The Week in Pictures: March 7 – 13, 2022

We invite you to view a selection of photos from around the world taken during the first week of Lent.

Metropolitan Laurențiu of Transylvania and Fr Constantin Necula during the Great Canon at the Orthodox Cathedral in Sibiu. Photo: Metropolis of Transylvania
Bishop Justin of Maramureș brings flowers to his mother’s tomb. Photo: Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
Funeral service for Stavrophore Irina Pântescu, the first abbess of Voroneț Monastery. Photo: Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți / Irina Ursachi
Snow-covered Poiana Pustnicului Skete in Gorj, March 8, 2022. Photo: Poiana Pustnicului Skete
Monk makes prostrations during the Great Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, March 8, 2022. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene
Offerings on the feast day of the Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, March 9, 2022. Photo: Hierodeacon Serghie Pîrău
Monk playing the semantron at St Anthimos Monastery in Bucharest on the feast day of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene
Still during the Great Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete at St George Church in Sofia, Bulgaria. Photo: Bulgarian Patriarchate
A newly ordained chanter (psaltis) at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Iași, March 10, 2022. Photo: Ioan Botez
The director of Ukraine’s largest art museum walked its hallways, supervising as staff packed away its collections to protect their national heritage in case the Russian invasion advances west. Photo: Bartek Remisko
Romanian pilgrims on Mount Athos offer prayers at the tomb of Fr Gherasim of Prodromos. Photo: Țiplea Sorin
The choir of the Theological Seminary in Giurgiu participated at the Grand Canon of St. Andrew of Crete at Comana Monastery. Photo: Comana Monastery / Dragoș Grigore
Young boy offering his daily prayer to the Theotokos. Photo: Gabriel Drumea
The Ecumenical Patriarchate surrounded by snow. Photo: Ecumenical Patriarchate / Nikos Papachristou
The Sunday of Orthodoxy celebrated in Albania. Photo: Facebook / Stephanos & Alexandria Missionaries to Albania
The Sunday of Orthodoxy was celebrated in Constantinople in the presence of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Photo: Ecumenical Patriarchate / Nikos Papachristou
His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III leading the traditional procession with icons on the Sunday of Orthodoxy. Photo: Jerusalem Patriarchate
The Sunday of Orthodoxy at St. Irene Orthodox Orphanage in Kenya. Photo: Facebook / Eliud Muthiru
People carried Orthodox icons during a procession in Baia Mare. Photo: Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
The Sunday of Orthodoxy at the Romanian Orthodox parish of St. Martin the Confessor in Rome. Photo: Facebook / Parohia Ortodoxă “Sf. Martin Mărturisitorul-Episcopul Romei” – Roma Trullo
A mother holding her child as priests exit the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest for the traditional procession with icons on the Sunday of Orthodoxy. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene
Children carrying icons at Damascus Orthodox Cathedral. Photo: Antioch Patriarchate
Young people wearing folk costumes hold icons during the Divine Liturgy at Cluj-Napoca Orthodox Cathedral on the Sunday of Orthodoxy, March 13, 2022. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj
Portraits of saints in the arms of children at St. George – Cloșca Skete, Sunday of Orthodoxy 2022. Photo: St. George – Cloșca Skete
Traditional procession with icons at St John the New Monastery in Suceava, March 13, 2022. Photo: Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți / Irina Ursachi
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel and the patriarchal auxiliary bishop Varlaam of Ploiești surrounded by clergy on the Sunday of Orthodoxy. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene

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