The Week in Pictures: July 13 -19, 2020

Please find below a review of moments and events from the life of the Romanian Orthodox Church between July 13 and July 19. The selection includes a beautiful sunrise at Putna Monastery, children from the county of Maramureș and Patriarch Daniel’s meeting with the Christian Orthodox Students’ Association (ASCOR).

Sunrise at Putna Monastery. Photo: Facebook / Putna Monastery
Between July 15 and July 16, the Romanian Patriarchate organized, in partnership with the Romanian Military Police, a national blood donation campaign entitled “Donate Blood, Save a Life”. Photo: The Volunteers of the National Cathedral Chapel
Radio star Daniel Buzdugan presents a Deisis icon on its social media profile. Photo: Facebook / Daniel Buzdugan
Raw salad making can become an art. Photo: Facebook / Efrem Bandarica
Father Tryphon and a group of young people at an Orthodox monastery in the US. Photo: Facebook / Abbot Tryphon
Metropolitan Meletius of Cernăuți (Chernovtsy) at the tomb of Prince Saint Stephen the Great at Putna Monastery. The Cernăuți region in today’s Ukraine was part of the Principality of Moldavia during the Holy Prince’s reign. After 1775 it was occupied by Austria. In 1918 it returned to Romania until the Second World War. Photo: Facebook / Putna Monastery
Snapshot from Darvari Skete in Bucharest. Photo: Instagram / Radu Chiriță
The tomato growers from the town of Matca in Eastern Romania’s Galaţi county periodically collect fresh vegetables and send them to Father Dan Damaschin in the northeastern county of Iași, who distributes them to 1,500 vulnerable families. Photo: Facebook / Dan Damaschin
Archbishop Varsanufie blesses the Vâlcea county Scouts’ pilgrimage to the monasteries from the Archdiocese of Râmnic. Photo: Archdiocese of Râmnic
Patriarchal auxiliary bishop Varlaam of Ploiești celebrates the Divine Liturgy at the open-air summer altar on the Patriarchate’s Hill. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Daniel Buzdugan posted on social media a photo from the Buzău region, near Poiana Mărului Monastery, praising God for the beauty of this land. Photo: Facebook / Daniel Buzdugan
A group of children from Sighet Deanery’s Valea Satului – Strâmtura Parish participate in the Divine Liturgy and the blessing of the mural painting of their church. Photo: Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
Hundreds of people participate in the Divine Liturgy celebrated at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Cluj. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius Echim
On Sunday, representatives of the Romanian Christian Orthodox Students Association (ASCOR) from all over the country met with Patriarch Daniel for the association’s 30th anniversary. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu

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*RO: Patriarhul României i-a binecuvântat pe clericii și credincioșIi prezenți duminică, 12 iulie 2020, la hramul Paraclisului CMN: „Vă dorim tuturor sănătate și bucurie, pace și mult ajutor de la Dumnezeu, ocrotirea Maicii Domnului și a tuturor sfinților”. *EN: His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel blessed everyone wishing them ‘good health and joy, peace and much help from God, under the protection of the Theotokos and of all the Saints’, on Sunday, July 12, 2020 at the patronal feast of the National Cathedral’s Chapel. . . . #bineledestiut #thegoodtoknow #patriarhuldaniel #catedralamantuiriineamului #paraclisulcmn #bisericaortodoxăromână #ortodox #ortodoxie #patriarhiaromana

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