The Week in Pictures: April 17 – 23, 2023

This year, the last day of Holy Week coincided with the feast of Holymartyr George, one of the most beloved Orthodox saints. Please see below our selection of photos from the Orthodox world, taken between 17 and 23 April 2023, in our Week-in-Pictures photo feature.

On the second day of Easter, April 17, 2023, the National Cathedral Chapel celebrated one of its patronal feasts: “The Resurrection of the Lord”. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Moment of peace somewhere in the Transylvanian Hills, April 20, 2023. Photo credit: Facebook / Sorin Onișor
Christ Pantocrator mirrored in a young man’s phone at the “Dormition of the Mother of God” Church in Mociu, Cluj county, Romania. Photo credit: Emanuel Balla
Pilgrims prayed at the “Syriac” Mother of God Wonder-working Icon on the feast day of the Romanian Ghighiu Monastery, April 21, 2023. Photo credit: Ziarul Lumina / Mihnea Panduru
The feast of the Life-Giving Fountain of the Mother of God at “Saint Anne” Monastery in Rohia, Maramureș county, Romania, on April 21, 2023. Photo credit: Facebook / Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
The feast of the Life-Giving Fountain of the Mother of God at Pasărea Monastery near Bucharest, Romania, on April 21, 2023. Photo credit: Gabriel Drumea
His Eminence Varlaam of Ploiești, Patriarchal Auxilliary Bishop, celebrated the Divine Liturgy and officiated the blessing of water on Friday, April 21, 2023, at the Patriarchal Cathedral, for the feast of the Life-Giving Fountain of the Mother of God. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene
His Eminence Calinic of Suceava and Rădăuți blessed the faithful at the Archdiocesan Cathedral in Suceava on the feast day of the Life-Giving Fountain of the Mother of God, April 21, 2023. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți
The spring under the Holy Altar of the Romanian-Greek “Annunciation” Church in Brăila is opened once a year, on the feast of the Life-Giving Fountain of the Mother of God on Good Friday. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Lower Danube
The feast of the Life-Giving Fountain was celebrated at the Glavacioc Monastery, Romania, on April 21, 2023. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Argeș and Muscel / Cristian Gheorghe
Reflection in a vessel with holy water at the Orthodox Cathedral in Roman, eastern Romania, on April 21, 2023. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
Children dressed in folk costumes on St Thomas’ Sunday at the Military Church in Timișoara on April 23, 2023. Photo credit: Dan Sara
Koliva decorated with the icon of St. George at the Coțofănești Parish in Onești Deanery, Romania, for the saint’s feast celebrated on April 23, 2023. Photo credit: Florin Postolache
Several hierarchs of the Romanian Orthodox Church attended the celebration of the patronal feast of the Orthodox Diocesan Cathedral in Caransebeș, western Romania. Photo credit: Diocese of Caransebeș
Holy Martyr George’s icon is woven on an epigonation, vestment article worn by hierarchs and high-ranking priests. Photo credit: Alexandru Paraschiv
Holy Martyr George’s icon at the entrance of the church in Curtea de Argeș, Romania. The saint is a protector of the church and is celebrated on April 23, 2023. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Argeș and Muscel
Romania: Comana Monastery and its beautiful surroundings as seen from the drone. Photo credit: Comana Monastery / Dragoș Grigore

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