The Week in Pictures: October 16 – 22, 2023

This autumn’s first snowfall, the pilgrimage to the relics of St. Demetrius the New and many other events in the Orthodox world were captured in expressive images between October 16 and 22, 2023.

This season’s first snow fell at Piatra Tăieturii Monastery – Panaci in Suceava county, Romania, in mid-October. Photo credit: Facebook / Piatra Tăieturii Monastery
The Patriarchal Cathedral profiling on the sunset sky on October 17, 2023. Photo credit: Ionuț Blîndu
A ray of light shines through the altar of the “Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke and St. Demetrius” Church in Horia, Romania, on October 18, 2023. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Tomis / Archdeacon. Vali Vădănoiu
In the context of the Solemn Year of the pastoral care of the elderly, on October 18, 2023, the photojournalists of the Romanian Patriarchate’s “Basilica” News Agency inaugurated the photo exhibition “Our Parents and Grandparents”. Photo credit: Basilica / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
On October 19, 2023, Saint John of Rila was celebrated at the monastery he founded, situated in today’s Bulgaria. Photo credit: Bulgarian Patriarchate
“Petru Rareș Vodă” Monastery in Ciceu-Corabia, Romania, celebrated its patron saints, the Holy Transylvanian Confessors, on October 21, 2023. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius Echim
The joy of the birds after a blessed rain, at Dervent Monastery, Romania. Photo credit: Protos. Sofronie Bobaru
The relics of St. Demetrius the New were placed in the Baldachin of the Saints on Bucharest’s Patriarchal Hill, on October 21, 2023. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Sunrays pierce the stained glass windows at the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Photo credit: Gabriel Drumea
Prayerful moment in the Orthodox Cemetery of Mediaș, Romania, on October 21, 2023. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Ionuț Chifa
Patriarch Daniel visited the Centre for Elderly Care of the Christiana Monastery in Bucharest, Romania, on October 21, 2021. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Mosaic: The Eternity Cemetery in Roman, Romania, seen from above on October 22, 2023. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
The faithful from the Valea Fânațelor area of Cluj-Napoca attended the consecration of their parish church, on October 22, 2023. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius Echim
The relics of St. Ephtimius, the last Bulgarian Patriarch of the Middle Ages, were carried in procession to the Bachkovo Monastery. Photo credit: Bulgarian Patriarchate
His Eminence Ioachim sprinkling rose water on the faithful present at the consecration of the church in the Eternity Cemetery of the city of Roman, Romania, on October 22, 2023. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
Grandchildren and grandparents from Bucharest’s Brâncuși Parish prepared together pies for Harvest Day, celebrated in the parish courtyard. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu

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