Church of Saints Peter and Paul and of the Transylvanian Saints – in the Mediaș city cemetery, Romania. Photo credit: Ovidiu Tătar
Ostrov Monastery, Vâlcea county, Romania. Photo: Negru Carmen Adriana
The “Dormition of the Mother of God” Cathedral in Oradea, Romania. Photo credit: Delia Burt
Young acolyte next to St. Demetrius the New’s relics during their procession to Pajura Parish, Bucharest, on April 6, 2024. Photo credit: Gabriel Drumea
Fairytale snapshot at the Monastery of the “Mother of God Who Is Quick to Listen”, on April 4, 2024. Photo credit: Facebook / Mănăstirea „Maica Domnului Grabnic Ascultătoare”
Reflection of a candle at the Annunciation Church in Bacău, Romania, on April 7, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and BacăuReflection of a candle at the Annunciation Church in Bacău, Romania, on April 7, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
Rainbow in the sky over the “Holy three Hierarchs” Monastery in Ieud, Maramureș county, Romania. Photo credit: Fr. Dumitru Iuga
The Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, illuminated at the night. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Hierod. Nicolae Iftimiu
Patriarch Ilyia of Georgia on the Annunciation Feast on April 7, 2024. Photo credit: Georgian Patriarchate
The consecration of a monumental cross in Bucea, Cluj county, Romania, on April 7, 2024. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Ionuț Chifa
The Patriarch of Serbia celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Čelije Monastery, where Saint Justin Popovich lived, on April 7, 2024. Photo credit: Serbian Patriarchate
Icon of Jesus Christ the Good Shepherd, Doctor of our souls and bodies, which is the official icon of the 2024 Solemn-Comemmorative Year in the Romanian Patriarchate, has been painted at the Monastery of Pogleț, Bacău county, Romania. Photo credit: Ștefan Teliceanu
Local women at the church in Certeze, Satu Mare county, Romania, on April 7, 2024. Photo credit: Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
Metropolitan Nicholas of Plovdiv celebrated the Divine Liturgy on the Sunday of the Holy Cross at the Cathedral in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Photo credit: Bulgarian Patriarchate
Incense smoke attracts a child’s attention at Bucharst’s Plumbuita Monastery on April 7, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene

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