The Week in Pictures: January 17 – 23, 2022

On any given day, Orthodox feasts bring joy and spiritual fulfilment to the faithful. Please discover the joy of Orthodox life in the photos captured between January 17 and 23, when the Lord’s Epiphany was celebrated according to the unrevised calendar.

St Nektarios reflected in the oil of a vigil lamp at Bucharest’s “Protection of the Mother of God – Titan” Church. Photo: Adina Maria Stoica
“Bucur the Shepherd” Church at sunset. The holy place is named after the legendary founder of the city of Bucharest, the Capital of Romania. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene
Bucharest’s “St Anthony – The Princely Court” Church celebrated its patronal feast last Monday. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene
Prayer moment at the “Bucur the Shepherd” Church in Bucharest during its patronal feast. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
“Holy Trinity” Diocesan Cathedral in the northern-Romanian city of Baia Mare in moonlight. Photo: Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
Serbian Orthodox “St Sava – McKeesport” Church in Pennsylvania, US, covered by snow. Photo: Twitter / St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church – McKeesport, PA
The Metropolitan of Cluj with the monastic community of Cormaia, in the county of Bistrița-Năsăud, where he tonsured three sisters into monasticism. Photo: Cormaia Monastery
Installation of the new abbott of Valaam Monastery. Photo: Pentti Potkonen
The Ecumenical Patriarch cut the Vassilopita with a group of table tennis players. Photo: Ecumenical Patriarchate
The Great Blessing of Waters at Capernaum. Photo: Jerusalem Patriarchate
Statue of the Holy Prince Stephen the Great in the city of Iași at sunset. Photo: Basilica.ro / Aurelian Iftimiu
The Lord’s Epiphany in Poland. Photo: Orthodox Church of Poland
Father Sorin Paul Grecu’s body was stopped for a short prayer moment at the Free Press Square in Bucharest, where he protested in 1990 until Lenin’s statue, a symbol of Atheist Communism, was removed. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Sunshine inside the Decani Monastery church. Photo: Twitter / Decani
The Orthodox monastery in the Hozeva Desert. Photo: Jerusalem Patriarchate
Faithful in Spermezeu, Bistrița-Năsăud county, waiting for His Grace Benedict of Bistrița to arrive at their local church. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj and Sălaj / Ionuț Chifa
January day at the Holy Apostle Andrew’s Spring from Dervent Monastery, in the county of Constanța. Photo: Protosyncellus Sofronie Bobaru
Novak Djokovic visited Ostrog Monastery, where he met Metropolitan Joanikije of Montenegro. Photo source: Metropolis of Montenegro and the Seashore
The Great Blessing of Waters at the Jordan River by the Patriarch of Jerusalem. Photo: Jerusalem Patriarchate
Epiphany in the Georgian Patriarchate. Photo: Patriarchate of Georgia
Patriarch Daniel at the inauguration of the exhibition dedicated to the 140th anniversary of the Church Books Printing Shop. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
The Ambassador of Israel in Romania visited Moldovița Monastery. Photo: Facebook / David Saranga
St Techla’s cave in Ayia Napa, Cyprus. Photo: Facebook / Panayiotis Papageorgiou
Bishop Jacob of Narian-Marsk baptized four catechumens in the Arctic Ocean at Russia’s northernmost church. Photo: Orthodox-arctica.ru
Bishop Iustin participated in the unveiling of the bust of Dumitru Fărcaș, a celebrated Romanian tarogato player. The event was completed with a commemoration service for the artist. Photo: Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar

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