The Week in Pictures: March 30 – April 5, 2026

The last week of Great Lent culminated in the Feast of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem, a source of joy for Orthodox Christians before Holy Week. We invite you to see our selection of images taken between March 30 and April 5, 2026.

The Antiochian Metropolitan of North America in conversation with priests at the Romanian Orthodox Monastery of Middletown in the state of New York,, on April 1, 2026. Photo credit: Facebook / Metropolitan Saba Esper
The Washing of the Feet at the Dormition of the Mother of God Cathedral in Finland, on April 2, 2026. Photo credit: Facebook / Helsinki Orthodox Parish
Icons of the recently canonised female saints were carried in procession during the Palm Sunday pilgrimage in Bacău, Romania, on April 4, 2026. Photo credit: Lazaret Parish – Bacău
This year, the Palm Sunday Procession in Bucharest, Romania, began at the National Cathedral on April 4, 2026. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Romanian Orthodox faithful in Serbia participated in the first Palm Sunday Procession organised in the Diocese of Dacia Felix, on April 4, 2026. Photo credit: Diocese of Dacia Felix
Joy at the Palm Sunday procession in Suceava, Romania, on April 4, 2026. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți
More than 17,000 people participated in the Palm Sunday pilgrimage in Bucharest, the capital city of Romania, on April 4, 2026. Photo credit: Ziarul Lumina / Luigi Ivanciu
Clergy and faithful from the Archdiocese of Bucharest, Romania, participated in the Palm Sunday Procession in their capital city on April 4, 2026. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
A large number of catechumens were received into the Orthodox Church during a service led by Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain on April 4, 2026. Photo credit: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira & Great Britain
In traditional costumes at the Palm Sunday procession in Bistrița, Romania, on April 4, 2026. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius Echim
The Palm Sunday pilgrimage in Iași, on April 4, 2026. Photo credit: Doxologia / Oana Nechifor
Palm Sunday procession joined by the March for Life in Bacău, Romania, on April 4, 2026. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
Palm Sunday branches at Sihăstria Râșcăi Monastery, Romania. Photo credit: Sabin Simota
Monastic tonsure at Almaș Monastery, Romania. Photo credit: Doxologia / Fr Silviu Cluci
Firefighters and the Gendarmerie contributed to the safe organisation of the Palm Sunday pilgrimage between Romania’s National Cathedral and the historical Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania. Photo credit: Facebook / Ministry of Internal Affairs
Palm Sunday in Thessaloniki, Greece. Photo credit: Facebook / Holy Metropolis of Thessaloniki
The Feast of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem at Saint Sava Cathedral in Belgrade, Serbia, on April 5, 2026. Photo credit: Serbian Patriarchate
Auxiliary Bishop Nectarie of Bogdania blessing the faithful at Sihăstria Râșcăi Monastery, on April 5, 2026. Photo credit: Sabin Simota
The Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem was celebrated at the Cathedral in Brooklyn, New York, on April 5, 2026. Photo credit: Instagram / brooklyncathedral
Palm Sunday in Jerusalem on April 5, 2026. Photo credit: Instagram / brooklyncathedral
Three little girls dressed in folk costumes on Palm Sunday at Glod Orthodox Parish, in the county of Maramureș, Romania. Photo credit: Raluca-Florentina Vlad
Blessing of the faithful with holy water at the Cathedral in Roman, Romania, on April 5, 2026. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
Sunset on Bucharest’s Patriarchate Hill, Romania, on March 5, 2026. Photo credit: Gabriel Rădășanu
Matins at Saint Cyril and Methodius Church in Burgas, Bulgaria, on April 5, 2026. Photo credit: Bulgarian Patriarchate

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