The Week in Pictures: October 28 – November 3, 2024

The previous week’s pictures capture moments of joy, fall nostalgia, but also solemn moments from commemorations and the funeral of the Abbot of Nicula Monastery.

The miracle-working and myrrh-gushing icon of the Mother of God from Hawaii was brought on a pilgrimage to the Romanian monastery in Mono, Ontario, Canada. Photo credit: Monastery of the Ascent of the Holy Cross and St. Ephraim the New
The victims of the fire in Bucharest’s Colectiv Club were remembered 9 years after the tragedy on Thursday, October 31, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Sunset seen from the premises of the Dervent Monastery, Romania. Photo credit: Protos. Sofronie Bobaru
The inauguration of the “Cultural Evenings” event at Bucharest’s Brâncuși Parish on Thursday, October 31, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Steep climb to the cave where St. Demetrius the New lived, now part of a monastery dedicated to him in Basarabov, Bulgaria. Photo credit: Ionela Cirja
Fall colours in the trees lining the bell tower of the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, on Friday, November 1, 2024. Photo credit: Ionuț Blîndu
Autumn landscape at Putna Monastery, Romania, on Friday, November 1, 2024. Photo credit: Facebook / Putna Monastery
Among books and icons, a cat found a resting place on November 2, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Ioana Cacso
Archbishop Ioachim of Bacău commemorated Archbishop Eftimie Luca on Saturday, November 2, 2024, after the Divine Liturgy celebrated at the Orthodox Archdiocesan Cathedral in Roman, ten years after the hierarch passed to the Lord. Photo credit: Facebook / Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
Autumn colours on Saturday morning, November 2, with Bacău’s Aviation Church in the background. Photo credit: Adina Barberu
“For with Thee is the fountain of life; in Thy light we shall see light” (Psalm 35:9) Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene
Children from Bucharest’s Brâncuși Parish saw what is like to conduct an orchestra during one of the community’s “Cultural Evenings”, on Saturday, November 2, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Sunset light and autumn colours at the church “St. Nicholas” in Comarnic, Prahova County. Photo credit: Bogdan-Ștefan Fișcuci
Young acolyte at Bucharest’s Dorobanți Parish on Sunday, November 3, 2024. Photo credit: Ziarul Lumina / Luigi Ivanciu
A crowd of faithful participated in the Funeral service for the abbot of Nicula Monastery, Romania, on Sunday, November 3, 2024. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius Echim
Patriarch Porfirije of Serbia during a visit to the town of Zaječar, on Sunday, November 3, 2024. Photo credit: Facebook / Патријарх сррпски Порфирије
Snapshot from the Tritenii de Sus Parish in Cluj county, Romania, on Sunday, November 3. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj, Maramureș and Sălaj / Ionuț Chifa
Faithful during a religious service officiated at Nicula Monastery, Romania, on Sunday, November 3, 2024. Photo credit: Anca-Maria Bica
The external altar of the Brădetu Skete in Argeș county, Romania. Photo credit: Paisie Vasile
Archbishop Calinic of Suceava and Rădăuți blesses the children at the end of the Divine Liturgy officiated at the Monastery of St. John the New in Suceava on Sunday, November 3, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți / Irina Ursachi
Saint Demetrius’ Church in Săvinești, Romania, bathed in morning light on November 3, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Ioana Cacso
Believers gathered in prayer at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Timișoara, Romania, on Sunday, November 3. Photo credit: Dan Bianca Sara

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