The Week in Pictures: October 24 – 30, 2022

The last week of October usually brings joy to Orthodox Bucharest, where many pilgrims gather to celebrate Venerable Demetrius the New, patron saint of the city. Please see below our selection of pictures taken between October 24 – 30, 2022.

The Metropolitan of Veria (Greece) brought to Bucharest, Romania, the holy relics of St Gregory Palamas for the feast of St Demetrius the New. Photo: Kosmas Karagiannis
Venerable Demetrius’ holy relics in the silence of Bucharest’s Patriarchal Cathedral. Photo: Antonio Cîrdei
“The Saints’ Way” in Bucharest, Romania: The yearly procession was resumed on October 24, 2022, after the two-year Covid-19 pandemic. It was part of the events marking the feast of St Demetrius the New, patron saint of the city. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Sunset at St Tikhon Monastery in the US. Photo: Facebook / St Tikhon Orthodox Monastery
Sunrise over the National Cathedral which is being built in Bucharest, Romania. Photo: Andrei Costea
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I visited King Charles III of the United Kingdom. Photo: Ecumenical Patriarchate / Nikos Papachristou
Pilgrims waiting to honour the holy relics of St Demetrius the New during the saint’s feast, celebrated at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene
The Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America commemorated the Greek heroes of the Second World War. Photo: GOA
Procession with the holy relics of St John the New in the Romanian Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți: the relics visited the churches and monasteries founded by Moldavian princes and noblemen. Photo: Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți
Patronal feast celebration for St Hyacinthus of Vicina at Dervent Monastery, in the Romanian county of Constanța. Photo: Protosyncellus Sofronie Bobaru
The feast of St Demetrius the New was celebrated at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest on October 27, 2022. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Lectern at Decani Monastery, Serbia. Photo: Twitter / Nicolas Bay
Father Mirel Ilie, the coordinator of the hearing-impaired community in Bucharest, translated in sign language the Divine Liturgy celebrated for the feast of St Demetrius the New at the open-air altar of Bucharest’s Patriarchal Cathedral on October 27, 2022. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Romanian photographer Sorin Onișor captures the autumnal color explosion in his pictures. Photo: Facebook / Sorin Onișor
Bujoreni Monastery: autumnal view. Photo: Gabriel Drumea
The “Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel” wooden church in Calna, one of the oldest historic monuments in the Someș Valley, which dates back to 1671, was reconsecrated by the Metropolitan of Cluj on October 30, 2022. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius Echim
Prayer for the reposed at Frăsinei Monastery, Romania. Photo: Ștefan Chirobocea
Seven years after the tragic event, the victims of the Colectiv fire were commemorated in Bucharest on October 30, 2022. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu

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