The Week in Pictures: February 28 – March 6, 2022

At the beginning of Spring, Romania’s Orthodox Christians acted swiftly and offered support to the people fleeing the war in Ukraine. Please watch our Week in Pictures feature for the week between February 28 and March 6, 2022.

The feast to Venerable Saints John Cassian and Herman at St George – Cloșca Skete in the county of Constanța, on February 28, 2022. Photo: St George – Cloșca Skete
Spring announces its coming at Izbuc Monastery. Photo: Izbuc Monastery
The Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți sent to Ukraine a second humanitarian aid convoy with 30 tons of goods. Photo: Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți / Irina Ursachi
A little girl is listening to the Diaconești Monastery chanting while munching a biscuit. Photo: Diaconești Monastery
Prosphora service for the the National Contest “Prayer in My Life” at the “Dor Marunt Gară” Parish. Photo: Sorin Staicu
Priests from the Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți got involved in helping the refugees. Photo: Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți / Irina Ursachi
Monastic appearance among the thousands of Ukrainian refugees at Siret border point. Photo: Sorin Onișor
Donations for the Ukrainian refugees were collected at the Baia Mare Cathedral in northern Romania. Photo: Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
An old lady is praying at the Sofia Cathedral during the service officiated to mark 144 years from Bulgarian independence. Photo: Bulgarian Patriarchate
Liturgy officiated in the subway at Kharkiv, Ukraine, on March 3, 2022. Photo: St. John the Theologian Church in Kharkiv
Bucharest’s Patriarchal Cathedral at evening prayer time. Photo: Vulcan Teodor-Alexandru
Hot tea is offered to Ukrainian refugees who have braced moody weather to enter Romania. Photo: Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți / Irina Ursachi
The Orthodox Cathedral in Helsinki is illumined in the colours of Ukraine. Photo: Antti Kruus
Restoration of Florence’s St John Baptisterium mosaic, February 5, 2022. Photo: Instagram / Battistero San Giovanni Firenze

Students from the Orthodox Seminary in the city of Baia Mare volunteered at the Diocesan Cathedral in order to prepare a humanitarian aid transport with non-perishable foods, hygiene products and medicine for Ukraine. Photo: Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar

 

“Sihăstria Crucii” Skete in the county of Bacău as seen from a drone on February 5, 2022. Photo: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
Children from Bucharest’s “Holy Archangels” – Huedin Parish play with colouring books while their parents participate in the Divine Liturgy. Photo: “Holy Archangels” – Huedin Parish
Reflection of the icon of the Mother of God with Child in the Holy Chalice. Photo: Negru Vodă Monastery / Protosyncellus Ieronim Gheorghiță
The Divine Liturgy officiated on the Sunday of the Expulsion of Adam from Paradise at the Archdiocesan Cathedral of Roman, on February 6, 2022. Photo: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău

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