The Week in Pictures: January 5–11, 2026

We invite you to follow, through images, moments of prayer and liturgical joy experienced by the faithful on the occasion of the Baptism of the Lord, as well as other photographs taken between 5 and 11 January 2026.

Children from Horodnic de Sus, Romania, at the Theophany Day procession, January 6, 2026. Photo credit: Suceava News online / Doru Clipa
A priest walking along the village lane to proclaim the Baptism of the Lord to the faithful. Photo credit: Remus Stoica
Metropolitan Filotheos of Thessaloniki casting the Holy Cross into the waters of the Aegean Sea, January 6, 2026. Photo credit: Metropolis of Thessaloniki
The blessing of the faithful on Theophany Day at Lazaret Parish in Bacău, January 6, 2026. Photo credit: Lazaret Parish, Bacău
Theophany at Horodnic de Sus, Romania. Photo credit: Suceava News online / Doru Clipa
The Baptism of the Lord celebrated at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on January 6, 2026. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius Echim
The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord was celebrated with joy by the faithful at the Romanian Patriarchate. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
Two Romanian children made a “snow priest”. Photo credit: Facebook / Mario Dorin Mihai
The Blessing of the Waters in a Romanian village on Theophany Day, January 6, 2026. Photo credit: Sorin Onișor
Auxiliary Bishop Teofil of Trotuș at the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, January 6, 2026. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
The Romanian community in Malta celebrated the Baptism of the Lord, January 6, 2026. Photo credit: Facebook / Romanian Orthodox Church – Malta
The Ecumenical Patriarch releases a dove on Theophany Day, January 6, 2026. Photo credit: Ecumenical Patriarchate / Nikos-Giorgos Papachristou
The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord at Sălișca Orthodox Parish, Cluj County. Photo source: Facebook / Vlad Cristian Todoran
Saint Sava Cathedral in Belgrade, Serbia, was filled on the Feast of the Nativity of the Lord on January  7, 2026. Photo credit: Facebook / Hram Svetog Save
The retrieval of the Holy Cross from the Black Sea in Constanța, Romania, on January 6, 2026. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Tomis / Archdeacon Vali Vădănoiu
The Baptism of the Lord celebrated in Greece. Photo credit: Instagram / elefteria_i_thanatos
For the faithful person, even though the paths are different, they all lead to God. Photo credit: Mădălina U.
Procession towards the shore of the Baltic Sea, in the Stockholm Archipelago, on January 6, 2026. Photo credit: Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Northern Europe
Procession on the occasion of the Baptism of the Lord in Constanța, Romania. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Tomis / Archdeacon Vali Vădănoiu
Saint Spyridon the New Church in Bucharest, Romania, seen through falling snowflakes. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Archdeacon Nicolae Iftimiu
Patriarch Daniel sprinkling the faithful with holy water in Bucharest, Romania, on Theophany Day, January 6, 2026. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
The Patriarch of Jerusalem officiated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem on January 7, 2026. Photo credit: Jerusalem Patriarchate
The Prayer for the Great Blessing of the water at the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul and of the Transylvanian Saints in Mediaș Cemetery, Sibiu County, Romania. Photo credit: Ovidiu Tătar
Snowflakes gently falling on Bucharest’s Patriarchate Hill, January 8, 2026. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Winter in a black-and-white photograph taken on Bucharest’s Patriarchate Hill, Romania, on January 8, 2026. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
Cernica Monastery covered in snow. Photo credit: Facebook / Pietreanu Rareș Andrei
Sunset on Patriarchate Hill, January 9, 2026. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
Winter landscape with the Archiepiscopal Cathedral in Roman, Romania, on January 9, 2026. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
The Cross in Albac, Romania, buried in snowdrifts. Photo credit: Vlad Mario Aschembrener
Scărișoara Nouă Monastery, Romania, surrounded by snow. Photo credit: Maramureș and Sătmar Diocese

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