From the emotion of welcoming the relics of Venerable Paisie of Sihăstria and the preparations for the feast of Venerable Paraskeva, to moments of communion and special cultural events, last week brought to the forefront the beauty of faith and the diversity of Orthodox life, from Romania to the Holy Land, Bulgaria, Serbia, and Australia.
Pilgrimage of Saint Paraskeva in Iași
Welcoming the holy relics of Venerable Paisie of Sihăstria at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Iași, Romania, on October 7, 2026. Photo: Doxologia / Fr. Silviu CluciDecorating the canopy of Venerable Paraskeva with flowers, on October 7, 2026, before the Pilgrimage to Iași, Romania. Photo: Doxologia / Oana NechiforThe relics of Saint Paisie of Sihăstria and Saint Paraskeva were laid out for veneration in Iași, Romania, on October 8, 2026. Photo: Doxologia / Fr. Silviu CluciBishop Visarion of Tulcea prays to Saint Paisie of Sihăstria and Saint Paraskeva during the Pilgrimage to Iași, Romania, on October 11, 2026. Photo: Diocese of TulceaThe streets of the Romanian city of Iași were filled with faithful participating in the Path of the Saints Procession on the evening of October 11, 2026. Photo: Doxologia / Oana NechiforYoung Christian Orthodox Africans attending the “Path of the Saints” Procession in Iași, Romania, on October 11, 2026. Photo: Doxologia / Silviu CluciThe Romanian city of Iași seen from above during the “Path of the Saints” Procession held on October 11, 2026. Photo: Doxologia / Alex Atudori
Orthodoxy around the world
Saint Thecla, the first woman Christian Martyr and considered by the Church as Equal-to-the-Apostles, was celebrated in Jerusalem on October 6, 2026. Photo: Jerusalem Patriarchate The parish priest of the Romanian Orthodox Church of the “Descent of the Holy Spirit” in Vladimirovac, Serbia, offers sweets to children on October 6, 2026. Photo: Diocese of Dacia FelixPatriarch Daniil of Bulgaria at the “Children Draw for Children” 2026 exhibition on October 5, 2026. Photo: Bulgarian PatriarchatePatriarch Porfirije of Serbia offers little icons at the “Saint Sava” Monastery in Elaine, Australia, on October 9, 2026. Photo: Serbian PatriarchatePantokrator Monastery on Mount Athos in the stillness of the night. Photo: Facebook / Holy Monastery of Pantokrator, Mount Athos
Snapshots of Orthodox life
A monk distributes antidoron to the faithful at Găbud Skete, Romania. Photo: Facebook / Schitul GăbudCotroceni Palace Church on its patronal feast of “Holy Great Martyrs Sergius and Bacchus”, on October 7, 2026. The holy place is part of a museum complex next to Romania’s Presidential Palace. Photo: BASILICA / Mircea FlorescuA historic moment in Iași, Romania: Giotto’s Polyptych was exhibited for the first time outside Italy starting from October 8, 2026. Photo: Facebook / Palace of Culture in Iași – “Moldova” National Museum ComplexAutumn landscape at “Dintr-un Lemn” (“The Single-Log”) Monastery in Romania. Photo: Dintr-un Lemn MonasteryThe sky pouring its beauty over “Saint George” Church in Vicovu de Sus, Romania, at Vespers time, on October 10, 2026. Photo: Sabin SimotaAssistant Bishop Samuel of Bistrița blesses the participants in the “Cross of Big Hearts” sports-charity event held on October 10, 2026 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Photo: Metropolis of ClujMetropolitan Teofan of Moldova and Bukovina, Archbishop Ioachim of Roman and Bacău, and Assistant Bishop Teofil of Trotuș consecrated the “Mușatinii” Secondary School, part of the “Bishop Melchisedec” Foundation in Roman, Romania, on October 8, 2026. Photo: Archdiocese of Roman and BacăuOver 7,000 children and young people from all over Romania and from the Romanian diaspora attended the “Songs of Heaven” musical event in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on October 9-10, 2026. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius EchimExhumation of Bishop Gerasimos of Abydos, whose body was found incorrupt, on October 11, 2026. Photo: Facebook / Orthodox ObserverRomania’s National Cathedral in Bucharest in autumn. Photo: BASILICA / Archdn Nicolae IftimiuThe church of the Lazaret Parish in Bacău, Romania, was consecrated on October 10, 2026. Photo: Archdiocese of Roman and BacăuArchbishop Calinic of Argeș and Muscel elevates a priest to the rank of stavrophore economos on October 11, 2026. Photo: Archdiocese of Argeș and Muscel
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