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 EneBucharest’s “St Anthony – The Princely Court” Church celebrated its patronal feast last Monday. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca EnePrayer 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 SătmarSerbian Orthodox “St Sava – McKeesport” Church in Pennsylvania, US, covered by snow. Photo: Twitter / St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church – McKeesport, PAThe Metropolitan of Cluj with the monastic community of Cormaia, in the county of Bistrița-Năsăud, where he tonsured three sisters into monasticism. Photo: Cormaia MonasteryInstallation of the new abbott of Valaam Monastery. Photo: Pentti PotkonenThe Ecumenical Patriarch cut the Vassilopita with a group of table tennis players. Photo: Ecumenical PatriarchateThe Great Blessing of Waters at Capernaum. Photo: Jerusalem PatriarchateStatue of the Holy Prince Stephen the Great in the city of Iași at sunset. Photo: Basilica.ro / Aurelian IftimiuThe Lord’s Epiphany in Poland. Photo: Orthodox Church of PolandFather 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 FlorescuSunshine inside the Decani Monastery church. Photo: Twitter / DecaniThe Orthodox monastery in the Hozeva Desert. Photo: Jerusalem PatriarchateFaithful 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 ChifaJanuary day at the Holy Apostle Andrew’s Spring from Dervent Monastery, in the county of Constanța. Photo: Protosyncellus Sofronie BobaruNovak Djokovic visited Ostrog Monastery, where he met Metropolitan Joanikije of Montenegro. Photo source: Metropolis of Montenegro and the SeashoreThe Great Blessing of Waters at the Jordan River by the Patriarch of Jerusalem. Photo: Jerusalem PatriarchateEpiphany in the Georgian Patriarchate. Photo: Patriarchate of GeorgiaPatriarch Daniel at the inauguration of the exhibition dedicated to the 140th anniversary of the Church Books Printing Shop. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea FlorescuThe Ambassador of Israel in Romania visited Moldovița Monastery. Photo: Facebook / David SarangaSt Techla’s cave in Ayia Napa, Cyprus. Photo: Facebook / Panayiotis PapageorgiouBishop Jacob of Narian-Marsk baptized four catechumens in the Arctic Ocean at Russia’s northernmost church. Photo: Orthodox-arctica.ruBishop 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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