Last week was marked by the feast of St Demetrios the New at the Patriarchal Cathedral, the feast of St Hyacinth of Vicina, Metropolitan of Wallachia, and the commemoration of the Colectiv club fire victims.
Please see below our photo selection for the week October 26 – November 1, 2020.
A girl participating in the feast of St Demetrios the Myrrh-Gusher at the Patriarchal Cathedral wears a mask with the message “Everything will be all right” (left). Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca EneOn the patronal feast of St Demetrios the Myrrh-Gusher Parish in Sibiu, Metropolitan Laurenţiu of Transylvania inaugurated a monument dedicated to Mihai Eminescu, Romania’s national poet. Photo: Metropolis of TransylvaniaAn elderly woman praying during the vigil service for the feast of St Demetrios the New. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea FlorescuVolunteer disinfecting St Demetrios the New’s reliquary after each pilgrim during the celebrations of the saint at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca EneThe Ambassador of Israel to Romania, David Saranga, visited the county of Maramureș and posted on social media pictures of the churches in the region. Photo: Facebook / David SarangaThe faithful from the Fundeanu Parish, in the county of Galați, waiting to greet Archbishop Casian. The hierarch came for the reconsecration of their local church and the inauguration of the memorial dedicated to the martyr priest Constantin Varlam. Photo: Archdiocese of Lower DanubePainted glass icon of St Simeon the Stylist. Photo: Facebook / Alin and Karla PaterHis Excellency Nurbakh Rustemov, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Romania, praying at the relics of Saint Jacob of Putna. Photo: Facebook / Putna MonasteryAmerica’s Greek Archbishop Elpidophoros praying during the Divine Liturgy. Photo: GOA / Dimitrios S. PanagosAn old woman covered the cracks at a memorial cross with clay. Photo: Facebook / Valer Simion CosmaColectiv club victims were commemorated on the fifth anniversary of the fire. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea FlorescuPutna Monastery under the light of the moon. Photo: Facebook / Putna MonasteryThe princely church of Saint Nicholas at Curtea de Argeș. Photo: Archdiocese of Argeș and Muscel / Cristian GheorgheMetropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro’s funerals at Podgorica Photo: mitropolija.comArchbishop Teodosie of Tomis and Bishop Visarion of Tulcea concelebrated at the first Divine Liturgy of the newly elected Metropolitan of Dorostol. Photo: Facebook / Diocese of TulceaAn emblematic image of rural life in Romania. Photo: Facebook / Constantin-Nicolae SanduDrone photo with Comana Monastery. Photo: Comana Monastery / Dragoș GrigoreFaithful attending Divine Liturgy at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Cluj-Napoca. Photo: Facebook / Metropolis of ClujThe Dormition of the Theotokos Church in Karlovasi, Samos, Greece, was severely badly damaged after a powerful quake. Photo: Greek Reporter
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