The Week in Pictures: October 23 – 29, 2023

The end of October is a time of joy for all those who feel devoted to Saint Demetrius the New. We invite you to see our Week-in-Pictures features for the week of October 23 – 29, 2023.

Autumn at the Sâmbăta de Sus monastery. Photo credit: Dan Sara
St. Anne’s Skete at 1400 m above sea level in Sinaia, Romania. Photo credit: Afsar Amirabadi
Steps towards the Divine Liturgy. Autumn near Albac Monastery, Alba county, Romania. Photo credit: Anca-Maria Bica
A boy participates with his father in the procession with the relics of Saints Demetrius the New, Constantine, Helen and Nectarios held in Bucharest on October 24, 2023. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
The members of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church took a group photo on October 25, 2023. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Volunteers offered flowers to the pilgrims who came to pray to Saint Demetrius the New, on October 26, 2023. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca Emanuela Ene
Procession with the relics and icon of Holymartyr Demetrius the Myrrh-gusher in Thessaloniki, Greece, on October 26, 2023. Photo credit: Orthodoxia / Raphael Georgiadis
The moon shining over the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, on October 26, 2023. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
A child shows Patriarch Daniel of Romania how old he is, counting on fingers, on October 27, 2023. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca Emanuela Ene
St. Demetrius the New was celebrated on the Patriarchate Hill in Bucharest, Romania, on October 27, 2023. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Sunset at Dervent Monastery, Romania. Photo credit: Protos. Sofronie Bobaru
A young man takes a photo with Patriarch Daniel after the “Praise the Lord” contest on October 27, 2023. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Aurelian Iftimiu
A child waits for Holy Communion. Photo credit: Florina Coman
Apple picking at Decani Monastery, Serbia. Photo credit: Twitter / Decani Monastery
Blessing on the feast of Holy Hierarch Hyacinth, Metropolitan of Wallachia, and of Venerable Theophano Basarab at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, on October 28, 2023. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca Emanuela Ene
A father helps his son kiss the Holy Gospel on October 29, 2023. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
Prayer at Lita Parish, Cluj county, Romania, on October 29, 2023. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Ionuț Chifa
An acolyte looks at Romanian Orthodox Bishop Michael of Australia and New Zealand. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Aurelian Iftimiu
A mother attends the Divine Liturgy with her children at the Archdiocesan Cathedral in Suceava on October 29, 2023. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți
Bishop Justin of Maramureș and Sătmar with young people from Vadu Izei Parish, Romania, on October 29, 2023. Photo credit: Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar

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