The first week of summer marks a time of spiritual renewal, as the warm sun encourages the faithful to go on pilgrimages to various monasteries or holy places and actively participate in the community’s life. We invite you to see our Week-in-Pictures photo feature for the week of June 3 – 9, 2024.
Romania: The București-Giurgiu train passes by Comana Monastery. Photo credit: Comana Monastery / Dragoș GrigorePure-hearted and innocent, the children gathered at the “Holy Emperors Constantine and Helen” in Vișeu de Sus, Maramureș county, Romania. Photo credit: Tudor CiocotișanArchbishop Casian enjoys the beauty of a wheat field. Photo credit: Archdiocese of the Lower DanubeMetropolitan Tikhon, Archbishop of Washington and Metropolitan of All America and Canada (Orthodox Church in America) celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Putna Monastery, Romania, on June 5, 2024. Photo credit: Putna MonasteryRomanian hierarchs at the Niculițel basilica in eastern Romania, on the feast day of Saints Zotic, Atal, Camasie and Filip, June 4, 2024. Photo credit: Diocese of TulceaHis Grace Varlaam of Ploiești on the 75th anniversary of 90th Air Transport Base “Aviator Commander Gheorghe Bănciulescu” in Otopeni, near Bucharest, Romania, on June 5, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea FlorescuThe Metropolitan of Cluj, Maramureș and Sălaj blessed the renovated headquarters of Radio Renașterea, the eparchial radiostation, on June 6, 2024. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius EchimRomanian Orthodox Bishop Macarie of Northern Europe with Romanian folk music performer Sofia Vicoveanca at the opening of the exhibition of Romanian blouses organized at the headquarters of the Romanian Cultural Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on June 7, 2024. Photo credit: Diocese of Northern EuropeOrthodox Church of the Holy Spirit in Serbănești, Bacău county, Romania. Photo credit: Mihail HuncăMovila lui Burcel Monastery, Romania, seen from a sunflower field on June 8, 2024. Photo credit: Movila lui Burcel MonasterySports charity event organized by the Romanian Christian Orthodox Students’ Association in Cluj-Napoca to raise funds for the “St Hristofor” Pediatric Palliative Care Center in Cluj county, Romania, on June 8, 2024. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Ionuț ChifaLavender fields at the Pantocrator Monastery, Romania, in sunset light. Photo credit: Pantocrator MonasteryThe Monastery of the Transfiguration in Milesi, Greece, is widely known to have been founded by Elder Porphyry of KavsoKalivia. Photo credit: DoxologiaEparchial metochion at Valea Budului, Bacău county, Romania. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and BacăuSunset at Cernica Monastery near Bucharest, Romania, on June 8, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Hierod. Nicolae IftimiuArchbishop Casian with the participants of a chess contest in Galați, Romania, June 9, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of the Lower DanubeHis Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, went to cast his vote for the European Parliamentary and local elections held on Sunday, June 9, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea FlorescuA child prays to St. John the New of Suceava on June 9, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți / Cristi TurculețHis Grace Timotei, Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Spain and Portugal, blesses the faithful at the Bistrița Monastery in Romania, on June 9, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Râmnic
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