The Week in Pictures: March 27 – April 2, 2023

Please see below the fifth week of Lent, captured through the camera lens of professional and amateur photographers.

Patriarch Daniel attended the anniversary event dedicated to the Centenary of the Constitution of Greater Romania held at the Parliament of Romania on March 27, 2023. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
The Orthodox Parish of Teiuș II resumed the chess courses organized for the students of Teiuș High School. Photo: Archdiocese of Alba Iulia
Spring atmosphere at Cernica Monastery near Bucharest, Romania. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
Preparing the commemorative sweet bread for a funeral in a village near Iasi. Photo: Doxologia / Oana Nichifor
Work on the large Annunciation mosaic icon that will be placed inside Romania’s National Cathedral. Photo: Facebook / National Cathedral
The arrival of participants for the 13th edition of the “Youth pilgrimage on foot from Iclod to Nicula Monastery” in Romania, Cluj county. Photo: Facebook / Vlad Cristian Todoran
The last rays of sunlight illuminate the altar of Chiajna Monastery. Photo: Antonio Cîrdei
The Patriarchal Residence complex in Bucharest. Photo: Augustin Bena Alba Culture Centre / Vasile Sârb
“The Theophano Basarab Workshops” of the Romanian Church Centre in Munich. Photo: Facebook / Church Center Munich
The grave of Romanian teacher and mentor Aron Pumnul in the old cemetery on the outskirts of the suburb of Horecea, Chernivtsi, Ukraine. Photo: BucPress / Mihai Grosu
The service of the Great Canon at the “Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel” Skete of the Pasărea Monastery (near Bucharest, Romania), on March 29, 2023. Photo: Gabriel Drumea
An embrace worth a thousand words. Photo: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacau
A moment from the Divine Liturgy celebrated at the Military Church in Timisoara on the 5th Sunday of Lent, on April 2, 2023. Photo: Dan Sara
“Picture in picture” with the mosaic of the National Cathedral. Photo: Instagram / Daniel Codrescu
The 5th Sunday of Lent at Bârsana Monastery, the county of Maramureș, Romania. Photo: Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
A little girl honours the icon of the Mother of God at the Romanian church in Paris. Photo: Fr Mircea Filip
Singer Nutsa Buzaladze, who impressed the American Idol jury with her voice, visited Patriarch Ilya of Georgia. Photo: Patriarchate of Georgia
Covered by the mantle of their hierarch’s prayers, the Cathedral of Roman, Romania, on April 2, 2023. Photo: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacau
The church dedicated to Holy Greatmartyr Procopius in the village of Gheorghița, Prahova county, Romania. It was built in 1641. Photo: Ana Maria Avram
Acolyte serving at Bucharest’s National Cathedral Chapel. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene

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