As usual, every week we take you on a virtual journey through the Orthodox world with images taken by professional and amateur photographers. Today we present our Week-in-Pictures feature for the week of 15-21 January 2024.
His Beatitude Timotei of Prahova, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Bucharest, officiated a commemoration service for poet Mihai Eminescu, on the 174th anniversary of his birth, on January 15, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela EneAll Celtic Saints Monastery on the Isle of Mull, Scotland, on January 17, 2023. Orthodox monastic life was resurrected here after a millennium by Orthodox Romanians. Photo credit: Facebook / Mull Monastery of All Celtic SaintsThe Metropolitan of Cluj attended the ceremony on the Day of National Culture in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on January 15, 2024. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius EchimVisit during the patronal feast of “St. Anthony” Monastery in Arizona, USA, founded by Elder Ephraim the Philotheite. Photo credit: Codruța OnigașA fragment of the relics of St. Anthony the Great and the icon of the saint were processed around Bucharest’s “St. Anthony – Old Court” Church on January 16, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea FlorescuThe Baptism of the Lord was celebrated at the Jordan River on January 18, 2024. Photo credit: Jerusalem Patriarchate“Bucur Ciobanul” Church in Bucharest, the capital city of Romania, celebrated its patron saints, Holy Hierarchs Athanasius and Cyril, on January 18, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela EneBaptism of the Lord at the Supraśl Monastery, Poland, on January 19, 2024. Photo credit: Facebook / Aleksander Wasyluk PhotographyEcumenical Patriarch Bartholomew celebrated the Baptism of the Lord according to the unrevised calendar at Triglia in Bithynia, Turkey. Photo credit: Ecumenical Patriarchate / Nikos PapachristouPutna Monastery in the quiet of the night of January 16, 2024. Photo credit: Putna MonasteryMatins service at “St. Anne” Monastery in Orșova, Romania, on January 18, 2024. Photo credit: Șerban ManoleaThe March for Life in Washington, USA, on January 19, 2024. Photo credit: Facebook / Bishop AndreiHis Grace Ieronim officiated the blessing of the faithful at the “St. John the Wallachian” Parish in Negotin, Timoc Vicariate, Serbia. The Romanians from Timoc, part of the Diocese of Dacia Felix, celebrate the Epiphany according to the unrevised calendar. Photo credit: Diocese of Dacia Felix.Pictures from painter Daniel Codrescu’s studio preparing parts of the huge mosaic detined for the National Cathedral being built in Bucharest, Romania. Photo credit: Facebook / Daniel CodrescuBucharest’s Stavropoleos Monastery covered in snow on January 20, 2024. Photo credit: Dragoș AsafteiChild making snow angels at the Darvari Skete in Bucharest, Romania, on January 20, 2024. Photo credit: Gabriel DrumeaThe statue of St. Anthimus the Georgian keeps vigil in front of his monastery in Bucharest, Romania. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Hierodeacon Nicolae IftimiuA fairytale winter at the Curtea de Argeș Monastery, Romania, founded by Holy Prince Neagoe Basarab, as seen on January 21, 2024. Photo credit: Ovidiu VlăsceanuHis Grace Macarie with the Romanian Orthodox community from Norway at the Diocesan Chapel in the city of Bergen, on January 21, 2024. Photo credit: Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Northern EuropeSaint George of Khozeva was celebrated at the monastery where he lived on January 21, 2024. Photo credit: Jerusalem PatriarchateBucharest’s National Cathedral looks transparent on the backdrop of foggy sky. Photo credit: Archim. Andrei Anghel“Picture in picture” image captured through the glass door of the “Holy Resurrection” Romanian Orthodox Church in Vienna, on January 20, 2024. Photo credit: Facebook / Episcop Sofian Brașoveanul
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