The Week in Pictures: May 20 – 26, 2024

Holy Emperors Constantine and Helen are celebrated with great piety in the Orthodox world and are considered the patron saints of Christians and the Church. On this occasion, many churches worldwide celebrate their patronal feasts, including the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania.

Please see below our Week-in-Pictures photo feature for May 20-26, 2024.

Vigil in honour of Holy Emperors Constantine and Helen at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, on May 20, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
Te Deum service at Valaam Finnish Orthodox Monastery for the abbot’s name day. Photo credit: Facebook / Valamon luostari
Consecration of the church in Bogata, Bacău county, Romania, on May 21, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
Pilgrims at the opening of the patronal feast of Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, on May 21, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
The church tower of the “St. Constantine and Helen” Parish in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on May 21, 2024. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Ionuț Chifa
Patriarch Daniel of Romania blessed the faithful participating in the patronal feast of the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, on May 21, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
The new church of Budești Monastery in Maramureș, Romania, was consecrated on May 21, 2024. Photo credit: Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
The church of the Movila lui Burcel Monastery on May 21, 2024. Photo credit: Facebook / Mănăstirea Movila lui Burcel
The historical patronal feast of the Dobric Monastery in Romania on May 21, 2024. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius Echim
Interior view of the Bacău Cathedral with mosaic works. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
The Cathedral of the Salvation of the Nation, Romania’s National Cathedral in Bucharest, in the evening on May 22, 2024. Photo credit: Sabin Simota
11 inmates from Rahova Penitentiary visited the Patriarchate Palace on May 23, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene.
A little girl prays to Holy Martyr and Healer Panteleimon at the Chapel of the “Dr. I. Cantacuzino” Hospital in Bucharest, Romania’s Capital, on May 25, 2024. Photo: Ziarul Lumina / Mihnea Păduraru
A child carries the cross of St. Constantine the Great in procession at Vatopedou Monastery on Holy Mount Athos on May 25, 2024. Photo credit: George Cristian Slămnoiu
Two young people united their destinies before God at “St. Spiridonos the New” Metropolitan Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania. Photo credit: Foto Saramet
Metropolitan Teofan of Moldova and Bucovina, Romania, with children at the Mission Centre in Kidamali, Tanzania, where he participated in the Baptism of 227 infants, children and adults. Photo credit: Doxologia
His Grace Varlaam of Ploiești, Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop, with the students and teachers of the “Holy Three Hierarchs” High School in Bucharest, Romania, at the consecration of the school chapel on May 26, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
His Grace Atanasie of Bogdania celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Iași, Romania, on May 26, 2024. Photo credit: Facebook / Doxologia
The Bishop of South Bessarabia celebrated the 6th anniversary of His Grace’s ordination and enthronement by officiating the Divine Liturgy together with the Bishop of Tulcea at Țiganca Monastery in the Republic of Moldova on May 26, 2024. Photo credit: Diocese of Tulcea
Several people with mobility disabilities attended the Divine Liturgy at the Archdiocesan Cathedral in Galaţi, Romania, on the Sunday of the Healing of the Bethesda Paralytic. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Lower Danube
Patriarch John X of Antioch on a pastoral visit to the Eparchy of Latakia on May 26, 2024. Photo credit: Antiochian Patriarchate
The consecration of “St. Eumenios the New” Church of the Koudoumas Monastery on May 26, 2024. Photo credit: Orthodoxia News Agency

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