Please find below snapshots of Orthodox life in our Week in Pictures feature for May 24 – 30, 2021.
Young members of the Bucharest branch of Romania’s Association of Orthodox Students (ASCOR) participate in a prayer evening at St. Catherine Church, the chapel of Bucharest’s Orthodox Theology Faculty. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca EneThe feast of St. John the Russian on Evia Island, where his whole relics are kept. Photo: oir.gr / Dimitrios PetrogiannisChildren from Bucharest’s Brâncuşi Parish participated to the liturgy held on the day of St John the Russian, the patronal feast of this place of worship. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea FlorescuFather Juvenalius at the at the Midfeast of Pentecost. Photo: Rasophore LavrentiusEaster pilgrimage of the Orthodox youth of Poland at the Holy Mount Grabarka. Photo: Orthodox Church of PolandLiturgical procession in Prepolovenia with the Icon “Stanimashka” from Bachkovo Monastery. Photo: Bulgarian PatriarchateThe Archbishop of Lower Danube took a walk in the midst of nature. Photo: Facebook / Archdiocese of Lower DanubeCudalbi Monastery from Galați county, in eastern Romania, against the sunset. Photo: Facebook / Archdiocese of Lower DanubeRain clouds over Moldovița Monastery, a UNESCO heritage monument in northern Romania. Photo: Gabriel DrumeaPortrait of Dean Valerian Krechetov of Moscow. Photo: Instagram / Fr. Igor PalkinThe church of the Holy Prophet Elijah of Tishba in Nușeni, Bistrița-Năsăud county, was consecrated in the presence of pilgrims. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius EchimYoung men on horseback participate in the blessing of the painting at the church in Sighetu Marmației – Câmpu Negru (Maramureș county in northern Romania). Photo: Facebook / Diocese of Maramureș and SătmarAn original view of the chapel of Curtea de Argeș Monastery. Photo: Mihail OprescuPatriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Varlaam of Ploiești among the faithful of the “Nativity of the Mother of God” Church in Bucharest. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea FlorescuIn accordance with local tradition, Auxiliary Bishop Benedict of Bistrița was met at the Agrieș Parish in Bistrița-Năsăud county – where he had formerly served – by traditionally-dressed young people and transported with a carriage. Photo: Facebook / Metropolis of Cluj, Maramureș and SălajSpring works in the vegetable garden of Văratec Monastery. Photo: Doxologia / Bogdan Bulgariu
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