The Week in Pictures: April 30 – May 5, 2019

Our selection of some of the most beautiful pictures taken around the Orthodox world during the Bright Week.

Heartbeat International granted the “Heart of Future” Award to Alexandra Nadane for her involvement in offering support to women in pregnancy crisis. Photo: Alexandra Nadane / Facebook
A nun rings the bell during the feast day of Saint Elizabeth the Wonderworker of Constantinople at Cluj Monastery. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj, Maramureș and Sălaj
Patriarch Kirill presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Intercession Monastery in Moscow on the feast of Saint Matrona. Photo: Patriarhia Moscovei / Pr. Igor Palkin
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew joined the March of the Living, a 3-kilometer walk from the Auschwitz concentration camp to Birkenau in Poland, to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust. Photo: Twitter / Auschwitz Museum
As part of the Grain of light Easter Campaign, Fr Dan Damaschin from Iasi managed to bring joy to over 4,000 children from poor families living in the villages of Moldavia. Photo: Dan Damaschin / Facebook
Patriarch Daniel blesses believers and sprinkles them with holy water on the feast of the Life-Giving Spring at Jercălăi Monastery. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene
President of Uganda laid the foundation stone of a new Orthodox Cathedral in Kampala. Photo: Twitter / Yoweri Museveni
The Patriarch of Romania gives away icon cards at St Eleftherios Church in Bucharest during his visit on Sunday of St Thomas. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene
Pope Francis kissing the engolpion of Patriarch Neophyte during his official visit to Bulgaria and North Macedonia. Photo: Vatican News

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