Our current Week-in-Pictures photo feature invites you to a virtual trip to the remote land of New Zealand and back to Romania, presenting the cultural richness of the Orthodox world and illustrating the deep connections between faith, community and tradition.
Faces of pilgrims participating in the Youth Pilgrimage The Youth Pilgrimage on foot from Iclod to Nicula Monastery, Romania, on April 20, 2024. Photo credit: Sebastian SuărășanApril morning at Parepa Monastery in Prahova County, Romania. Photo credit: Hierom. Benedict RusuLadder going up to the Burning Bush Museum of the Antim Monastery in Bucharest, Romania. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Hierod. Nicolae IftimiuAn oasis of peace at Pogleț Monastery, Bacău county, Romania. Photo credit: Florin PostolacheHis Grace Michael, Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Australia and New Zealand, with the panorama of Wellington, New Zealand in the background. Photo credit: Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New ZealandBeautiful rainbow over Antim Monastery in Bucharest, Romania. Photo credit: Veronica ApostolAn icon of Our Lady in the back window of a parked car in Bucharest. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca Emanuela Ene Funeral service for Hieromonk Ioachim Enea, treasurer of Cernica Monastery, Romania, on April 17, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Hierod. Nicolae IftimiuOld couple coming to Bucharest’s Patriarchal Cathedral for the service of the Great Canon on April 17, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca Emanuela EneA synaxis of priests enters the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on April 19, 2024. Photo credit: Ecumenical PatriarchateThe Akhatist Hymn at the Church dedicated to the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul and the Transylvanian Saints in the Mediaș Cemetery, Romania. Photo credit: Ovidiu TătarThe Youth Pilgrimage on foot from Iclod to Nicula Monastery, Romania, took place on Saturday, April 20, 2024. Metropolis of Cluj / Darius EchimSunset at Nicula Monastery, Romania, on April 20, 2024. Photo credit: Anca-Maria BicaEcumenical Patriarch at the 9th “Our Ocean” International Conference. Photo credit: Ecumenical Patriarchate / Nikos PapachristouPrayers to Venerable Demetrius the New during the historic pilgrimage organised in Bucharest’s 6th Sector Deanery on April 20, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca Emanuela EneThousands of faithful were present at Rohia Monastery in northern Romania on April 21, 2024, to celebrate 30 years since their bishop, His Grace Iustin of Maramureș and Sătmar, became a hierarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Photo credit: Diocese of Maramureș and SătmarMoment of prayer at the “Saint Paraskeva” Archdiocesan Cathedral in Roman on April 21, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău“Veniamin Costachi” Orthodox Theological Seminary from Neamț Monastery, Romania. Photo credit: “Veniamin Costachi” Orthodox Theological Seminary / Cristi IeremiaDivine Liturgy at the “Saint Paraskeva” Archdiocesan Cathedral in Roman on April 21, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and BacăuSeveral hierarchs of the Romanian Orthodox Church were present at Rohia on April 21, 2024, to celebrate 30 years since Bishop Iustin of Maramureș and Sătmar became a hierarch. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Marius RomilăThe historical pilgrimage with the relics of St Demetrius the New through the Archdiocese of Bucharest reached Brâncuși Parish from Bucharest’s 6th Sector on April 21, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
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