The Week in Pictures: March 28 – April 3, 2022

The fourth week of Lent was full of Spring scents and colours, bringing joy and hope to the souls of the faithful. Please see below our Week in Pictures feature for the week between March 28 an April 3, 2022.

Timișoara Metropolitan Cathedral seen through the lens of a pilgrim in Spring. Photo: Alexandra Iliescu
One can still enjoy snow at the Panagia Prodromitissa Monastery in Comădau, Harghita county. Photo: Twitter / Dumitrescu Corina
The Patriarch of Jerusalem received on Monday, March 28, the Greek Minister of Tourism. Photo: Jerusalem Patriarchate
Orthodox traditions workshop at Orthodox “St Blas” Monastery in Albania. Photo: Orthodoxia News Agency
Upon turning 8, a child prays to St Joseph the Hesychast. Photo: Instagram / Oneburninglamp
Holy Cross on the altar of Pasărea Monastery, situated near Bucharest. Photo: Gabriel Drumea
Pilgrims on Montenegro’s Mount Rumija. Photo: Instagram / Ivan Crnogorcevic
A portrait of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I. Photo: Nikos-Giorgos Papachristou
Sketch made after a photo of His Grace Nestor, Bishop of Deva and Hunedoara. Photo: Instagram / Art_skitse_official
Blue Spring sky over the National Cathedral. Photo: Basilica.ro / Aurelian Iftimiu
“Sfânta Vineri” Church in Pitești with blossoming tree. Photo: Nicoleta Radu
Commemoration of the Romanians killed 81 years ago, in the Fântâna Albă Massacre (in the former Soviet Union, today’s Ukraine). Photo: Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți
Blossoming magnolias at Bucharest’s Plumbuita Monastery. Photo: Afsar Amirabadi
Spring time at Turnu Monastery in the county of Vâlcea. Photo: Vasile Ionuț
Bucharest’s Kretzulescu Church seen throught blossoming branches. Photo: Mircea Florescu
Metropolitan Andrei of Cluj participated in the Romanian Military Police celebrations on Friday, April 1, 2022, in Cluj. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj / Archdeacon Dan Văscu
A Swiss watch was installed in the “Holy Trinity” Square in Istanbul’s Taksim neighbourhood, to mark 30 years of His Sanctity Bartholomew I’s Patriarchate. Photo: Fosfanariou.gr
Greek Archbishop of America met the basketball team of the “St Sophia” Cathedral. Photo: Instagram / Archbishop Elpidophorus
His Grace Iustin with the faithful at Bârsana Monastery under Spring snow. Photo: Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
The Bishop of Siemiatycze celebrated the Divine Liturgy on the Fourth Sunday of Lent in Warsaw, the Capital city of Poland. Photo: Church of Poland
Patriarch Porfirije distributed humanitarian aid to needy families. Photo: Serbian Patriarchate
Spring flower carpet at “Sihăstria Putnei” Monastery. Photo: Facebook / Sorin Onișor

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