The Week in Pictures: May 8 – 14, 2023

Please find below images rendering the joy of the pilgrims and the beauty of Orthodox religious services: it is our weekly photo feature for May 8-14, 2023.

Singing and worshipping God at Cornu Monastery, Prahova county, on May 8, 2023. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
Church of the Monastery “St. George” in Patriarch Justinian Marina’s native village of Suiești, Vâlcea county, Romania. Photo credit: Robert Mustață
A group of Romanian pilgrims visited the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, on May 12, 2023. Photo credit: Facebook / Patriarchate of Jerusalem
The Bishop of Maramureș and Sătmar was among more than 500 children and young people from the Land of Chioar attending the event “Maramureș, Land of Voivodes, Heroes and Saints” organized at Habra Monastery on May 12, 2023. Photo credit: Orthodox Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
A moment from the Divine Liturgy celebrated at the Holy Sepulchre, Israel, on May 13, 2023. Photo credit: Gabriel Drumea
Members of the Suceava Orthodox Youth Association participated in the Religion Teaching gathering held at “Petru Rareș” National College in Suceava, Romania. Photo credit: Instagram / atos.suceava
Students from Bucharest’s “Metropolitan Nifon” Orthodox Theological Seminary volunteered to tidy up the gravesites of priests from the city’s Bellu Cemetery, on May 13, 2023. Photo credit: Facebook / Bellu Cemetery – Open Air Museum
“Joyful light” inside the main spire of the new church at Dervent Monastery, Constanța county, Romania. Photo credit: Protosyncellus Sofronie Bobaru
The church dedicated to “Holy Emperors Constantine and his mother, Helen”, at Straja II Parish in Suceava county, northern Romania. Photo credit: Petru Paul Torac
His Eminence Theodosius of Tomis on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land on May 13, 2023. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Tomis / Archdeacon Vali Vădănoiu
The Night of Museums at “Iulian Antonescu” Museum Complex in Bacău, Romania. Photo credit: Facebook / Elena Brîndușa Popovici
Bird’s-eye view of the faithful crowd gathered at the “Holy Hierarch Basil the Great” Orthodox Parish in Baia Mare, northern Romania. Photo credit: Orthodox Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmarului
The 5th Sunday after Easter at the Cathedral of Roman, Romania, on May 14, 2023. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
The Metropolitan of Cluj, Maramureș and Sălaj celebrated the Divine Liturgy and the blessing of the renovation works at the Church in Bobâlna, Cluj county, central Romania, on May 14, 2023. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius Echim
Germany: The Berlin Dome, a landmark of Germany’s Capital city. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Aurelian Iftimiu
Romanian Philanthropist and national league football team owner Gigi Becali read the Psalms at the Cernica Monastery church near Bucharest, Romania, on May 14, 2023. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Young Bukovina girl at the feast of the Holy Hierarch Jacob of Putna celebrated at Putna Monastery on May 14, 2023. Photo credit: Putna Monastery

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