The Week in Pictures: December 29, 2025 – January 4, 2026

The beginning of the new year was marked throughout the Orthodox world by moments of prayer, communion, and hope. Our selection of images captures the events and liturgical services that brought light and blessing during the first days of the year, reflecting the continuity of faith and the joy of welcoming a new beginning under God’s protection.

Auxiliary Bishop Teofil of Trotuș at the anniversary event marking 50 years since the opening of “George Enescu” International Airport in Bacău, on December 30, 2025. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
The Patriarch of Serbia was visited by a group of children from the elementary school in Novi Kozarci, Serbia, on December 30, 2025. Photo credit: Serbian Patriarchate
Romania’s Movila lui Burcel Monastery on the last day of 2025. Photo credit: Facebook / Movila lui Burcel Monastery
The service on the first day of the year at Saint John the New Monastery of Suceava, Romania. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți
Auxiliary Bishop Timotei of Prahova blessing the faithful at Radu Vodă Monastery in Bucharest, Romania, on January 1, 2026. Photo credit: Radu Vodă Monastery
Moment of prayer at the beginning of the new year at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, on January 1, 2026. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
The Patriarch of Bulgaria lighting a candle on the occasion of the beginning of the new year, on January 1, 2026. Photo credit: Bulgarian Patriarchate
Comana Monastery, Romania, on New Year’s Eve. Photo credit: Comana Monastery / Dragoș Grigore
The Archiepiscopal Cathedral in Roman, Romania, on New Year’s Eve. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
The New Year at the Episcopal Cathedral in Zalău, Romania, on January 1, 2026. Photo credit: Diocese of Sălaj
“Saint Paraskeva” Cemetery – Letea, Bacău. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Archdeacon Nicolae Iftimiu
The first day of 2026 at Piatra Tăieturii Monastery, Romania. Photo credit: Facebook / Piatra Tăieturii Monastery
Carol singers at Putna Monastery, Romania, on January 2, 2026. Photo credit: Putna Monastery
Blessing of the houses on Epiphany Eve: snow-covered village lane in Apuseni Mountains, Romania, on January 3, 2026. Photo credit: Facebook / Slevaș Teofil
Faithful attending the service at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on the first Sunday of the new year, on January 4, 2026. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj
Archbishop Ioachim of Roman and Bacău marked 11 years since his enthronement through prayer, on January 4, 2026. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
Winter landscape at Brebi Parish, Sălaj County, Romania, on January 4, 2026. Photo credit: Diocese of Sălaj
The faithful braved heavy snowfall to attend the service at “Saint Vladimir” Monastery in Belgrade, on January 4, 2026. Photo credit: Serbian Patriarchate
The “Nativity of Saint John the Baptist” Monastery in Corbeni, Romania, on January 4, 2026. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Argeș and Muscel

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