The Week in Pictures: February 9-15, 2026

We present a selection of images from church life last week, in which a central moment was the commemoration of those who have fallen asleep in the Lord.

Snapshot from the conference dedicated to the family, delivered by Fr Professor Vasile Gavrilă at the “Saints Constantine and Helen” Cathedral in Comănești, Romania. Photo credit: Facebook / Catedrala „Sfinții Împărați Constantin și Elena” Comănești
Romania’s Polovragi Monastery at the time of Vespers, on the eve of the feast of Saint Charalambos, whose relics are kept in the monastic settlement, on February 9. Photo credit: Mihai Teodorescu
Biserica mănăstirii Kato Xenia din Grecia, unde se află o parte din Brâul Maicii Domnului. Foto credit: Protos. Sofronie Bobaru
The church of Kato Xenia Monastery in Greece, where a portion of the Belt of the Mother of God is preserved. Photo credit: Protosyncellus Sofronie Bobaru
A moment during the Vespers in honour of Saint Charalambos at the Greek Church of Saint Barbara in Toms River, New Jersey, USA, on February 9. Photo credit: Kathy Cap
The Doxologia.ro team of the Metropolis of Moldova and Bukovina documented how prosphora is prepared in the basement of the Metropolitan Cathedral in Iași, Romania. Photo credit: Doxologia.ro / Oana Nechifor
Under the sign of the Cross, even in the shadow, on February 14. Photo credit: Ana-Maria Avram
Church in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, filled with faithful who came to honour the memory of those who have reposed in the Lord, on February 14, 2026. Photo credit: Facebook / Catedrala Mănăștur – Cluj
Patriarch Daniil of Bulgaria celebrated the Divine Liturgy and a memorial service for Dobri Dobrev at the church in the village of Bailovo, Bulgaria, where he is buried. Photo credit: Bulgarian Patriarchate
Archbishop Casian of the Lower Danube on the day of the commemoration of the departed, February 14, 2026. Photo credit: Archdiocese of the Lower Danube
Deacons and acolytes from different generations recite the Creed at “Lady Bălașa” Church in Bucharest, Romania, on February 15, 2026. Photo credit: Ziarul Lumina / Mircea Popa
Bishop Iustin of Maramureș and Sătmar offers a small icon to a child at the “Dormition of the Mother of God” Church in Baia Mare, Romania, on February 15, 2026. Photo credit: Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
Memorial service at Giurgeni Monastery, Romania, for Archimandrite Antonie Jeflea, former abbot of the monastic settlement, on February 15, 2026. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
The reading of the Holy Gospel at the “Nativity of the Mother of God” Church in Cataloi, Romania, during the Divine Liturgy celebrated by the Bishop of Tulcea on February 15, 2026. Photo credit: Diocese of Tulcea
Glass icon painting workshop themed “The Christian Family” at the “Annunciation – Belu” Church in Bucharest, Romania, on February 15, 2026. Photo credit: Presbyteria Georgiana Bărîcă
Romanian Orthodox Bishop Macarie of Northern Europe baptised two young Swedish brothers in Växjö, Sweden, on February 15, 2026. Photo credit: Diocese of Northern Europe
Details from the iconostasis of Bucharest’s “Lady Bălașa” Church, Romania, on February 15, 2026. Photo credit: Sabin Simota
Child at the choir stand alongside the fathers of Dečani Monastery in Kosovo, where the Presentation of the Lord was celebrated according to the unrevised calendar, on February 15, 2026. Photo credit: X / Dečani Monastery
Abbot Nectarie blessed with holy water the faithful present at Radu Vodă Monastery in Bucharest, Romania, on February 15, 2026.
The hands of a monk from Giurgeni Monastery in Neamț County, Romania, photographed on February 15, 2026. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău

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