“From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets,the name of the Lord is to be praised.” The beauty of the Orthodox world during the second week of Lent was captured through the camera lens and shown in our weekly photo feature with pictures taken between March 10 and 16, 2025.
Curtea de Argeș Monastery, Romania, has a unique architecture – seen on March 10, 2025. Photo credit: Ovidiu VlăsceanuAn Orthodox church from Bacău county, Romania, bathed in sunset light on March 11, 2025. Photo credit: Facebook / Sorin DediuThe Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts at the Chapel of the Orthodox College in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on March 12, 2025. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Ionuț ChifaChildren’s choir at the “Protection of the Mother of God” Church in Ciucurova, Tulcea county, Romania, on March 12, 2025. Photo credit: Diocese of TulceaFull Moon over the ruins of a church in southern Romania, photographed on March 14, 2025. Photo credit: Florin AndreescuThe Archbishop of Lower Danube offered small printed icons to the students who competed in Romania’s Religion Olympics on March 15, 2025. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Lower DanubeThe Bishop of Northern Europe met with the Romanian Orthodox diaspora from Stavanger, Norway, on March 15, 2025. Photo credit: Diocese of Northern EuropeFather and daughter during the Divine Liturgy celebrated at an Orthodox parish in Bacău county, Romania, on March 15, 2025. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea FlorescuThe “Holy Martyr Panteleimon” Skete lies at 1000 meters altitude on the Transfăgărășan Highway in Romania – seen here on March 16, 2025. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Argeș and MuscelThe Scărișoara Nouă Monastery church in northwestern Romania is being painted, according to this photograph taken on March 16, 2025. Photo credit: Diocese of Maramureș and SătmarA child is enthralled by Archbishop Casian’s censer on March 16, 2025, in eastern Romania. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Lower DanubeMetropolitan John (Pelushi) of Korçë was elected by the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Albania as the new Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania. Photo credit: Metropolis of Shenjtë KorçëArchbishop Calinic of Suceava and Rădăuți blessed the faithful at the Archdiocesan Cathedral in Suceava, Romania, on March 16, 2025. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Suceava and RădăuțiA ray of light on the encolpion with the representation of Christ the Saviour at Bucharest’s Radu Vodă Monastery, Romania, on March 16, 2025. Photo credit: Radu Vodă MonasteryAcolyte at the “Holy Trinity” Church in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on March 16, 2025. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius EchimHis Grace Iustin, Bishop of Maramureș and Sătmar, with two children from the Romanian region of Negrești-Oaș who hold the icon of the new confessor St Dometie of Râmeț, on March 16, 2025. Photo credit: Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar / Feher AlexandruSt. Gregory Palamas was honoured at the church on the Politehnica Bucharest University campus on March 16, 2025. Photo credit: Doxologia / Fr. Silviu CluciBishop Ambrozie blessed the children at the Ascension of the Lord Church in Giurgiu, Romania, on March 16, 2025. Photo credit: Diocese of Giurgiu
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