On the Sixth Sunday of Lent, Orthodox Christians celebrated the Entry of Our Lord into Jerusalem. Please see below a photo journal of the week of April 11 – 17, 2022.
Sunset at Jercălăi Monastery. Photo: Olga AnastasiuHis Grace Sofian of Brașov picked wild garlic near the Romanian Church Center in Munich on April 12, 2022. Photo: Facebook / Romanian Church Center in MunichPainter Daniel Codrescu in the workshop. Photo: Instagram / Daniel CodrescuA charitable concert of Easter religious music, entitled “Steps Towards Resurrection” raised funds for the “St Sophia” Children Center of the Cornești Parish in the county of Cluj on April 12, 2022. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj / Nicolae BocaMonk prepreparing the tombs for the great feast of the Lord’s Resurrection at Dervent Monastery in the county of Constanța. Photo: Protosyncellus Sofronie Bobaru.An acolyte reciting the Creed at the Diocesan Cathedral in the city of Oltenița. Photo: Oltenița CathedralThe tomb of the new Saint Evmenios Saridakis, canonized on Thursday, April 14, 2022, by the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Photo: Imga.grSpring view of the Metropolitan Cathedral in Timișoara. Photo: Jivan Alina-MarianaTriplets at Bucharest’s “St Nicholas – Gyka” Church. Photo: Liliana NeamțuRohia Monastery, where Nicolae Steinhardt lived after he was released from the communist prisons and took the monastic vows. Photo: Sonia PotraYoung people in the city of Suceava participated in the Procession organized to celebrate the Entry of Our Lord into Jerusalem. They wore folk costumes and carried the traditional willow branches. Photo: Suceava Orthodox Youth Association (ATOS)Calmness and prayer at Cornu Monastery on the eve of the Entry of Our Lord into Jerusalem. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca EneSunset at Putna Monastery’s “St Elijah – Sălaș” Skete, on April 12, 2022. Photo: Facebook / Schitul SălașProcession for the feast of the Entry of Our Lord into Jerusalem in the city of Iași on April 16, 2022. Photo: Doxologia / Silviu CluciBucharest, Capital city of Romania: Hundreds of clerics and thousands of faithful participated in the procession for the feast of the Entry of Our Lord into Jerusalem on Saturday, April 16, 2022. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea FlorescuThe Entry of Our Lord into Jerusalem at one of the Romanian Orthodox parishes in Vienna, Austria. Photo: “Holy Prince Stephen the Great” Romanian Church in ViennaThe Entry of Our Lord into Jerusalem was also celebrated in Damascus Cathedral. Photo: Antiochian Patriarchate Pilgrims at the “Elevation of the Holy Cross and St Ephraimus the New” Monastery in Canada, on the Sunday of the Entry of Our Lord into Jerusalem. Photo: Diocese of CanadaHis Grace Iustin blessing the faithful and the willow branches on the Sunday of the Entry of Our Lord into Jerusalem. Photo: Diocese of Maramureș and SătmarWillow branches distributed at Bucharest’s Plumbuita Monastery on the feast of the Entry of Our Lord into Jerusalem. Photo: Afsar AmirabadiEcumenical Patriarch Bartholomew read the prayers before the preparation of the Holy Chrism. Photo: Ecumenical Patriarchate / Nikos PapachristouFinal photo after the procession for the feast of the Entry of Our Lord into Jerusalem at Pasărea Monastery near Bucharest. Photo: Gabriel DrumeaPalm Sunday procession in Jerusalem on April 16, 2022. Photo: Jerusalem PatriarchateA child admires the church painting at the Warsaw Cathedral in Poland on Palm Sunday. Photo: Orthodox Church of PolandSerbian Patriarchate priests preparing the Holy Chrism. Photo: Serbian PatriarchateThe Divine Liturgy celebrated on Palm Sunday at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
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