The Week in Pictures: April 20-26, 2026

Pilgrimage sites, sunsets, the joy on the faces of the faithful, and much more were captured in photographs presenting the beauty of Orthodox life. Please find below our selection of photos taken between April 20 and 26, 2026.

The reliquary containing the Honourable Head of St George from Xenophontos Monastery on Mount Athos arrived at Pantocrator Monastery, Romania, on April 22, 2026. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Chandelier at St George Church in Vicovu de Sus, Romania, on the patronal feast day, April 23, 2026. Photo credit: Sabin Simota
Firefighters from Teleorman County Emergency Situations Inspectorate honoured the relics of Holy Great Martyr George at Pantocrator Monastery, Romania, on April 23, 2026. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Procession with the relics of St Lazarus the Bulgarian in Sofia, Bulgaria, on April 23, 2026. Photo credit: Bulgarian Patriarchate
Sunset at Dintr-un Lemn (“Made-of-One-Tree”) Monastery, Romania, on the feast of Holy Great Martyr George. Photo credit: Mănăstirea Dintr-un Lemn
Young Romanian boy Nectarie in the cell of his patron saint on the Island of Aegina, Greece. Photo credit: Corina Anghel
The wooden church of the Holy Archangels in Rogoz, Romania, is a UNESCO monument. Photo credit: Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
Romanian Orthodox Bishop Macarie of Northern Europe at a sheepfold in Bukovina, Romania, on April 25, 2026. Photo credit: Diocese of Northern Europe
Romanian child kisses the icon of his spiritual patron. Photo credit: Andrei-Robert Costandache 
Auxiliary Bishop Teofil of Trotuș blesses the anaphora at the Archdiocesan Cathedral in Roman, Romania, on April 26, 2026. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
The faithful participated in the Divine Liturgy at Ieud Monastery in the county of Maramureș, Romania, on April 26, 2026. Photo credit: Maramureș and Sătmar Diocese
Children dressed in traditional costume participated in the consecration of St George Church in the town of Sângeorz-Băi, Romania, on April 26, 2026. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius Echim
Under the fragrance of lilac flowers at the Divine Liturgy celebrated, for the Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women and the feast of the Synaxis of Romanian Holy Women, at “St Demetrius” Church in Balș, Romania. Photo credit: Alexandra Iliescu
The Evzones, Greek Presidential Guard, at “St Nicholas” Church in New York, USA, on April 26, 2026. Photo credit: Instagram / orthodoxobserver
A little girl, carried on her father’s back, joyfully looks over the crowd of pilgrims at the patronal feast of Pantocrator Monastery, Romania. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
Bishop Iustin of Maramureș and Sătmar at the “Meeting of the Lord” Cell on Mount Athos on April 26, 2026. Photo credit: Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
Thousands of pilgrims at the patronal feast of Pantocrator Monastery, Romania, on April 26, 2026. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene

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