The Week in Pictures: February 8 – 14, 2021

No matter where you are, Orthodoxy is lived with faith, prayer and love. Please find below our selection of photos taken in the Orthodox world between February 8 and 14, 2021.

Cross traditionally made out of tables in Bulgarian churches on the feast of St Charalampus, patron of the beekeepers. The tables are full of honey jars with lit candles in them. Photo source: Twitter / Radio Bulgaria
Sunrise at Comana Monastery. Photo: Comana Monastery / Dragoș Grigore
The Europa Christiana Hall at the Palace of the Romanian Patriarchate. Photo: Twitter / David Saranga
St Charalampus is very popular in Bulgaria. Only Sofia, the capital city, has 16 churches with fragments of his holy relics. Photo: Bulgarian Patriarchate
A monk from Cernica Monastery in a moment of prayer. Photo: Basilica.ro / Aurelian Iftimiu
The tomb of Arsenie Voaideș, former abbot of the “St Sabbas – Berzunți” Monastery, decorated for the three-year commemoration of his falling asleep into the Lord. Photo: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
Snow falls over Hagia Sofia in Istanbul. Photo: Facebook / Nikos-Giorgos Papachristou
“Priest Nicolae Gherman” Order: It was named after the parish priest of Rohia, in central Romania, who had ten children and founded the famous Rohia Monastery near his village. Photo: Facebook / Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
A young member of the parochial community in Telciu, Bistrița-Năsăud county, wearing traditional costume. Photo: Facebook / Metropolis of Cluj, Maramureș and Sălaj
The Archiocesan Cathedral in Roman in the evening. Photo: Bărcan Claudiu Sergiu
“The Potection of the Mother of God” wooden church from Caraiman Monastery. Photo: Patricia Dorobanțu
Secu Monastery seen between the icicles. Photo: Fr. Hrisostom Filipescu
Sunlight entering through the window of a church at Râșca Monastery, in the county of Suceava. Photo: Ioana Oana
Fountain cross from at Putna Monastery, adorned with ice “flowers”. Photo: Simona-Elena Bâzgan
A child from Rwanda carries his youngest brother on his back. Photo: Facebook / Father Nektarios
Commemoration service held at the Maryamiyya Cathedral in Damascus 40 days after Bishop Luke Al-Khoury fell asleep into the Lord. Photo: Antioch Patriarchate
Child kissing a churchyard cross. Photo: Sorin Troncota

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