The Week in Pictures: April 3 – 9, 2023

Please see below photos from the last week of Lent and from the great feast of the Lord’s Entry into Jerusalem in our Week in Pictures photo feature for the period April 3 – 9, 2023.

The Metropolitan of Cluj, Maramureș and Sălaj attended the 173rd anniversary of the Romanian Gendarmerie, on April 3, 2023. Photo: Facebook / Jandarmeria Cluj
The Metropolitan Cathedral in Iași covered by snow. Photo: Doxologia / Fr Silviu Cluci
A walk through the snow at Burcel’s Hill Monastery on April 5, 2023. Photo: Facebook / Mănăstirea Movila lui Burcel
The Pantazi Church, dedicated to the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel in Lungulețu, Romania, built between 1780 and 1790. Photo: Alex Matei
Bucharest, Romania: Many children could be seen among the participants in the procession on the eve of Palm Sunday. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
Procession on the eve of Palm Sunday at Pasărea Monastery on April 8, 2023. Photo: Gabriel Drumea
The Ecumenical Patriarch visited his home on the Turkish island of Imbros on April 8, 2023. Photo: Ecumenical Patriarchate / Nikos Papachristou
Sihăstria Monastery on Lazarus’ Saturday, April 8, 2023. Photo: Neagu Cristina
Children participating in the Flower Workshops organized at Bucharest’s Buna Vestire – Bellu Church. Photo: Georgiana Bărîcă
Works at the main entrance in the courtyard of the National Cathedral. Photo: Basilica.ro / Iulian Dumitrașcu
Călui Monastery, Romania, on Palm Sunday. Photo: Preduț Florin
A little girl with palm branches consecrated at the “Sts Peter and Paul and Transylvanian Martyrs” Church, Mediaș Cemetery, Romania. Photo: Ovidiu Tatar
Sunset over the National Cathedral being built in Bucharest, Romania. Photo: Filip Scarlat
Two little girls carrying Palm-Sunday willow branches on the streets of Paris after attending mass at the Romanian Orthodox Church of the Holy Three Hierarchs. Photo: Damian Filip
Palm Sunday celebrated in Jerusalem on April 9, 2023. Photo: Patriarchate of Jerusalem
Palm Sunday at the Archdiocesan Cathedral in Roman, Romania. Photo: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacau
His Eminence Casian distributing willow branches to the faithful on Palm Sunday, April 9, 2023. Photo: Archdiocese of the Lower Danube
The “St. John the Baptist – Fundeni” Church in Călărași, Romania, seen through the branches of flowering trees, on April 9, 2023. Photo: Basilica.ro / Simona Chivu
The “Ascent to the Resurrection” Procession with flowers held for Palm Sunday in the town of Murfatlar, Romania. Photo: Archdiocese of Tomis / Archdeacon. Vali Vădănoiu
Concert of hymns for Palm Sunday at the “Princely Saint Nicholas” Parish in Curtea de Argeș. Photo: Archdiocese of Argeș and Muscel
“Pray without ceasing. Give thanks for everything, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you” (Thessalonians I 5:17-18): Palm Sunday and patronal feast at Cernica Monastery near Bucharest, Romania, on April 9, 2023. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene

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