The Week in Pictures: July 17 – 23, 2023

Events in the Orthodox world during the week of 17-23 July revolved around the feasts of St. Elijah the Prophet and St. Mary Magdalene. For the Romanian Orthodox Church, the highlights were the ordination of a new hierarch and the Patriarch Daniel’s birthday anniversary.

The celebration of the Icon of Our Lady of Kazan, patroness of the local Inspectorate for Emergency Response, at the Monastery of St. John Jacob of Neamț, the New Khozevite, in Vâlcea county, Romania. Photo credit: Protosyncellus Ioan Iacob Hațegan
Romanian Church music professor and composer Nicolae Lungu was remembered at the Patriarchal Cathedral, marking three decades since his passing away into the Lord. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Wooden and wall churches at Techirghiol Monastery, Romania, by the Black Sea. Photo credit: Mariana Stancă
The patronal feast religious service at the Church of St. Elijah in Câmpulung-Muscel, a Romanian town protected by the holy prophet. Photo credit: Filip Scarlat
Painting of the porch at Parepa Monastery, Romania. Photo credit: Hieromonk Benedict Rusu
Sunrise at the Church of St. Elijah in the village of Ghindari (Romania), on the feast day of its patron saint. Photo credit: Robert Mustață
“Joyful Light” at Bucharest’s Darvari Skete. Photo credit: Afsar Amirabadi
The monastic community in Dragomirești (Maramureș county, Romania) and a crowd of faithful honoured St. Elijah, the patron saint of the monastery. Photo credit: Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
A clear summer evening at Dervent Monastery, Constanta County, Romania. Photo credit: Protosyncellus Sofronie Bobaru
Prayers of thanksgiving for this year’s agricultural harvest on the feast of St. Elijah. Photo credit: Alexandra Iliescu
His Grace Paisie of Sinaia, a new hierarch of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church, was ordained on July 20, 2023 at Bucharest’s Patriarchal Cathedral. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene
Snapshot from a girls’ camp organized by the Orthodox Church of Albania. Photo credit: Facebook / Kampi Ortodoks Per Vajza
A team of iconographers from Greece works on the painting of the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Jeonju City, South Korea. Photo credit: Flickr / Orthodox Korea
On July 22, 2023, Patriarch Daniel turned 72. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene
Patriarch Porphirije with children who congratulate him on his birthday, July 22. Photo credit: Instagram / patrijarh_porfirije
Thousands of believers attended the feast of Saint Mary Magdalene at Pantocrator Monastery, Teleorman county, Romania. Photo credit: Facebook / Mănăstirea Pantocrator
The feast of St Mary Magdalene at the Annunciation-Belu Church in Bucharest, Romania. Photo credit: Presbytera Georgiana Bărîcă
His Grace Benedict of Bistrița celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of St. Elijah in Râșca Pleș (Cluj county, Romania) on Sunday, July 23, 2023. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj, Maramureș and Sălaj / Ionuț Chifa
The launch of an anthology of prayer-poems at Comana Monastery, Romania. Photo credit: Nicoleta Enculescu

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