The Week in Pictures: February 16 -22, 2026

Photographs of winter landscapes, moments of prayer, and many other images from Orthodox life included in our feature for the period February 16–22, 2026, reveal the beauty of a life lived in faith.

After 70 years of monastic life, Archimandrite Climent Haralamb, was laid to rest at Curtea de Argeș Monastery, Romania, on February 17, 2026. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Argeș and Muscel
The Archbishop of the Lower Danube received a little help upon entering the Cathedral of Galați, Romania. Photo credit: Archdiocese of the Lower Danube
A Romanian girl from Uzdin, Serbia, kissed the reliquary containing the relics of Holy Hierarch Nektarios of Aegina. Photo credit: Diocese of Dacia Felix
Bishop Teofil of Trotuș celebrated the Sacrament of Holy Unction at a residential care home in in Moinești, Romania, on February 18, 2026. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
Winter morning at Cernica Monastery, Romania, on February 18, 2026. Photo credit: Monk Mercurie Pană
Snowfall adorning adorned the icon of the Saviour at Radu Vodă Monastery in Bucharest, Romania. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
Drone view of the Cathedral in Bacău, Romania, taken on February 20, 2026. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
Little child before the icon of the Mother of God with the Infant Christ. Photo credit: Cotoș Bogdan
When wisdom meets faith. An image featuring the Romanian Academy and Bucharest’s “Saint Nicholas – Tabacu” Church, on February 19, 2026. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
The Patriarchal Palace in Bucharest, Romania, on a beautiful winter day, on February 21, 2026. Photo credit: Sabin Simota
Patriarch Porfirije of Serbia attended the gala organised in Novi Sad, Serbia, marking the bicentenary of the birth of Svetozar Miletić, on February 22, 2026. Photo credit: Serbian Patriarchate
The Sunday of the Expulsion of Adam from Paradise at the “Saints Constantine and Helen” Church in Jerusalem, Israel, on February 22, 2026. Photo credit: Jerusalem Patriarchate
Penitential attitude at the Forgiveness Vespers officiated at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on February 22, 2026. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius Echim
The blessing of the church painting at the “Holymartyr Demetrios, the Myrrh-gusher” Church in the village of Schitu, Costinești, Romania. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Tomis / Archdeacon Valentin Vădănoiu

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