The Week in Pictures: November 8 – 14, 2021

November 8 – 14 was the saints’ week. A week full of divine services and events showing the love of the Church for the angels and for saints Nektarios, Menas, John Chrysostom, Gregory Palamas and the Năsăud Confessors.

The Romanian Military Police celebrated its patron saints on the feast of the Synaxis of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel. The Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the institution’s General Inspectorate chapel in Bucharest. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene
The tower of the Holy Trinity Church in Moscow’s Troitse-Golenishchevo district is being repaired. Photo: Facebook / Fr. Igor Palkin
The Romanian church in Stockholm has the patronal feast of the Holymartyr George. Photo: Facebook / Diocese of Northern Europe
Holy Hierarch Nektarios of Aegina was celebrated at Bucharest’s Radu Vodă monastery, where the faithful braved the rain to participate in the open-air Divine Liturgy. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene
The procession in Aegina with the holy relics of St Nektarios. Photo: Facebook / Metropolis of Hydra, Spetses and Aegina
Manu Cavafu Church in Bucharest. Photo: Basilica.ro / Aurelian Iftimiu
The Ambassador of Israel to Romania plays the semantron at St Gregory of Decapolis’ Cave. Photo: Facebook / David Saranga
Three sisters at the door of the church in Horodnicul de Sus, Suceava county, await the baptism of their brother. Photo: Basilica.ro / Aurelian Iftimiu
Interior painting at St Nicholas’ Church in Brănești, near Bucharest. Photo: Gabriel Drumea
Prayer moment in the wooden church of Horodnicul de Sus, Suceava county. Photo: Basilica.ro / Aurelian Iftimiu
The blessing service for the Medical Oncology 2 Section of Bucharest’s Oncology Institute “Dr Alexandru Trestioreanu”, after restoration works made by Romania’s National Cathedral volunteers. Photo: Basilica.ro /  Mircea Florescu
The Byzantine music Tronos Group of the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest was at Sihăstria Putnei Monastery on St Nektarios’ feast. Photo: Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți / Irina Ursachi
Reliquary icon with a fragment of St Nektarios’ relics at “St George – Cloșca” Skete in Constanța county. Photo: “St George – Cloșca” Skete
Metropolitan Nicholas of Plovdiv celebrated the Divine Liturgy on St Menas’ feast day at the “Holy Apostles Peter and Paul” Church in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Photo: Bulgarian Patriarchate
On his name day, little Nectarie holds the icon of his patron saint, St Nektarios. Photo: Facebook / Raluca Andrei
Faithful women at the Holy Trinity Monastery in Bichigiu, Bistrița-Năsăud county, on the feast day of the Năsăud Saints. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius Echim
A portrait: Dean Nikolai Vazhnov in Moscow. Photo: Facebook / Fr. Igor Palkin
A child kissing His Eminence Iustin, Bishop of Maramureș and Sătmar. Photo: Facebook / Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
November sunset at Dervent Monastery, in the county of Constanța. Photo: Protosyncellus Sofronie Bobaru.
“St John the Russian – Brâncuși” Church at night. Photo: Raluca Dumitrescu
The patronal feast of “St Menas – Vergu” Church in Bucharest: A participant holds the icon of the holy martyr. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Fairytale landscape in Paltinu, Suceava county, Romania. Photo: Instagram / Codrin Anton
A butterfly resting on the music book on St Menas’ feast in the Cotârgași village church, Suceava county. Photo: Kirileanu Radu
The feast of St John Chrysostom at the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Photo: Ecumenical Patriarchate / Nikos Papachristos
Faithful participating in the autumn patronal feast of Romania’s National Cathedral Chapel. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Metropolitan Sawa of Poland ordained a priest at “St Mary Magdalene” Cathedral in Warsaw. Photo: The Orthodox Church of Poland

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