Carol singers began to spread the good tidings about the Nativity of the Lord both in Romania and abroad. Many children also enjoyed the gentleness and kindness of St. Nicholas embodied by Santa Claus, while churches and monasteries celebrated the feast of this great miracle-worker. We invite you to visit a virtual exhibition of photos taken between December 2-8, 2024.
Icon-painting workshop with children from Bivolărie Parish, in the county of Suceava, Romania. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Suceava and RădăuțiThe remains of Holy Priest Martyr Constantine Sârbu, recently canonized by the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church, were exhumed on December 2, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela EneA Romanian gendarme prays using an Orthodox prayer rope during a liturgical event. Photo credit: Diocese of Tulcea
A procession with the relics of Venerable George was held on December 3, 2024, at Cernica Monastery, which he renewed spiritually and materially while he was its abbot. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
A fragment of the relics of St. John the Baptist was brought to Bucharest’s “St. George-New” Church and it was placed for worship next to the altar, alongside St. Nicholas’s right hand from the church’s patrimony, on December 4, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Procession in honour of St. Nicholas, patron saint of the Romanian city of Brăila, on December 4, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Lower DanubePatriarch Daniel with the children who participated in the “St. Nicholas among children” Concert, organized at the Patriarchal Palace on December 5, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea FlorescuThe Metropolitan of Cluj blessed the Cluj County Ambulance Service headquarters on December 5, 2024. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius EchimA group of children sang at “St. Gregory Peradze” Church in Warsaw, Poland, on the saint’s feast day, December 6, 2024. Photo credit: Orthodox Church of PolandA child received the Holy Communion at “St. Nicholas” Church in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, on December 6, 2024. Photo credit: Bulgarian PatriarchateThe morning of the feast of St. Nicholas at Arnota Monastery in Vâlcea County, Romania. Photo credit: Arnota MonasteryLitya on the eve of the feast of St. Patapius, celebrated at Dervent Monastery, Constanta County, Romania. Photo credit: Protos. Sofronie BobaruRohia Monastery in northern Romania on its winter patronal feast celebrating Holy Hierarch Nicholas, December 6, 2024. Photo credit: Diocese of Maramureș and SătmarHis Grace Paisie of Sinaia celebrated the Divine Liturgy for the feast of St. Nicholas at one of Cernica Monastery’s churches on December 6, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea FlorescuHis Grace Chrysostom, Bishop of Bukoba and Western Tanzania, with the monastic community from Cămârzani, Romania, on December 6, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Suceva and RădăuțiThe patronal feast of the Chapel of the Faculty of Theology in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, was celebrated on December 6, 2024. Photo credit: Metropolis of ClujThe first carol singers arrived at the Romanian Orthodox Monastery in Mono, Ontario: Incognito Choir from Ottawa, the Canadian capital. Photo credit: Romanian Orthodox Diocese of CanadaAninoasa Monastery, dedicated to St. Nicholas, was covered in a blanket of snow on the saint’s feast day, December 6, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Argeș and MuscelHis Grace Macarie, Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Northern Europe, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Putna Monastery, Romania. Photo credit: Sabin SimotaArchbishop Ioachim celebrated the Divine Liturgy for the patronal feast of the “St. Nicholas” Cathedral in Bacău, Romania, on December 6, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and BacăuMany faithful prayed to St. Philothea at the New Archdiocesan Cathedral in Curtea de Argeș, Romania, on the saint’s feast day, December 7, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Arges and Muscel / Cristian GheorgheSaints Paisie Olaru and Cleopa Ilie were commemorated at the Sihăstria Monastery. Photo credit: Doxologia.ro / Flavius PopaA dog in the courtyard of Cernica Monastery. Photo credit: Hierod. Nicolae IftimiuChurch in the village of Borcut, Maramureș County, in northern Romania. Photo credit: Kalmar ZoltanHis Grace Visarion, Bishop of Tulcea, in the parish of Fântâna Mare, Romania, on December 7, 2024. Photo credit: Diocese of TulceaThe traditional carol concert “Up There By the Gates of Heaven” organized by the Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar on December 8, 2024. Photo credit: Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
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A procession with the relics of Venerable George was held on December 3, 2024, at Cernica Monastery, which he renewed spiritually and materially while he was its abbot. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
A fragment of the relics of St. John the Baptist was brought to Bucharest’s “St. George-New” Church and it was placed for worship next to the altar, alongside St. Nicholas’s right hand from the church’s patrimony, on December 4, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
