The Week in Pictures: August 31 – September 6, 2020

Orthodoxy in a selection of photo shots presenting a sunset, beautiful landscapes and people participating in Church life. Please see below our regular Week in Pictures photo feature for the period August 31 and September 6, 2020.

Kickboxer Cătălin Moroșanu participates in the religious service at Bucharest’s St Joachim and Anna – Old Obor Church. Photo: Facebook / Ciprian Tudor

The 6th edition of the Creativity Camp “The Icon in a Child’s Soul” was held at the Museum of the Banat Village from the Green Forest. Photo: Metropolis of Banat

“The Goody House”, in the Galaţi-county parish of Frumuşiţa, has been set up for those willing to help: in it, they can leave non-perishable food products, bread, sweets, clothing, school stationery and hygiene products. Photo: Archdiocese of Lower Danube

The Cross on the Negoiu Peak, the second tallest mountain peak in Romania. Photo: Aurelian Iftimiu

HE Teofan, Metropolitan of Moldavia and Bukovina, blessing a child. Photo: Doxologia / Flavius Popa

A flock of sheep grazing on beautiful Bukovina’s hills, with the Putna Monastery on the background. Photo credit: Instagram / Hierodeacon Ioan Tofan

Child in Romanian traditional costume waiting to receive the Holy Communion. Photo: Archdiocese of Argeș and Muscel

Athonite monk fishing in the clear waters of the Aegean Sea. Photo: Instagram / Ieradeisis.gr

HG Benedict of Bistrița and child acolytes from the town of Maieru, in the county of Bistrița-Năsăud. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj, Maramureș and Sălaj

HE Ioachim greeted with the traditional bread and salt at the Parincea Monastery, where he blessed a social-philanthropic establishment. Photo: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău

Families from the town of Ieudișor, in the Deanery of Vișeu, participating in the Divine Liturgy officiated by HG Timotei of Sătmar. Photo: Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar

Pilgrims at the Donskoi Monastery, Moscow, on the feast of the “Donskaia” Icon of the Mother of God. Photo: The Patriarchate of Moscow / Oleg Varov

View of the “Nativity of the Mother of God” Church and the town of Cârjelari in Tulcea county. Photo: Diocese of Tulcea

Sunset over the Brănești town graveyard from Ilfov county, 20 kilometres east of Bucharest. Photo: Gabriel Drumea

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*RO: ??? În ziua de 1 septembrie sărbătorim Ziua mondială de rugăciune pentru ocrotirea creaţiei. ? Această zi a fost instituită în urmă cu 30 de ani de Patriarhul Ecumenic Dimitrie I al Constantinopolului, care a adresat printr-o enciclică o invitaţie tuturor creştinilor de a se ruga pentru protecţia mediului înconjurător. ??‍♂️?”Dependența umanului de natură, care nu înseamnă coborârea lui la ea, ci invers, este atât de adâncă, încât se poate spune că natura este o parte a naturii omului, e sursa unei părți a naturii umane și deci condiție a existenței și a dezvoltării integrale a omului pe pământ. ? Omul nu se poate concepe în afara naturii cosmice. Aceasta poate să însemne că nici natura nu-și împlinește rostul ei fără om, sau printr-un om care lucrează contrar ei. ☢️ Prin coruperea, sterilizarea și otrăvirea naturii, omul face imposibilă existența sa și a semenilor. ? Astfel natura nu este numai condiția existenței omului singular, ci și a solidarității umane.” ? Dumitru Stăniloae, Teologia Dogmatică Ortodoxă ? Basilica.ro . . . #bineledestiut #rugaciune #natura #creatie #creator #ortodoxie #ortodox #monah #părinteledumitrustăniloae #teologie #creationism #manastire #spiritualitate

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