The Week in Pictures: February 26 – March 3, 2024

Please find below a new selection of photos from the Orthodox world taken by professional and amateur photographers between February 26 and March 3, 2024.

Patriarch Daniel of Romania chaired the annual meeting of the National Church Council on February 27, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Early spring at Bârsana Monastery, in the county of Maramureș, Romania. Photo credit: Ovidiu Tătar
Bishop Arseny of Znepole, the vicar of the Metropolis of Plovdiv, lays the foundation stone for a church dedicated to “Holy Archangel Michael” in the proximity of the military unit in Haskovo, Bulgaria, on February 28, 2024. Photo credit: Bulgarian Patriarchate
Romanian literary critic Alex Ștefănescu was buried at Bucharest’s Bellu Cemetery on February 29, 2024. Photo credit: Ziarul Lumina / Mihnea Păduraru
His Grace Teofil of Iberia, Auxilliary Bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Spain and Portugal, officiated a Te Deum (Thanksgiving) service at the beginning of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church meeting on February 29, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
The relics of St John Cassian were brought to the chapel of the Orthodox Theological Seminary in Galaţi, Romania, on February 29, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Lower Danube
The Brașov branch of ASCOR, the Romanian Orthodox Students’ organization, celebrated its 30th anniversary. Photo credit: Facebook / ASCOR Brașov
A little girl attends the Divine Liturgy at “St. Dumitru” Church in Topolog, Romania, on March 3, 2024. Photo credit: Diocese of Tulcea
Warm sunrise light comes through the window and illuminates the holy icons. Photo credit: Ana Maria Vlase
Archbishop Casian consecrated the “Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel” Church in Crăiești, Romania, on March 3, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Lower Danube
A Romanian child holds an epigonation with the image of Christ at the Romanian Orthodo church in Kempten, Germany, on March 3, 2024. Photo credit: Facebook / Episcop Sofian Brașoveanul
His Grace Iustin at the “Holy Trinity” Episcopal Cathedral in Baia Mare, on March 3, 2024. Photo credit: Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
The Assembly of Priests from the Archdiocese of Constantinople on March 3, 2024. Photo credit: Ecumenical Patriarchate / Nikos Papachristou
Altar fresco at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, on March 3, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Hierod. Nicolae Iftimiu
The faithful attend the Divine Liturgy in front of the Metropolitan Cathedral in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on Sunday, March 3, 2024. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius Echim

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