Please see below our weekly selection of Orthodox snapshots – this time captured in the period between the feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God and the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost. Which one is your favourite?
Liturgical moment: partaking of the Body of Christ at the feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God at Glâmbocel-Deal Parish in the county of Argeș, Romania. Photo: Casian CosmaThe yearly pilgrimage to Nicula Monastery in Transylvania, for the feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God on August 15, 2022. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius EchimThe Pasărea Monastery community, near Bucharest, sang praises to the Mother of God on August 15, 2022. Photo: Gabriel DrumeaConstruction works at the “St John the Baptist” Curch in Gładyszów, Poland. Photo: Facebook / Dzieło budowy cerkwi prawosławnej w GładyszowiePatriarch Daniel blessed the Church of the Ghighiu Monastery, 60 kilometres north of Bucharest, Romania, on August 15, 2022. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea FlorescuThe icon of the Holy Brâncoveanu Martyrs, represented carrying their heads like offerings on plates, similarly to St John the Baptist, next to a portion of the holy relics of Prince Martyr Constantin Brâncoveanu, at Bucharest’s Fundenii Doamnei Parish on August 16, 2022. Photo: Diac. Cătălin RobeChildren of the Pietricica Parish, Romania, during summer school. Photo: Iustina LăcătușuMothers waiting in line for their children to be offered the Holy Communion at “St George – New” Parish in Bucharest, Romania, on August 16, 2022, when the worship place celebrated one of its patronal feasts, the Holy Brâncoveanu Martyrs. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela EneIcon offered by Patriarch Daniel to Zosin Monastery in the county of Botoșani, Romania. It was adorned with flowers for the feast of the Holy Brâncoveanu Martyrs on August 16, 2022. Photo: Lori GiaA rainbow appeared immediately after taking the holy relics of St Jacob of Putna back into the Putna Monastery Chapel on August 16, 2022. The Romanian monastery celebrated its historical patronal feast on August 15 and the Commemoration of its founders on August 16. Photo: Stoian CristinaEcumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I at the Sumela Monastery in Turkey on August 15, 2022. Photo: Ecumenical Patriarchate / Nikos PapachristouRainbow over the church in Visuia, Bistrița-Năsăud county, Romania. Photo: Fr. Călin PopPicture in picture: the photo of a photo of St Nektarios of Aegina, taken on August 17, 2022. Photo: Facebook / Tudor CălinA ray of light descended on the icon of the Saviour at the Lazaret Church in the city of Bacău, Romania. Photo: Reichbuch Ioana-LuizaA child offers flowers to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I upon His Sanctity’s arrival on Imbros Island on August 19, 2022. Photo: Ecumenical Patriarchate / Nikos PapachristouThe bell of the church on Tabor Mountain on the feast of the Lord’s Transfiguration, which was celebrated, according to the unrevised calendar, on August 19, 2022. Photo: Jerusalem Patriarchate / Heba HrimatPrayer corner in Chania, on the Island of Crete, Greece. Photo: Ana Maria AciubotărițeiThe blessing of the grapes at the feast of the Lord’s Transfiguration according to the unrevised calendar, at Decani Monastery in Serbia, on August 19, 2022. Photo: Twitter / Decani MonasteryMetropolitan Panteleimon of Veria blessed the koliva at the Panagia Soumela Monastery in Vermio, Greece. Photo: IMBNK / Gherasimos BekesPrayer corner with an icon of St Eumenios Saridakis, recently canonized by the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Photo: Basilica.ro / Aurelian IftimiuThe Bishop of Dacia Felix visited the Romanian faithful in the region of Timoc, north-eastern Serbia. Photo: Facebook / Bojan AleksandrovicThe Church of the 7 Saints George in Paphos, Cyprus, on August 20, 2022. Photo: Gabriel DrumeaFather Dan Damaschin blessed rap artist Connect-R, who came to sing at the charitable Festival Inimo in Iași, Romania, on August 21, 2022. Photo: Facebook / Preot Dan DamaschinChildren from the Valea Seacă Parish, in the county of Satu Mare, northern Romania, dressed in traditional costumes for the Sunday religious service, on August 21 2022. Photo: Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
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