The Week in Pictures: October 2-8, 2023

Prayer moments, pilgrimages or commemorations are just some of the subjects selected for our Week-in-Pictures photo feature for the week of October 2-8, 2023.

The “Fireplace for longing grandparents”, a space for recreation and socialization for seniors, was consecrated in the context of the International Day of the Elderly at the Home for the Elderly of the Solca Parish, Romania. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuților / Irina Ursachi
His Grace Visarion was on a pilgrimage to Mount Athos. Photo credit: Diocese of Tulcea
The Sihăstria Putnei Monastery in twilight. Photo credit: Ungureanu Ionut
Nicholas Medford-Mills on pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Photo credit: Romanian Orthodox Church Representative in Jerusalem
“Bless me, that without condemnation I may receive Thy holy and most pure Body.” Photo credit: George Cristian
Military priests participated in a Te Deum service at the “St. Spyridonos – The New” Cathedral, on October 5, 2023.
The hierach blesses a beneficiary of the children’s home established by an Orthodox monastery in Rădăuți. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți
The Archbishop of Tomis officiated at a drought-relief service near Mangalia, on October 5, 2023. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Tomis / Vlad Costache
A drone view of the “Father Arsenie Boca” settlement in Deva. Photo credit: Bishop Nestor of Deva
The Annual Convention of Military Priests of the Romanian Army at the Patriarchate Palace, on October 5, 2023. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
Autumn afternoon at the Polovragi Monastery, Romania. Photo credit: Valentina C
Closer to heaven at the St. Elias Salaș Skete in northern Romania. Photo credit: Dositei Iancu
The Patriarchal Cathedral in moonlight. Photo credit: Iulian Țugui
Portrait of the His Grace Vasile Flueraș (Someșanul), former Auxilliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Vad, Feleac and Cluj (1998-2019). Photo credit: Cluj Metropolitanate / Ionuț Chifa
The relics of the Venerable Paraskeva were placed in the outer canopy of the Metropolitan Cathedral in Iași, on October 7, 2023, to be honoured by pilgrims ahead of her feast. Photo credit: Doxologia / Pr. Silviu Cluci
An oasis of peace in the middle of Bucharest, Darvari Skete on October 8, 2023. Photo credit: Lavinia Stoica
Commemoration service in the cemetery of Nicula Monastery, Romania. Photo credit: Facebook / Nicula Monastery
Bucharest’s Cotroceni Palace Church on the feast of Holymartyrs Sergius and Bacchus, on October 7, 2023. Photo credit: Mariana Stancă
Believers from the “St. Paraskeva” Parish in Galații Bistriței, Bistrița-Năsăud county, met their hierarch in folk costumes on October 7, 2023. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Ionuț Chifa
A little girl holds the hierarchical during the Divine Liturgy celebrated by Archbishop Ioachim at Hociungi 2 Parish, Romania. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacau
20,000 souls on the “Way of the Saints”: spirit of prayer, hearts full of joy and glory to the Good Lord, Iași, October 8, 2023. Photo credit: Doxologia / Pr. Silviu Cluci
Fatherly gesture at the consecration of the church of Măgura Parish in Vălenii de Munte Deanery, Romania, on October 8, 2023. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu

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