The Week in Pictures: April 15 – 21, 2019

A selection of the best pictures from last week’s events in the Orthodox world.

Georgian PM visits St Anthimos Monastery in Bucharest. Photo: Basilica.ro
A fire broke out at the Notre Dame Cathedral. Photo: The Telegraph
Young audience at the charity concert titled “Steps to the Light of the Resurrection” at the Church of St. Eleftherios in Bucharest. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene
The exhibition “Byzantine liturgical embroideries from Romania” opened at the Louvre Museum. Photo: ZL
Monk playing the semantron during the Palm Sunday procession in Bucharest. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene
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. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene
People carry palm branches during the Palm Sunday procession in Jerusalem. Photo: Jerusalem Patriarchate
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow sprinkles believers with holy water during on the eve of Palm Sunday. Photo: Moscow Patriarchate
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