The Week in Pictures: April 11 – 17, 2022

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 Anastasiu
His Grace Sofian of Brașov picked wild garlic near the Romanian Church Center in Munich on April 12, 2022. Photo: Facebook / Romanian Church Center in Munich
Painter Daniel Codrescu in the workshop. Photo: Instagram / Daniel Codrescu
A 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 Boca
Monk 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 Cathedral
The tomb of the new Saint Evmenios Saridakis, canonized on Thursday, April 14, 2022, by the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Photo: Imga.gr
Spring view of the Metropolitan Cathedral in Timișoara. Photo: Jivan Alina-Mariana
Triplets at Bucharest’s “St Nicholas – Gyka” Church. Photo: Liliana Neamțu
Rohia Monastery, where Nicolae Steinhardt lived after he was released from the communist prisons and took the monastic vows. Photo: Sonia Potra
Young 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 Ene
Sunset at Putna Monastery’s “St Elijah – Sălaș” Skete, on April 12, 2022. Photo: Facebook / Schitul Sălaș
Procession for the feast of the Entry of Our Lord into Jerusalem in the city of Iași on April 16, 2022. Photo: Doxologia / Silviu Cluci
Bucharest, 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 Florescu
The 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 Vienna
The 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 Canada
His 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 Sătmar
Willow branches distributed at Bucharest’s Plumbuita Monastery on the feast of the Entry of Our Lord into Jerusalem. Photo: Afsar Amirabadi
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew read the prayers before the preparation of the Holy Chrism. Photo: Ecumenical Patriarchate / Nikos Papachristou
Final photo after the procession for the feast of the Entry of Our Lord into Jerusalem at Pasărea Monastery near Bucharest. Photo: Gabriel Drumea
Palm Sunday procession in Jerusalem on April 16, 2022. Photo: Jerusalem Patriarchate
A child admires the church painting at the Warsaw Cathedral in Poland on Palm Sunday. Photo: Orthodox Church of Poland
Serbian Patriarchate priests preparing the Holy Chrism. Photo: Serbian Patriarchate
The Divine Liturgy celebrated on Palm Sunday at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu

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