The Week in Pictures: March 8-14, 2021

Last week’s snow was a source of inspiration for photography lovers. Please find our selection of photos taken between March 8 and 14.

The National Day of the Anti-communist Political Prisoners was celebrated at the “Wings” Monument in Bucharest. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Păuca Secondary School and Broșteni Parish have a partnership for extra-curricular activities. Among them, a choir that offers answers to the Divine Liturgy on Sundays. Photo: Instagram / Metropolis of Ardeal
View from the courtyard of the Orthodox Theology Faculty in Bucharest after spring snow. Photo: Basilica.ro / Aurelian Iftimiu
Spring snow at Radu Vodă Monastery in Bucharest. Photo: Facebook / Radu Vodă Monastery
Father Antonios Bezaitis of Patra, Greece, with two children wearing folk costumes on the 200th anniversary of the Greek Independence War. Photo: Facebook / Antonios Bezaitis
Curtea de Argeș Monastery surrounded by snowdrifts. Photo: Facebook / Ovidiu Marian Vlăsceanu
Comana Monastery covered in immaculate white snow. Photo: Comana Monastery / Dragoș Grigore
Ianca I Parish participating in the National Catechism Contest “The Church – A Family for Romanians All Over the World”. Photo: Facebook / Făurei Parish
Maramureș children participate in the Divine Liturgy at the “Holy Trinity” Diocesan Cathedral in Baia Mare. Photo: Facebook / Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
Pângărați Monastery dressed in white. Photo: Bărcan Claudiu Sergiu
His Grace Benedict of Bistrița celebrated his name day in prayer, by officiating the Divine Liturgy at the “Holy Apostles Peter and Paul” Church in Cluj. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius Echim

The decorated doors of “St Spyridon – the New” Church in Bucharest. Photo: Mariana Stanca
An outdoor icon of the Mother of God covered by snow at Brâncoveanu Monastery in Sâmbăta de Sus. Photo: Vuțan Vasile-Liviu
Faithful participated in the Divine Liturgy at the “Holy Martyr John the New” Monastery in Suceava on the Sunday of the Expulsion of Adam from Paradise. Photo: Archdiocese of Suceava Rădăuțil
Băleni Sârbi Parish of Târgoviște Sud Deanery in Romania participates in the National Catechism Contest “The Church – A Family for Romanians All Over the World” with a fundraising activity. Volunteers sold home-made sweets and bought three electronic tablets with the money. The devices were offered to children who could not afford them. Photo: Mădălina Cimpoeru
Coșoteni Monastery under snowflake siege. Photo: Coșoteni Monastery
A lady came with her pet to listen in the open air to the Divine Liturgy officiated at the “St Nicholas of One Day” Church in Bucharest. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu

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