The Week in Pictures: May 1 – 7, 2023

Orthodox life in the first week of May seen through the lens of the camera: please see below our weekly photo feature for May 1 – 7, 2023.

Ioan Călugăr, the oldest inhabitant of Buduș, Bistrița-Năsăud county, Romania, walking through the garden of his house, Monday, May 1, 2023, on the day he was celebrated by the community on the occasion of his 100th birthday. He was born on April 25, 1923, in the village of Buduș, into a family of God-fearing peasant farmers. Photo credit: Darius Echim
Pilgrim at Ciolanu Monastery in Buzău county, Romania. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Simona Chivu
Turnu Monastery, Prahova county, Romania on the first day of May. Photo credit: Ioana Cristian
St. Matrona the Blind was celebrated at the Church of St. Nicholas – Tabacu in Bucharest. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Aurelian Iftimiu
Archbishop Casian brought a fragment of the relics of St. Athanasius Patelarius to the parish of the Micro 17 district of Galati, which has this Holy Hierarch as its spiritual patron, May 2, 2023. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Lower Danube
The athletes of the National Bodybuilding and Fitness Lot were blessed by Archbishop Irineu, on May 2, 2023. Photo credit: Ciprian Farcaș
Procession with the relics of Saints Ephraimos the New and Nectarios at Bucharest’s Radu Vodă Monastery. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
On May 3, 2023, the feast day of Saint Irodion of Lainici, His Eminence Ioachim, Archbishop of Roman and Bacău, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at “Sf. Parascheva” Archdiocesan Cathedral in Roman, Romania. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
Procession with the relics of St. Gabriel of Bialystok at the Monastery of the Nativity of Our Lady in Zwierki, Poland. Photo credit: Orthodox Church of Poland
Crasna Monastery in the county of Prahova, Romania, on May 3, 2023. Photo credit: Ștefan Chirobocea
Tomb of Great-martyr George in Lida, Israel. Photo credit: Vasile Ionuț
Visit of the members of the “Philanthropy” Federation to the “Good Samaritan” Home in Coroieni, Maramureș county. Romania. Photo credit: Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
Students in Serbia lit candles for the victims of the armed attack in a Belgrade school. Photo credit: Decani Monastery
A very young pilgrim at Bucharest’s Radu Vodă Monastery on the feast of St. Ephraimos the New, celebrated on May 5, 2023. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
Candles lit at Bucharest’s Radu Vodă Monastery on May 5, 2025. Photo credit: Ioana-Ana Cacso
Romania: The garden of a Bucharest block of flats. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
Spring at Pocrov Skete on May 6, 2023. Photo credit: Facebook / Pelerin la Pocrov
The face of a toddler is mirrored by the Holy Cross. Photo credit: Fr Bogdan Antohi
Night shot in the cemetery of Dervent Monastery, Constanta county, Romania. Photo credit: Protos. Sofronie Bobaru
Church of the Sofrăcești Parish in the county of Neamț, Romania, was reconsecrated on May 7, 2023. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
Archbishop Nikita of Thyateira and Great Britain said a prayer at the coronation of King Charles III. Photo credit: Orthodoxtimes
His Grace Timotei of Sătmar officiated together with His Grace Macarie, Romanian Bishop of Northern Europe, at the “Saints Archangels Michael and Gabriel” Parish in Chegea, Satu Mare county, Romania, on May 7, 2023. Photo credit: Orthodox Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
4th Sunday after Easter at Pasărea Monastery near Bucharest, Romania. Photo credit: Gabriel Drumea
A child holds the icon of Saint Paraskeva at the consecration of the “Saint Paraskeva” wooden church in Bragadiru, near Bucharest, Romania. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene

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