The Week in Pictures: April 6-12, 2026

We present a selection of photographs captured during the most important week of the year for Orthodox Christians – Holy Week, a time of reflection, prayer, and spiritual preparation for the great Feast of the Resurrection of the Lord.

The Holy Cross illumines the altar of the Students’ Church in the Hașdeu University Campus. Photo credit: Sebastian Suărășan
“The sun knows its setting” (Psalm 103:20). The National Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, seen from the Patriarchate Hill. Photo credit: Archim. Andrei Anghel
The Washing of the Feet service on Holy Thursday at the Romanian Orthodox Mono Monastery in Canada, on April 9, 2026. Photo credit: Mono Monastery
A child kissing the Holy Cross during the Matins of the Twelve Gospels at Saint George Parish in Vicovu de Sus, Romania, on April 9, 2026. Photo credit: Sabin Simota

The Matins of the Twelve Gospels, celebrated on Holy Thursday at the Romanian Orthodox “Three Holy Hierarchs” Church in Paris, on April 9, 2026. Photo credit: Three Holy Hierarchs Church – Paris

A child kissing the Holy Cross brought out from the altar of the Patriarchal Cathedral during the Holy Thursday Matins. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Kissing and embracing the Cross of the Lord, on April 9, 2026. Photo credit: Facebook / Saint Paraskeva Parish – Meteș
Silhouettes of monastics and faithful at Essex Monastery in England during the Good Friday procession. Photo credit: Jessy Papasavva Photography
Patriarch Daniil of Bulgaria brings the Holy Cross into the middle of the church during the Holy Thursday Matins, on April 9, 2026. Photo credit: Bulgarian Patriarchate
A unique photographic perspective featuring the icon of Christ Pantocrator and the Holy Cross, on April 9, 2026. Photo credit: Rafail Georgiades
A little girl stands next to Patriarch John of Antioch during the Holy Thursday Matins at the Cathedral in Damascus, Syria. Photo credit: Facebook / Antioch Patriarchate
Procession with the Holy Epitaphios despite strong winds at Mull Monastery in Scotland. Photo credit: Facebook / Mull Monastery
Faithful in Thessaloniki, Greece, taking part together in the Lamentations service. Photo credit: Metropolis of Thessaloniki
A two-year-old girl brings flowers to the Lamentations at the Romanian Orthodox Monastery in Mono, Canada, on April 10, 2026. Photo credit: Mono Monastery
The Lamentations service at the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul and the Transylvanian Saints – Cemetery Church in Mediaș, Romania. Photo credit: Ovidiu Tătar
Procession with the Holy Epitaphios on the Greek island of Hydra. Photo credit: X.com / @zoemertika
Light and prayer at Hlincea Monastery, Romania, on April 11, 2026. Photo credit: Cristian Bârleanu
A moment from the Divine Liturgy celebrated on Holy Saturday in Thessaloniki, Greece. Photo credit: Metropolis of Thessaloniki
The joy of the coming of the Holy Light at the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Photo credit: Facebook / Jerusalem Patriarchate
The church founded by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania in his native village of Dobrești, Timiș County, awaiting the Resurrection of the Lord. Photo credit: Ioana Gavrilescu
Distribution of the Holy Light on the night of Pascha at the Orthodox Cathedral in Tirana, Albania. Photo credit: Albanian Patriarchate
The night of the Resurrection at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene
Blessing of Easter baskets at Saint Elijah Church in London, on April 12, 2026. Photo credit: Cristina Zaharescu
His Grace Bishop Samuel of Bistrița at the Resurrection service, on April 12, 2026. Photo credit: Sebastian Suărășan
Eternitatea Cemetery in Roman, Romania, illuminated on the night of the Resurrection. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
The faithful received the Holy Light on Pascha night at Holy Trinity Cathedral in New York, USA. Photo credit: Orthodox Observer / Brittainy Newman

Patriarch Daniel at the Vespers service on the first day of Pascha at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, on April 12, 2026. Photo credit: Ziarul Lumina / Luigi Ivanciu

Romanian Orthodox Pascha: Parascheva and Teodora crack Easter eggs in front of the icons of their patron saints, on April 12, 2026. Photo credit: Larisa Damean
Patriarch Porfirije of Serbia offers a red egg to a little girl, on April 12, 2026. Photo credit: Serbian Patriarchate
Pascha in Southern Bukovina, Romania, on April 12, 2026. Photo credit: Sabin Simota
Children dressed in traditional clothing at the church of Glod Parish in Maramureș, Romania, on April 12, 2026. Photo credit: Raluca-Florentina Vlad
“Church egg-tapping championship” at the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul and the Transylvanian Saints – Cemetery Church in Mediaș, Romania, on April 12, 2026. Photo credit: Ovidiu Tătar
The joy of the Paschal feast at Mull Monastery in Scotland. Photo credit: Facebook / Mull Monastery

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