The Week in Pictures: March 2–8, 2026

If you are curious to see how the first week of March looked through the camera lens, we present our selection of images from the Orthodox world captured between March 2 and March 8, 2026.

The Bishop of Dacia Felix visited to the town of Alibunar in Serbia on March 2, 2026. Photo credit: Diocese of Dacia Felix
The Patriarch of Bulgaria lit a candle and officiated a Thanksgiving service marking the 148th anniversary of Bulgaria’s independence on March 3, 2026. Photo credit: Bulgarian Patriarchate
Children participating in the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts at Glod Orthodox Parish, Maramureș, Romania, on March 4, 2026. Photo credit: Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
“Be kind to animals, for they have no other Paradise!” – Saint Paisios the Athonite. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
The Metropolitan of Cluj offered books to students of the “Metropolitan Nicolae Colan” Orthodox College in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on March 5, 2026. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius Echim
Auxiliary Bishop Teofil of Trotuș visited the hospital in Moinești, Romania, and offered flowers on the occasion of March 8, International Women’s Day. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
Mosaic of Christ Pantocrator in the main dome of the National Cathedral, recently built in Bucharest, the capital city of Romania. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Paisie of Sinaia celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, on March 8, 2026. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Archdeacon Nicolae Iftimiu
Children prepared to receive the Holy Communion at Ghidighici Parish, in the Republic of Moldova, a community that is part of the Romanian Patriarchate. Photo credit: Artemie Ixari
Commemoration of the departed at a Romanian Orthodox Parish in Paris on March 7, 2026. Photo credit: Damian Filip
A sermon with a touch of innocence. Photo credit: Facebook / Sinziana Veronica Sofa
The church of the Mirșid Parish, Sălaj County, in north-western Romania. Photo credit: Diocese of Sălaj
The service of the Lytia in the evening at the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul and of the Transylvanian Saints in the cemetery of Mediaș, Romania. Photo credit: Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul and of the Transylvanian Saints
Hierarchical blessing on the Second Sunday of Great Lent at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, on March 8, 2026. Photo credit: Sabin Simota
On March 8, 2026, the Metropolitan Cathedral in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, was filled beyond capacity with the faithful attending the feast of Saint Liviu-Galaction, a newly canonised Romanian martyr priest. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius Echim
View of Runc Monastery, Romania, taken on March 8, 2026. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
Procession with the relics of the 40 Holy Martyrs of Sebaste at Antim Monastery in Bucharest, Romania, on March 8, 2026. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu

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