The Week in Pictures: January 26 – February 1, 2026

Please find below snapshots of Orthodox life from the final week of January 2026, that reveal the beauty of a life lived with faith, hope, and love.

A child pauses for a few seconds, captivated by what is taking place beyond the iconostasis of the Resurrection of the Lord Church in Oprișani, Romania. Photo credit: Marius Romila
The feast day of Holy Hierarch Joseph the Merciful at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Iași, on January 26, 2026. Photo credit: Doxologia / Fr. Silviu Cluci
Winter landscape at Săpânța–Noul Peri Monastery in Maramureș County, Romania, on January 26, 2026. Photo credit: Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
Ordination to the diaconate at the patronal feast of the Holy Three Hierarchs Monastery in Iași, Romania. Photo credit: Sabin Simota
The church in the prison where Holy Apostle Peter was imprisoned in Jerusalem. Photo credit: Jerusalem Patriarchate
“Man, your life is in the heavens!” A motivational quote from St. Nektarios on a souvenir. Photo credit: Gladia Bunta
Saint John the Evangelist Skete in Gabud, Romania, bathed in warm sunlight. Photo credit: Gabud Skete / Levi Bagy
Students of the Theological Seminary in Baia Mare, Romania, celebrated their patron saints on January 30, 2026. Photo credit: Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
A young pilgrim at Sânandrei Colonie Monastery, Romania. Photo credit: David Alb
After receiving a prayer book from Metropolitan Andrei of Cluj, a Romanian child feels the need to embrace the hierarch. Photo credit: Marius Romila
The painting at the church of Radu Vodă Monastery in Bucharest, Romania, on January 30, 2026. Photo credit: Facebook / Radu Vodă Monastery
Little Ioana embraces her patron saint at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, on January 30, 2026. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
The Ecumenical Patriarch at the Church of the Holy Three Hierarchs in Thessaloniki, Greece. Photo credit: Rafail Georgiadis
The Holy Three Hierarchs were celebrated at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on January 30, 2026. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius Echim
Faithful holding the icon of the 2026 Solemn Year in the Romanian Patriarchate at the patronal feast of the Holy Three Hierarchs Church in Bacău, Romania, on January 30, 2026. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
The blessing of the icons on the façade of the church in Albești Pământeni, Romania, on February 1, 2026. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Argeș and Muscel / Cristian Gheorghe
Saint Tryphon, protector of gardens and orchards, was celebrated in Roman, Romania, on February 1, 2026. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
Snowfall at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, on February 1, 2026. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Archdeacon Nicolae Iftimiu
The Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee – at the “Saint Elijah” Romanian Orthodox Church in London, United Kingdom. Photo credit: Cristina Zaharescu
The Patriarch of Serbia offering small icons to children at “Saint Alexander Nevsky” Church in Belgrade, Serbia, on February 1, 2026. Photo credit: Serbian Patriarchate
The Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, photographed through snowflakes on February 1, 2026. Photo credit: Instagram / Ionuț Blîndu
Romanian Orthodox Bishop Ieronim of Dacia Felix holding the icon of Holy Martyr Marina at the “Dormition of the Mother of God” Romanian Orthodox Parish in Glogonj, Serbia, February 1, 2026. Photo credit: Diocese of Dacia Felix

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