The Week in Pictures: September 16 – 22, 2019

Our collection of photos from the Orthodox world covering a variety of topics from church feasts, youth ministry programs, official meetings and many more.

Archbishop Ioachim sprinkles holy water at young people in Târgu Ocna at the start of a new educational program. Photo: Archdiocese of Roman & Bacău
Georgia’s new PM Giorgi Gakharia kisses the hand of Patriarch Ilia II. Photo: Government of Georgia
Metropolitan Innocentios of Burundi and Rwanda gives water to a young child in one of the poorest areas in the world. Photo: Orthodoxia News Agency
Landscape of the village of Strujeni seen through a car’s windscreen. Photo: Miron Irinel / Putna Monastery
Archbishop Casian aboard the Ship-School “Mircea” docked in the port of Galati following a training session on the Danube. Photo: Facebook /Archdiocese of Lower Danube
Metropolitan Panteleimon of Maronia and Komotini received a shirt signed by the players of the Panthrakikos football team in Komotini. Photo: Orthodoxia News Agency
A toddler kisses the pectoral cross of a priest at Hodoș-Bodrog Monastery. Photo: Facebook / Iustin Popovici
Assistant Bishop Sofian of Brașov explains bible parables to children. Photo: Facebook / Bishop Sofian Brașoveanul
Athonite monk picking grapes. Photo: Asceticexperience.com
Believers dressed in folk costumes waiting for Archbishop Pimen at Straja Parish in Suceava. Photo: Iosif Andronic
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel blessing the congregation at Apărătorii Patriei 1 Parish in Bucharest. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu

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