The Week in Pictures: May 27 – June 2, 2024

The last days of May and the first days of summer were embellished by celebrations of childhood, of St. John the New from Suceava, patron saint of Bukovina, and by the blessing of God manifested as rainbows over the sky of Romania.

The National Council of the Association of Romanian Christian Orthodox Students (ASCOR) met this year in Constanța. Photo credit: ASCOR
Massaii din Ipwasi, Tanzania, vizitați de Mitropolitul Teofan al Moldovei și Bucovinei. Foto credit: Facebook / Doxologia
Live broadcast of a sermon given by Father Petros Vryzas, Abbot of St John the Baptist Monastery – Essex, England. Photo credit: Facebook / Monastery of Saint John the Baptist, Essex
Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Varlaam of Ploiești blessed a Trinity in memory of the aviation heroes at the 90th Air Transport Base in Otopeni, near Bucharest, Romania. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Rainbow over Văratic Monastery, Romania. Photo credit: Facebook / Mănăstirea Varatic
The sister of St. Gabriel the Georgian, Julietta, honouring her brother’s icon. Photo credit: Facebook / Mama Gabrieli
The charity led by Fr. Sergiu Aga supports the football team of the Pedagogical College “Vasile Lupu” from Orhei, in the Republic of Moldova. Photo credit: Facebook / Sergiu Aga
Bishop Ignatie of Huși and the eparchial counsellors bought sweets to offer to children for International Children’s Day. Photo credit: Facebook / Asociația Filantropia Ortodoxa Huși
Strânsul fânului la Mănăstirea Dečani din Serbia. FotoHay gathering at the Dečani Monastery in Kosovo. Photo credit: X / Dečani Monastery
The chapel and the bell tower of Dervent Monastery, Constanța county, Romania. Photo credit: Protos. Sofronie Bobaru
Preparations at the Diocesan Cathedral in Huși to welcome the little faithful or games and gifts on Children’s Day. Photo credit: Diocese of Huși
His Eminence Ioachim, Archbishop of Roman and Bacău, was welcomed by children in the village of Bărtășești, on Saturday, June 1. Photo credit: Facebook / Arhiepiscopia Romanului și Bacăului
Various workshops were organised at the Museum of the Banat Village, in Western Romania, to celebrate International Children’s Day. Photo credit: mitropolia-banatului.ro
The relics of St. John the New of Suceava were placed to be honoured by the faithful on the eve of his feast day. Photo credit: Facebook / Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți
More than 300 young people, adults and children from Nepsis Italia gathered on June 1st to celebrate the International Children’s Day. Photo credit: episcopia-italiei.ro
Rainbow over the Neamț county, Romania. Photo credit: Raluca Ene
The funeral of Grigore Hodea, elder brother of Bishop Iustin of Maramureș and Sătmar, on Sunday, June 2. Photo credit: Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar / Archd. Vasile Pop
The beloved saint of Bucovina, the Great Martyr John the New, was honoured at the Archdiocesan Cathedral in Suceava. Photo credit: Facebook / Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți
His Eminence Casian, Archbishop of the Lower Danube, gives Holy Communion to a little girl at the Archdiocesan Cathedral in Galați, Romania, on Sunday, June 2. Photo credit: Facebook / Archdiocese of the Lower Danube
A faithful from the Orthodox Parish of Delureni, Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania, attends the Divine Liturgy officiated on the Sunday of the Samaritan woman. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Ionuț Chifa
Bishop Andrei of Covasna and Harghita, Bishop Nestor of Deva and Hunedoara and the Auxiliary Bishop Gherontie of Hunedoara celebrated the Divine Lirturgy at the Ude Monastery in Georgia, located in the native village of St. Anthemus the Iberian. Photo credit: episcopiadevei.ro
A child from the Apuseni Mountains, Romania, embraces the Cross of Christ the Saviour at the Divine Liturgy celebrated on Sunday, June 2, when the new wooden church in Smida, Cluj county, ws consecrated. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius Echim
His Grace Veniamin, Bishop of South Bessarabia, celebrated a memorial service for the paramedics and medics crew who died in the plane crash in Haragis, the Republic of Moldova, in 2016. Photo credit: episcopiabasarabieidesud.md

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