The Week in Pictures: February 17 – 23, 2025

The snow that fell at the beginning of the week of February 17-23 was a joy and inspiration for photography enthusiasts in Romania. We invite you on a visual journey into Orthodox spirituality, embellished by the charm of winter.

View of the “St. John the Theologian” Skete in Găbud, Romania. Photo credit: Cosmin Baboi
“St Andrew” Church in Ploiești, Romania, on a winter night, February 17, 2025. Photo credit: Bogdan Vasilescu
Pilgrims from a rural parish photographed with Assistant Bishop Nectarie of Bogdania at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest on February 17, 2025. Photo credit: Bogdan Staicu
Braving the snowfall at Radu Voda Monastery in Bucharest, Romania, on February 18, 2025. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
Snowfall on Bucharest’s Patriarchate Hill on February 17, 2025. Photo credit: Protos. Serghie Pârău
Curtea de Argeș Monastery, Romania, in winter wonderland, on February 18, 2025. Photo credit: Facebook / Ovidiu Vlăsceanu
Winter at Bucharest’s “St George – New” Church, Romania, on February 18, 2025. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
The entrance of “St Nicholas” Church – University Chapel in Bucarest, Romania, under heavy snowfall on February 18, 2025. Photo credit: Raluca-Emanuela Ene
Removing snow from the steps of the Kretzulescu Church in Bucharest, Romania, on February 18, 2025. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
In the snow at Comana Monastery, Romania, on February 19, 2025. Photo credit: Comana Monastery / Dragoș Grigore
The tomb of Saint Dometie in the Râmeț Monastery cemetery, Romania. On February 4, at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, his canonization was proclaimed, along with 15 other Romanian spiritual fathers and confessors of the 20th century, on the occasion of the 140th anniversary of the autocephaly of the Romanian Orthodox Church (1885) and the 100th anniversary of the Romanian Patriarchate
(1925). Photo credit: Darius Echim
The cemetery of Cernica Monastery near Bucharest, Romania, dressed in snow, on February 2025. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
The baptismal font and the bell tower of the Dervent Monastery, Romania. Photo credit: Protos. Sofronie Bobaru
Memorial Saturday at Bucharest’s “Old Merchants” Church, Romania. Photo credit: Lavinia Drăgan
Pătrunsa Skete in Vâlcea county, Romania, is surrounded by a fairytale landscape. Photo credit: Salvamont Vâlcea / Mircea Lera
Snow-white winterland at Arnota Monastery, Romania. Photo credit: Arnota Monastery
Baptism at the “Nativity of the Mother of God” Cathedral in Moinești, Romania, on February 23, 2025. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
The first Romanian Orthodox bishop from the Romanian Orthodox Metropolis of the Americas was commemorated at the Romanian monastery in Mono, Ontario, Canada, on February 23, 2025. Photo credit: Holy Cross Orthodox Monastery
The faithful gathered in prayer at the “Sfânta Ana” Church in Bistrița, Romania, on the Sunday of the Last Judgement, February 23, 2025. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius Echim
Archim. Iosif Onică became abbot of the Sihăstria Putnei Monastery in Romania on February 23, 2025. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți

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