The Week in Pictures: September 16–22, 2024

Please find below our selection of pictures for the week of September 16-22, 2004. Amateur and professional photographers captured Patronal feasts, faithful participation in religious services, church consecrations, and events related to religious life.

Autumn makes its presence felt at Rohia Monastery, in Romania, on September 16, 2024. Photo credit: Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
Young people in New Jersey preparing to retrieve the cross thrown into the Atlantic Ocean on the Orthodox Feast of the Holy Cross. Photo credit: Facebook / Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Jersey
Saint Euphemia was celebrated at the Ecumenical Patriarchate on September 16, 2024. Photo credit: Ecumenical Patriarchate / Nikos Papachristou
Procession in Cahul, the Republic of Moldova, on the feast of Holy Hierarch Dionysius Erhan, Bishop of Cetatea Albă – Ismail, Spiritual Patron of the Diocese of Southern Bessarabia, on September 16, 2024. Photo credit: Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar

The feast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross at Cornu Monastery, in Romania. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene

The face of Saint Macarius painted at the Iancu Vechi-Mătăsari Church, in Bucharest, Romania, on September 20, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
The Greek Archbishop of America baptised several catechumens on September 21, 2024. Photo credit: Facebook / Archbishop Elpidophoros of America
The Nativity of the Mother of God was celebrated at Gračanica Monastery in Kosovo, on September 21, 2024. Photo credit: X / Dečani Monastery
A ray of light forms a heart on a church wall on September 21, 2024. Photo credit: Facebook / Cristian Bârleanu
The Patriarch of Jerusalem accompanied by a synaxis of priests and the faithful on the feast of the Nativity of the Mother of God, celebrated on September 21, 2024. Photo credit: Jerusalem Patriarchate
Priests and volunteers from Galați county, Romania, bring humanitarian aid to the flooded towns on September 21, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Lower Danube
Bishop Ignatie of Huși and the team of the Huși Orthodox Philanthropic Association offered help to families affected by the floods in eastern Romania. Photo credit: Diocese of Huși
Portrait of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I. Photo credit: Facebook / Nikos-Giorgos Papachristou
Participants in the 2024 Cross organized by Bucharest’s Brâncuși Parish happily received their participation medals on 21 September 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu

Archbishop Calinic of Argeș and Muscel blessed the work progress made at a skete dedicated to Romanian Holy Prince Neagoe Basarab on September 22, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Argeș and Muscel

Two girls from Cluj county hold the icon of Holy Priest-Martyr Liviu Galaction of Cluj, a new Romanian martyr, on September 22, 2024. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Ionuț Chifa
Drone view of the church in Finteușu Mare, in the county of Maramureș, Romania, on September 22, 2024. Photo credit: Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
Divine Liturgy celebrated at the chapel of the Military Garrison in Bistrița, Romania, on the occasion of the re-reconsecration of this place of worship, on September 22, 2024. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius Echim
Metropolitan Teofan of Moldova and Bukovina consecrated the church of the Bicazu Ardelean I Parish in Neamț county, on September 22, 2024. Photo credit: Doxologia.ro / Mihail Vrăjitoru
Ordination of a priest at the Orthodox Archdiocesan Cathedral in Arad, Romania, on September 22, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Arad
Procession at the Văcăreștii Noi Monastery in the county of Constanța, Romania, on the occasion of the consecration of its chapel, on September 22, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Tomis / Archdeac. Valentin Vădănoiu

A little girl kisses a prayer rope at the “Holy Trinity” Monastery in Drăgănești Vlașca, Teleorman county, Romania, on September 22, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu

Two young people wait with bread and salt for the arrival of the hierarchs at a pastoral-missionary centre in Ludași, Bacău county, Romania, on September 22, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
Orthodox priests offering warm food to people in the communities that were hit the most by the recent floods in eastern Romania. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Lower Danube
Metropolitan Iacovos of Mytilene kissing the reliquary with the relics of St Joseph the New from Partoș at Văcăreștii Noi Monastery in Romania on September 22 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Tomis / Archdeac. Valentin Vădănoiu
Faithful chanting at the “Nativity of the Mother of God” Church in Dunavățul de Jos, Tulcea county, Romania, on September 16, 2024. Photo credit: Diocese of Tulcea

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