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 EnePainter Daniel Codrescu working on the project of the Năsăud Martyrs for the mosaic of the National Cathedral, on January 14, 2023. Photo: Instagram / Daniel CodrescuPatriarch 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 PatriarchateThe Patriarch of Jerusalem cuts the traditional Basilopita on the feast day of St. Basil, on January 14, 2023. Photo: Jerusalem PatriarchateThe 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 BălțiThe commemoration of Fr. Nicodim Dimulescu nine months after his passing to the Lord at Crasna Monastery, on January 14, 2023. Photo: Crasna MonasteryChildren reciting poems next to the bust of poet Mihai Eminescu at Dervent Monastery, Constanta county, Romania, on January 15, 2023. Photo : Protosyncellus Sofronie BobaruThe Metropolitan Cathedral in Sibiu at sunset. Photo: Vasile IonuțThe statue of Mihai Eminescu at the “Annunciation” Orthodox Parish in Munich, on January 15, 2023. Photo: Mădălina-Maria LefterChildren from the Georgian community of Constantinople welcomed Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I with flowers on January 15, 2023. Photo: Ecumenical Patriarchate / Nikos PapachristouA child lights a candle at the grave of poet Mihai Eminescu in Bellu Cemetery. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea FlorescuHis Eminence Andrei blessing a child in Bogata de Sus, Cluj county, Romania, on January 15, 2023. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius EchimHis 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 ItalyChildren 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 CălărașiHis 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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Romanian Orthodox Bishop Ioan Casian of Canada participated in the annual dialogue of the Orthodox and Catholic bishops from Canada. The Canadian Conference of Orthodox Bishops was represented by the Greek Archbishop Sotirios of Canada,…
His Eminence Metropolitan Petru issued a message honouring the victims of the organised famine that ravaged Bessarabia from 1946 to 1947. “We bow our heads and knees to the memory of the reposed and promise…
Our current Week-in-Pictures photo feature invites you to a virtual trip to the remote land of New Zealand and back to Romania, presenting the cultural richness of the Orthodox world and illustrating the deep connections…
Her Excellency Tamar Beruchashvili, Georgia’s Ambassador to Bucharest, visited the Library of the Holy Synod at St Anthimos Monastery on Thursday, April 18. Consul David Chachava accompanied the Georgian Ambassador. The Very Rev. Archimandrite Policarp…
Friday evening, a delegation from the Diocese of Alexandria and Teleorman arrived in Paris, bearing the sacred relics of Saint Mary Magdalene. The reliquary remained at the Three Holy Hierarchs church in La Courneuve, north…
