The Week in Pictures: October 4 – 10, 2021

Prayer, faith, love are strongly intertwined in every Orthodox Christian’s life. Please find below our selection of photos taken between October 4 and 10, 2021.

Iași city: The canopy hosting St Paraskeva’s holy relics was decorated with flowers traditionally offered by a family business from Bucharest, the Capital city of Romania. Photo: Doxologia / Fr. Silviu Cluci
The abbot of the Russian monastery “Holy Trinity – Danilov” in the city of Zalessky. Photo: Fr. Igor Palkin
Window from Mărășești Memorial. Photo: Adina Ungureanu
Patriarch Daniel lit a candle on Fr. Dumitru Stăniloae’s tomb. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
The wooden chapel of Caraiman Monastery on an October day. Photo: Alex Paraschiv
One of the youngest pilgrims at St. Paraskeva. of Iași.  Photo: Doxologia / Fr. Silviu Cluci
Semantron from the Old Agapia Monastery. Photo: Daniel Codrescu
A puppy greets the pilgrims at St. Dionysius Exiguus at St. Ephraim the New in the county of Constanța, Romania. Photo: Florin Postolache
Patriarch Porfirije of Serbia was visited by the members of the Red Star basketball club. Photo: Serbian Patriarchate
Deacon censing at the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow. Photo: Russian Patriarchate / Oleg Varov
A list of life’s wonders: the first is living to see a new dawn every day. Photo: Protosyncellus Ieronim Gheorghiță
„St. George – Cloșca” Skete in Constanța county: Epitrachelion with the faces of the 14 Holy Abbots of Optina Monastery adorning the lectern on their feast day. Photo: „St. George – Cloșca” Skete
Argeș county’s Brătășești Skete celebrated its second patronal feast on St. Sergius and Bacchus’ day. Photo: Archdiocese of Argeș and Muscel
Emotions were expressed by the faithful participating in the memorial office for His Grace Vasile Flueraș of Someș, who recently departed to God. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj, Maramureș and Sălaj / Ionuț Chifa
Consecration of the church in Valea Boțului, Bacău county. Photo: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
A child is playing on the double-headed-eagle carpet at the Baia Mare Cathedral. Photo: Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
Young man from Bidiu, Bistrița-Năsăud county, at the reconsecration of the local church. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj, Maramureș and Sălaj / Darius Echim
Blessing of the crosses of St. Poemen of Zographou in Sophia, Bulgaria. Photo: Bulgarian Patriarchate
St. John the New has recently blessed the city of Suceava: his holy relics were carried in procession through the city. Photo: Archdiocese of Suceava Rădăuți
Prayer moment at Comana Monastery, in southern Romania. Photo: Comana Monastery
His Eminence Macarie, Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Northern Europe, with the Romanian faithful of Oslo, Norway. Photo: Diocese of Northern Europe

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