See educational workshops, pilgrimages, prayer moments and many more in our selection of Orthodox photographs taken between August 1 and 7, 2022.
The monks from Sitaru Monastery, Romania, took a group of children to a repair workshop for aircraft in Strejnicu, Prahova county. Photo: Facebook / Mănăstirea SitaruCelije Monastery, Serbia, where Saint Justin Popovich’s relics are kept. Photo: Darius EchimCanadian psychologist Jordan Peterson participated in the Divine Liturgy officiated in an Orthodox church in Miami. Photo: Instagram / Jonathan PageauThe Patriarch of Jerusalem received Greek general Charalampos Lalousis on August 4, 2022. Photo: Jerusalem Patriarchate / Heba HrimatTwin sisters holding little icons of St. Demetrios the New at the Patriarchal Cathedral on August 4, 2022. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela EneThe sole parish in Austria with the patronal feast of St John Jacob of Neamț is in Vöcklabruck and it celebrated its spiritual protector on August 5, 2022. Photo: Alexandru Stefan C.Prayer corner. Photo: Basilica.ro / Aurelian IftimiuLelic Monastery, Serbia, was founded by Holy Hierarch Nicholas Velimirovich and keeps his holy relics. Photo: Darius EchimSt John Jacob of Neamț was celebrated at the National Cathedral Chapel in Bucharest, Romania, on August 5, 2022. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea FlorescuOn August 5, 2022, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew visited the Balıklı Home for the elderly, which suffered severe damage after a fire. Photo: Ecumenical Patriarchate / N. PapachristouSt John Jacob of Neamț’s childhood home. Photo: Facebook / Golesie DanielaOașa Monastery kitchen: preparing the food for the participants in the International Oașa Summer Camp. Photo: Facebook / Mănăstirea OașaThree hierarchs and many pilgrims climbed Mount Ceahlău to celebrate the Transfiguration of the Lord, which is the patronal feast of the monastery on the top of the mountain. Photo: Doxologia / Lucian DucanHis Grace Nichifor of Botoşani, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Iaşi, blessed a girl at the Sângeap-Basaraba Monastery in the county of Iaşi, Romania, on August 6, 2022. Photo: Constantin CiofuOn August 6, 2022, Patriarch Daniel honoured the relics of St George of Cernica, an elder who was part of the Romanian Hesychast tradition. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea FlorescuDivine Liturgy celebrated at Comana Monastery, in the county of Giurgiu, Romania, on August 7, 2022. Photo: Mănăstirea ComanaGlass-painted icon workshop at the summer camp “Young People in Action” organized at the Apostolache Monastic Center. Photo: Valentin IvanHis Grace Timotei of Sătmar was greeted by a young man in national costume in the town of Cămărzana, Satu Mare county, Romania, on August 7, 2022. Photo: Diocese of Maramureș and SătmarVenerable Paphnutius the Iconographer was celebrated at the Romanian Robaia Monastery on August 7, 2022. Photo: Diocese of Argeș and MuscelMeeting of two monks: one Orthodox, the other Buddhist, on August 7, 2022. Photo source: Facebook / Calinic StupineanHadâmbu Monastery in the county of Iași, Romania, where pilgrims are greeted by the Protection of the Mother of God. Photo: Ioana GavrilescuCommemoration of the reposed at St George – Cloșca Skete in the county of Constanța, Romania, on August 7, 2022. Photo: Alina Elena DumitruThe Ecumenical Patriarch sang with the chanters the Paraklesis to the Mother of God on August 7, 2022. Photo: Ecumenical Patriarchate / Nikos PapachristouPrayer moment at “St John the New” Monastery in Suceava on August 7, 2022. Photo: Archdiocese of Suceava and RădăuțiRomania, August 7, 2022: Procession at the cave of St Theodora of Sihla on the eve of her feast. This year marks the 30th anniversary of her canonization. Photo: Doxologia / Pr. Silviu Cluci
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