The Week in Pictures: March 9 – 15, 2026

Please find below our selection of photographs captured in the Orthodox world during the third week of the Great Lent. Liturgical and prayerful moments, pilgrimage sites, and other events taking place between March 9 and March 15, 2026, reveal the beauty of a life lived in faith.

Faithful attending the feast of the Forty Martyrs Monastery – Gherla Memorial, Romania, on March 9, 2026. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius Echim
A moment of prayer at Mihai Vodă Monastery in Turda, Romania, on March 9, 2026. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Marius Romilă
The “Dormition of the Mother of God” Monastery in Nicula, Romania, on March 10, 2026. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius Echim
Children were also present at the feast of Saint Simeon the New Theologian at Mănăstirea Cașin Parish, Romania, on March 12, 2026. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
The relics of Saint Filotimia, the mother of Saint Dometios the Merciful, were exhumed at Râmeț Monastery, on March 12, 2026. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
One thousand pupils sang hymns to the Mother of God at Saint Sophia Church in Thessaloniki, Greece, on March 13, 2026. Photo credit: Metropolis of Thessaloniki
The daughter of Ioan Ianolide, a political prisoner during the communist regime, at her parents’ grave. Photo credit: Facebook / Paltin Monastery – Petru Vodă
Auxiliary Bishop Teofil of Trotuș offered small icons to children attending the National Catechetical Competition in Romania on March 12, 2026. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
“For chanters, Great Lent should be every day and should come alive at every service” – Panagiotis Neochoritis. Photo credit: Daniel Bruno Marinescu
The abbess of the Râmeț Monastery in Romania is holding the icon of newly-canonized Saint Filotimia on March 12, 2026. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
A child feels safe under the gaze of Saint Nicholas. Photo credit: Ionuța Aristița Adina
Patriarch Neofit of Bulgaria was commemorated two years after his repose, on March 14, 2026. Photo credit: Bulgarian Patriarchate
A stop at the Holy Cross Monastery – Cerbu in Tulcea County on the third Sunday of Great Lent, on March 15, 2026. Photo credit: Diocese of Tulcea
Romanian Orthodox Bishop Siluan of Hungary holding an icon of the Mother of God with the Infant Christ, dressed in traditional costume. Photo credit: Facebook / Sas Radu
Acolytes at “Saint Sava” Cathedral in Belgrade, Serbia, on March 15, 2026. Photo credit: Serbian Patriarchate
The third Sunday of Great Lent at the Holy Cross and Saint Basil the Great – Victoria Church. Photo credit: Facebook / Fr Cristian Trandafir
The Bishop of Giurgiu blesses a person with disabilities at Comana Monastery, Romania, on March 15, 2026. Photo credit: Diocese of Giurgiu
The Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Northern Europe is holding an infant on the Sunday of the Holy Cross, March 15, 2026. Photo credit: Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Northern Europe
The installation of the new abbot at Brusturi Monastery in Romania, on March 15, 2026. Photo credit: Doxologia / Flavius Popa
A ray of light pierces the Romanian church in Alibunar, Serbia, on March 15, 2026. Photo credit: Diocese of Dacia Felix
Răchitoasa Monastery, Romania, on March 15, 2026. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem carried the Holy Cross in procession in Jerusalem on March 15, 2026. Photo credit: Patriarchate of Jerusalem

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