The Week in Pictures: November 29 – December 5, 2021

St. Andrew’s feast, Romania’s National Day celebrations, as well as the first snowflakes are captured in our weekly photo feature from the Orthodox world.

Lights and shadows under an old icon. Photo: Hyeromonk Juvenalie
HE Teodosie prays for the faithful reading a diptych at the shrine inside St Andrew’s Cave. Photo: Facebook / Eugen Tănăsescu
A child crosses himself during the Divine Liturgy celebrated for St. Andrew’s feast at the National Cathedral Chapel in Bucharest. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Rohia Monastery, in the county of Maramureș, dressed in snow-white garment. Photo: Facebook / Cosmin Oana
Father holds his child at the Te Deum service officiated on Romania’s National Day at the Patriarchal Cathedral. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene
Romania’s coat of arms made of Lego pieces. Photo: Instagram / Mircea Cantor
Father Marcian from St. Parascheva Church in Drogobostea is announcing the Lord’s Nativity at the homes of the faithful. Photo source: Facebook / Averea Bisericii
Mosaic parts are ready to be installed at the National Cathedral. Photo: Daniel Codrescu
On Romania’s National Day, children in Verejeni, the Republic of Moldova, went to the statue of King Ferdinand I the Unifier. The population of the Republic of Moldova is 80% Romanian and the province was one of the three historical Romanian provinces to declare their will to unify with Romania after WWI, according to US President Woodrow Wilson’s self-determination doctrine. The Rep. of Moldova, aka Bessarabia, was part of Romania before WWII. Photo: Facebook / Iulian Rusanovschi
Spectacular cloud over the Holy Mount Athos. Photo: Facebook / Prijatelji Manastira Hilandara
Three priests at the “Holy Three Hierarchs” Church in Bacău with service vestments in the colours of the Romanian flag: blue, yellow, red. Photo: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
The new Romanian Orthodox church in Orbassano, near Turin, Italy. Photo: Mihai Bursuc
The Holy Gospel, the Cross and the Romanian flag: three essential elements of the Romanian national identity. Photo: Facebook / Darius Pascaru
Te Deum service on Romania’s National Day at the “Dormition of the Mother of God” Cathedral in Satu Mare. Photo: Facebook / Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
HE Macarie Drăgoi, Bishop of Northern Europe, with the Romanian faithful from Molde, Norway. Photo: Facebook / Diocese of Northern Europe
Old man receives the Holy Communion at “Christ the Saviour” Cathedral in Moscow on the feast of the Entry of the Mother of God into the Temple according to the unrevised calendar. Photo: Moscow Patriarchate
The feast of the Entry of the Mother of God into the Temple celebrated in Jerusalem. Photo: Jerusalem Patriarchate
Princess Sophie of Romania with the nuns from Hurezu Monastery, to whom she offered her photo album entitled “The Romanian Monastery. Celebrating Romania’s Spiritual Communities”. Photo: Twitter / The Royal Family of Romania
Sihăstria Monastery covered in snow. Photo: Monk Ghelasie
The blessing of Father Ilie Cleopa’s cell in the Stânișoarei Mountains, 23 years after his departure to eternity. Photo: Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți / Irina Ursachi
Venerable Gheorghe of Cernica and Căldărușani was celebrated at “St. Nicholas” Church built by Cernica Monastery on an islet in the middle of the Cernica Lake. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Spectacular sunrise at Rădăuți, in the northern county of Suceava, Romania. Photo: Facebook / Cătălin Urdoi
Students and teachers at the “St. Sabbas” National College in Bucharest participated in the Te Deum service officiated in their high school shortly before the saint’s feast day. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene
Church in Gura Humorului at dawn. Photo: Facebook / Sorin Onișor
A priest of Bucharest’s “Holy Emperors Constantine and Helen – the New Stockyard” Church arranges the Christmas tree. Photo: Facebook / “Holy Emperors Constantine and Helen – the New Stockyard” Church

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