During the week of 18-24 November 2024, it snowed in many parts of the country, and white-clad landscapes were captured in expressive photo shots.
Fairytale landscape at Comana Monastery, Romania, on November 19, 2024. Photo credit: Comana Monastery / Dragoș GrigoreA snow-covered Trinity at the Colțul Chiliilor Monastery, Brasov county, Romania. Photo credit: Hierod. Nicodim BusuiocSt Cleopas’ tomb covered by snow at Sihăstria Monastery, Romania. Photo credit: Monk GhelasieNovember afternoon at Dintr-un Lemn Monastery, Valcea county, Romania, on November 20, 2024. Photo credit: Valentina C.The way home from school passes by the church. Photo credit: Andreea DănilăThe students of the “Holy Three Hierarchs” Theoretical High School gave liturgical answers during a religious service officiated at “St Nicholas – Ghica” Church, university chapel in Bucharest, Romania. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela EneRomania’s Sihla Monastery and the cave of Saint Theodora, under a veil of snow, on November 21, 2024. Photo credit: DoxologiaA thick blanket of snow has also fallen at the St. Stephen the Great’s Monastery in Putna, Romania, on November 22, 2024. Photo credit: Putna MonasteryReligious service of Laying the foundation stone for the Monastery of the Life-Giving spring in Frumușeni, Arad county, Romania, on November 22, 2024. Photo source: Facebook / Iustin PopoviciThe Patriarchal Palace at sunset photographed on 20 November 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea FlorescuWinter has taken its rightful place at Neamț Monastery, Romania, on November 21, 2024. Photo credit: DoxologiaGrandparents, parents and children participate in the consecration of the “The Entry of the Mother of God into the Temple” Church in the Cordoș area of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on November 21, 2024. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius Echim Warm light on the portrait of St Jacob Tsalikis on the eve of his feast, November 21, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca Emanuela Ene Patriarch Theophilus III of Jerusalem on the 19th anniversary of his enthronement, celebrated on November 22, 2024. Photo credit: Jerusalem Patriarchate 62 years since the passing away into the Lord of Archimandrite Haralambie Vasilache, a confessor of the faith in communist prisons and member of the Burning Bush spiritual movement, who is buried at Cernica Monastery near Bucharest, Romania. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca Emanuela Ene A cat walks through the snow at Sihăstria Putnei Monastery on November 22, 2024. Photo credit: Facebook / Manifest Agency A ray of light illuminates the icon of the Virgin Mary at Chiajna Monastery, near Bucharest, Romania. Photo credit: Antonio CârdeiThe 100th anniversary of the consecration of “St Alexander Nevsky” Cathedral in Sofia, Bulgaria, was celebrated on November 22, 2024. Photo credit: Bulgarian PatriarchateMoment at the end of the Divine Liturgy on November 24, 2024. Photo credit: Dan SaraNight view of the Church of the Nativity of our Lord and of Holy Apostle Andrew in Ploiești, Romania. Photo credit: Bogdan VasilescuOn a pilgrimage to Prislop Monastery, Romania, on November 24, 2024. Photo credit: Anca-Maria BicaThe old church of the Chiajna Monastery at sunset. Photo credit: Protos. Antim BâruArchbishop Ioachim baptized a child at the Archdiocesan Cathedral in Roman, Romania, on November 24, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and BacăuFairy-tale atmosphere at the “Saint Anne” Monastery in Rohia, Romania, on November 24, 2024. Photo credit: Facebook / St Ana Rohia Monastery
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