The Week in Pictures: February 12 – 18, 2024

Please join us in our weekly photographic journey through the beauty and authenticity of Orthodox traditions: view pictures taken during the week of February 12-8, 2024.

The Community of the Deaf in Bucharest honoured its spiritual patron, St. Meletius, Archbishop of Antioch, on February 12, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
The commemoration of Bishop Melchisedec Ștefănescu on the 201st anniversary of his birth at the Cathedral in Roman, Romania, on February 15, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
Byzantine portrait of Brother John David, a model of Christian life. Photo credit: Facebook / Christiana Budica
National Reading Day activity at the Theological Seminary in Câmpulung Muscel, Romania, on February 15, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Argeș and Muscel
The recently finished mosaic icon of Christ Pantocrator in the spire of the National Cathedral which is being built in Bucharest, Romania. Photo credit: Facebook / Daniel Codrescu
Holy and Righteous Simeon celebrated at Katamonas Monastery, Jerusalem, where his tomb is located, on February 16, 2024. Photo credit: Jerusalem Patriarchate
Holy Great Martyr Teodor Tyro was honoured on his feast day at the Obârșia Cloșani Parish, Romania, on February 17, 2024. Photo credit: Diocese of Severin and Strehaia
Lidia Ionescu Stăniloae, daughter of Father Dumitru Stăniloae, a famous Romanian Orthodox theologian, was remembered at Cernica Monastery, 7 years after she passed to the Lord, on Saturday, February 17, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca Emanuela Ene
Two young acolytes at the church in Caila, Bistrita-Nasaud county, Romania, on February 18, 2024. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius Echim
A moment of silence helps you find the connection between different things. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Hierod. Nicolae Iftimiu
Divine Liturgy celebrated at the Măriuș Monastery, Romania, on February 18, 2024. Photo credit: Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
His Grace Ioan Casian, Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Canada, officiated at Rediu Parish in the county of Neamț, Romania. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
Sunrise at Cernica Monastery near Bucharest, Romania. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Hierod. Nicolae Iftimiu
Bishop Macarie of Northern Europe at the Romanian Orthodox Diocesan Chapel in Oslo, Norway, on February 18, 2024. Photo credit: Diocese of Northern Europe
The reliquary with The Cincture of the Mother of God from Mount Athos’ Vatopaidi Monastery was processed in Paphos, Cyprus, on February 18, 2024. Photo credit: Maximos Iakovou ope.gr

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