The Week in Pictures: March 13-19, 2023

Please find below Orthodox life in the third week of Lent, captured through the lens of the camera: our feature “The Week in Pictures”.

Procession with the holy relics of St. Gregory Palamas in Thessaloniki, Greece, on March 12, 2023. Photo: Ope.gr / Rafail Georgidias
His Eminence Ioan Casian with the participants to the “St Symeon and Anna” Family, Grandparents and Children’s Camp organized by the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Canada between March 10-13, 2023, at the “Ascension of the Holy Cross and St. Ephrem the New” Romanian Orthodox Monastery. Photo: Hieromonk Polycarp
Several icons have been pulled from the ruins of earthquake-damaged churches in Antioch. Photo: Antiochian Patriarchate
Moonlit cross on Bucium Hill in the city of Iași, Romania. Photo: Facebook / Andrei Cucu
The Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of the Church of England visited the Romanian Patriarchate. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
The Bishop of Maramureș and Sătmar visited the “Nativity of the Mother of God” Orthodox Parish in Lăschia, Maramureș county, Romania. Photo: Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
Romania: A delegation of hieromonks from Putna Monastery took a fragment of the relics of St. Nectarios of Aegina to Bogdănești Monastery for worship. Photo: Putna Monastery
The Patriarch of Serbia met with Nick Vujicic, a well-known Australian motivational speaker who suffers from a rare condition characterised by the absence of all four limbs. Photo: Serbian Patriarchate
St. Alexius Church in Bucharest on a feast day, March 17, 2023. Photo: Mariana Stancă
The students from Sibiu County who participated in the Religion Olympics received the blessing of His Eminence Laurențiu, Archbishop of Sibiu and Metropolitan of Transylvania. Photo: Metropolis of Transylvania
Sunday of the Holy Cross at the “Saints Peter and Paul and Transylvanian Saints” Church in the Cemetery of Mediaș, Romania. Photo: Ovidiu Tatar
The church dedicated to “The Assumption of the Mother of God” in the village of Măgura, Romania, stands against the backdrop of the Piatra Craiului Massif. Photo: Ana-Maria Răduță
Creative workshop at Bucharest’s “Annunciation – Belu” Church: children and young people, grandparents, parents, aunts and uncles made crosses from woven wicker and icons on glass representing the Holy Cross. Photo: Georgiana Bărîcă
“There is no Resurrection without the Cross” said Archimandrite Arsenie Papacioc. A moment at the “Assumption of the Mother of God” parish in Mizil, Romania, during the Sunday of the Holy Cross. Photo: Alexandru Paraschiv
The “Holy Trinity” Church in the village of Morunglav, Olt county, Romania, seen among blossoming tree branches. Photo: Preduț Florin
The Holy Cross Sunday was also celebrated in Jerusalem. Photo: Jerusalem Patriarchate
A cross adorned with flowers at the “Church of Saints Michael and Gabriel”, Pasărea Monastery near Bucharest, Romania. Photo: Gabriel Drumea
The Divine Liturgy celebrated by hierarch at the “Holy Archangels” Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral in Paris. Photo: Damian Filip
Adorned Holy Cross at the Great Church of Gura Râului, Romania, used in the religious service officiated on the Sunday of the Holy Cross. Photo: Iuliana Cîmpan
March 19, 2023: A child attends the consecration of the foundation stone for a new church to be built in Bragadiru, Ilfov County, Romania. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene

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