The Week in Pictures: January 19 – 25, 2026

Whether you find yourself in a distant country in Africa or in a village in Romania, Orthodoxy is lived and built with faith and love. We invite you on a virtual journey through the Orthodox world with our photo feature from January 19 to January 26, 2026.

Morning prayer at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania. Photo credit: Deacon Dimitrie Coșulă
Works continue at the church of the Saints Constantine and Helen Parish in Comănești, Romania. Photo credit: Facebook / Anastasoaie Simion
Two children from Tanzania holding the icon of the Mother of God Prodromița, January 24, 2026. Photo credit: Facebook / Bucium Monastery, Iași
Romanian Orthodox Bishop Macarie beneath the Northern Lights in Norway, January 24, 2026. Photo credit: Facebook / Diocese of Northern Europe
Putna Monastery cemetery and the Hill of the Cross, Romania. Photo credit: Alexandru Ionesi
A subdeacon holding the Holy Cross at the Ascension of the Lord Cathedral in Bacău, Romania, on January 24, 2026. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
Young people dressed in old Dorobanți military uniforms at the celebration of the Union of the Romanian Principalities on Patriarchy Hill, Bucharest, Romania, on January 24, 2026. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
A moment of prayer at the Archiepiscopal Cathedral in Roman, Romania, on January 25, 2026. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
Bishop Iustin among the Maramureș Scouts in Romania. Photo credit: Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
Through the snow at Saint Basil the Great Monastery, Someșul Cald, Romania, on January 25, 2026. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj
Bishop Ambrozie, alongside two subdeacons at Comana Monastery, Romania, on January 25, 2026. Photo credit: Diocese of Giurgiu
The relics of Saint David of Evia and Saint John the Russian were brought to the Cathedral in Sofia, Bulgaria. Photo credit: Bulgarian Patriarchate
Winter landscape at Săpânța Orthodox Parish, Romania, on January 25, 2026. Photo credit: Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar

The Patriarch of Serbia at Saint Sava Cathedral in Belgrade, Serbia, on January 25, 2026. Photo credit: Serbian Patriarchate

A cross watches over the road leading to the church of the Solomon Parish in Sălaj County, Romania, January 25, 2026. Photo credit: Diocese of Sălaj

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