The Week in Pictures: October 19 – 25, 2020

The Week in Pictures culminated with the start of events dedicated to St. Demetrius the New’s feast at the Patriarchal Cathedral. We invite you to see our photo selection for October 19 – 25, 2020.

St. John of Rila was celebrated at the Rila Monastery in Bulgaria. Photo: Bulgarian Patriarchate
Child pilgrim pretends to be playing the semantron at Hurezi Monastery. Photo: Marius Deaconu
Bishop Iustin and Auxiliary Bishop Timotei of Sătmar pay homage at Monk Nicolae Steinhardt’s tomb after inspecting work on the Rohia Monastery new building site. Photo: Facebook / Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
The main church of Basarabov Monastery in Bulgaria was built near the cave where St Demetrios the New carried out his ascetic labours. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene
A vestment of St Philothea was added to the spiritual treasures of Bucharest’s Oborul Vechi (“Old Fair”) Church. It will be displayed by the icon of the martyr, attributed to Romanian painter Gheorghe Tattarescu. Photo: Lumina Newspaper
Archpriest Sergey Pravdolyubov wearing the epitrachelion which belonged to his grandfather, martyr Sergey Pravdolyubov. The dean’s family gave 11 saints for the calendar of the Orthodox Russian Church. Photo: Facebook / Igor Palkin
Metropolitan Ioan blessed “The Veterans’ Relay Race”. The Romanian national flag reached the city of Carei on the Romanian Army Day. Photo: Metropolis of Banat
Romanians from the town of Limena (in the Italian province of Northern Padua) will have a new church. Photo: Facebook / Padua North – Limena Parish
The Romanian Army Day was marked at the Romanian Soldier’s Monument in the city of Carei, which was the last Romanian place liberated from Nazi occupation at the end of World War II. Photo: Facebook / Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
The young people of the town of Rebrișoara greeted Metropolitan Andrei, who came to bless the monument of the heroes and the local funerary chapel. Photo: Facebook / Metropolis of Cluj, Maramureș and Sălaj
Order and peace: a pigeon sitting next to a member of the armed police during preparations for the feast of St Demetrius the New at the Patriarchal Cathedral. The feast is Bucharest’s most important pilgrimage, which this year unfolded under restrictive sanitary protection measures. Photo: Facebook / Mihai Grigoriu
On Sunday morning, the relics of St Demetrios the New were taken out of the Patriarchal Cathedral and displayed for the faithful who came to pay homage. The event marked the beginning of the three days of celebrations for the cathedral’s patronal feast. The celebrations were severely restricted this year, with numerous measures of sanitary protection in place. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
A mother holding her boy during the Divine Liturgy officiated at the outdoor altar of the Patriarchal Cathedral. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
While her parents participate in the religious service, a little girl is colouring an angel. Photo: Facebook / Emil Palangean
Vigil service in honour of Great Holy Martyr Demetrios the Myrrh Gusher. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu

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