The Week in Pictures: January 9 – 15, 2023

Please see prayers, memorial services and many other moments from the Orthodox world in our photo feature of the week January 9 – 15, 2023.

The relics of St. Philofthea offered to Antim Monastery were carried in procession on January 14, 2023. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
Painter Daniel Codrescu working on the project of the Năsăud Martyrs for the mosaic of the National Cathedral, on January 14, 2023. Photo: Instagram / Daniel Codrescu
Patriarch Porphirje of Serbia celebrated the Divine Liturgy on the Feast of the Circumcision of the Lord at the Cathedral in Belgrade, on January 14, 2023. Photo: Serbian Patriarchate
The Patriarch of Jerusalem cuts the traditional Basilopita on the feast day of St. Basil, on January 14, 2023. Photo: Jerusalem Patriarchate
The custom of sowing at the Monastery of the “Nativity of the Mother of God and St. George the Great” in the Republic of Moldova. Photo: Diocese of Bălți
The commemoration of Fr. Nicodim Dimulescu nine months after his passing to the Lord at Crasna Monastery, on January 14, 2023. Photo: Crasna Monastery
Children reciting poems next to the bust of poet Mihai Eminescu at Dervent Monastery, Constanta county, Romania, on January 15, 2023. Photo : Protosyncellus Sofronie Bobaru
The Metropolitan Cathedral in Sibiu at sunset. Photo: Vasile Ionuț
The statue of Mihai Eminescu at the “Annunciation” Orthodox Parish in Munich, on January 15, 2023. Photo: Mădălina-Maria Lefter
Children from the Georgian community of Constantinople welcomed Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I with flowers on January 15, 2023. Photo: Ecumenical Patriarchate / Nikos Papachristou
A child lights a candle at the grave of poet Mihai Eminescu in Bellu Cemetery. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
His Eminence Andrei blessing a child in Bogata de Sus, Cluj county, Romania, on January 15, 2023. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius Echim
His Eminence Athanasius of Bogdania was on a pastoral visit to the “Saint Anisia” Romanian Orthodox Parish in Empoli – San Miniato on January 15, 2023. Photo: Diocese of Italy
Children dressed in folk clothes receive the Holy Communion at “Saints Peter and Paul Apostles” Church in Călărași on January 15, 2023. Photo: Diocese of Slobozia and Călărași
His Grace Benedict of Bistrițanul celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the “Assumption of the Mother of God” Metropolitan Cathedral in Cluj-Napoca, central Romania. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj / Ionuț Chifa

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