The Week in Pictures: July 28 – August 3, 2025

This week’s selection of photos captures inspiring moments of prayer, service, and pilgrimage from across the Orthodox world, highlighting recent events in Romania, the Republic of Moldova, the United Kingdom, Canada, and beyond.

From pilgrimages and pastoral visits to charitable outreach and liturgical celebrations, each image reflects the vibrant spiritual life and deep-rooted faith of Orthodox communities. Featured moments include patriarchal commemorations, blessings offered by hierarchs, youth pilgrimages, and the daily devotion of monastics, all set within the rich tapestry of Orthodox tradition.

These snapshots of grace and dedication offer a glimpse into the living faith and active love that continue to unite the Orthodox faithful around the world.

Two girls holding hands while watching a campfire as their Youth Camp concludes in the Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți. Photo credit: arhiepiscopiasucevei.ro
Tombs of Romania’s former Patriarchs Teoctist Arăpașu and Iustin Moisescu, during their memorial service on Wednesday, July 30, at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Over 100 young people received the blessing of Assistant Bishop Nichifor of Botoșani in Iași before their pilgrimage to Ceahlău Monastery, held in honour of the saints of Neamț. Photo credit: Doxologia.ro / Mihail Vrăjitoru
Evening view from the cemetery of Dervent Monastery, Constanța County. Photo credit: Hieromonk Sofronie Bobaru
“Saint John’s Volunteers” from the Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți provided assistance this week to people affected by floods in several localities of Suceava County. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți
For the sixteenth consecutive year, the “Saint John of Rila the Wonderworker” walking pilgrimage began on August 1 in Sofia and will conclude on August 6 at Rila Monastery. Photo credit: bg-patriarshia.bg
The Patriarchate of Jerusalem honoured Saint Elijah on Saturday, August 2, according to the Old Calendar. Photo credit: Facebook / Jerusalem Patriarchate
Still during the Supplicatory Canon to the Mother of God, officiated by Bishop Benedict of Sălaj in a parish on Saturday, August 2. Photo credit: Diocese of Sălaj
A child touches the Prodromitissa icon of the Mother of God during a pilgrimage at Mono Monastery, Canada, on Saturday, August 2. Photo credit: MonasteryMono.org
Archbishop Casian of Lower Danube invokes the Holy Spirit during the Divine Liturgy celebrated at the “Apostles Peter and Paul” Church in Chișinău, Republic of Moldova, on Sunday, August 3. Photo credit: Facebook / Metropolis of Bessarabia
The portraits of Saints Heraclius and Alexander of Bessarabia depicted on an epigonation, on the day of their local canonisation proclaimed in Chișinău, Sunday, August 3. Photo credit: Facebook / Metropolis of Bessarabia
Along the pathways of Cernica Monastery. Photo credit: Magdalena Boboc
Metropolitan Petru of Bessarabia blesses a child at the “Holy Apostles Peter and Paul” Church in Chișinău.
Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Archdeacon Nicolae Iftimiu
Detail from the Metropolitan Cathedral in Timișoara. Photo credit: Ștefan Pavăl
Bishop Macarie of Northern Europe visited his native village, Spermezeu in Bistrița-Năsăud County, on Sunday, August 3, for the feast of the Galaktotrophousa icon of Țibleș. Photo credit: Facebook / Diocese of Northern Europe
Portrait of a monk from the Rock Monastery of Peștera, Orhei District, Republic of Moldova, on Sunday, August 3. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Archdeacon Nicolae Iftimiu
His Grace Bishop Nectarie, Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Ireland and Iceland, censes during the Divine Liturgy at the “Nativity of Saint John the Baptist” Monastery in Valea Mare, Covasna. Photo credit: episcopiacvhr.ro
Bishop Iustin of Maramureș and Sătmar blesses a family in the village of Mare. Photo credit: Facebook / Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
Archbishop Irineu of Alba Iulia blesses the antidoron at Chiheru de Jos parish on the 8th Sunday after Pentecost, when the miracle of the multiplication of loaves was commemorated. Photo credit: Facebook / Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese of Alba Iulia

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