The Week in Pictures: February 14 -20, 2022

Please find below sunrises and sunsets, faces of priests and faithful and many other original photos: it is our Week-in-Pictures selection for February 14 -20, 2022.

The National Reading Day at the Orthodox Highschool in Oradea, on February 15, 2022. Photo: Diocese of Oradea
Sunrise over the “Family” Cultural and Missionary Center in the city of Panteleimon, near Bucharest, the Capital city of Romania. Photo: Fr. Ștefan Ababei
Little girl praying at “St Ignatius” Church in Phoenix, Arizona. Photo: Instagram / Brett Gregory
Moon setting over the National Cathedral. Photo: Hierodeacon Serghie Pîrău
His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, at the annual working session of the National Church Assembly held on Wednesday, February 16, 2022, in “Patriarch Teoctist” Aula Magna of the Patriarchal Palace. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Sunset over the “Holy Three Hierarchs” Monastery in Iași. Photo: Mădălina Ionică
An emblematic view from Maramureș: Bârsana Monastery. Photo: Instagram / Raul Dumitruv
Young theologian playing the semantron at Brazi Monastery. Photo: Florin Postolache
Holy Apostle Andrew, sculpted by Monk Antipa at Dervent Monastery, in the county of Constanța. Photo: Protosyncellus Sofronie Bobaru
Hieromonk Iuvenalie Vasiu at his childhood church in Avrig. Photo: Fr. Simeon
Young Suceava Orthodox enjoy sports and fun in the mountains and on the slopes. Photo: Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți
Preparations for the commemoration officiated at Pasărea Monastery for the Rroma people lost in concentration camps, in prisons and in exile. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
The Orthodox Church in Morochów, Poland. Photo: Orthodox Church of Poland
Night view of the Orthodox Cathedral in Timișoara. Photo: Sorin Troncotă
The National Cathedral as seen from a building on Way Știrbei Vodă, on February 18, 2022. Photo: Facebook / Silviu Dancu
Young man in folk costume at the “Holy Trinity” Church in the city of Bistrița. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius Echim
Icon with 5 scenes from the parable of the Prodigal Son, February 20, 2022. Photo: “St. George – Cloșca” Skete
Lights and shadows over a fresco of the Mother of God. Photo: Facebook / Grigory Svetlov
His Eminence Calinic, Archbishop of Suceava and Rădăuți, blesses the faithful at the chapel of “St John the New” Monastery. Photo: Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți / Irina Ursachi
Putna Monastery seen from the Hill of the Cross. Photo: Maria Petre
The “Birth of the Holy Prophet John the Baptist” Monastery in Scărișoara Nouă, February 20, 2022. Photo: Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
A Russian monk enjoys a cup of tea on February 17, 2022. Photo: Instagram / Fr. Igor Palkin
Father Arsenie Papacioc’s burial place at Techirghiol Monastery on February 17, 2022. Photo:  Basilica.ro / Aurelian Iftimiu
Reliquary with Holy Hierarch’s relics at Bucharest’s Radu Vodă Monastery on February 20, 2022. Photo: Radu Vodă Monastery
A commemoration for the Rroma people who died in concentration camps, in prisons and in exile was officiated at pasărea Monastery. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu

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