Please find below a new selection of photos taken in the Orthodox world between September 2 and 8, 2024, a period culminating with the feast of the Nativity of the Mother of God.
A monk gathers apples in the garden of St Dimitrios Hermitage in Thessaloniki, Greece, on September 4, 2023. Photo credit: Facebook / Saint Demetrios of Thessaloniki SketeA new Romanian Orthodox church was founded in the village of Boian, Canada, on September 4, 2024. Photo credit: Diocese of CanadaLight and shadow at Machairas Monastery, Cyprus, on September 5, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Hierod. Nicolae IftimiuAssistant Bishop Timotei of Prahova and the other delegates of the Romanian Patriarchate in Cyprus officiated a religious service at the Church of Holy Archangel Michael in Limassol, Cyprus, on September 6, 2024. Photo credit: Ziarul Lumina / Luigi IvanciuRomanian Orthodox Bishop Mihail of Australia and New Zealand interacting with kangaroos at Perth Cemetery on September 7, 2024. Photo credit: Diocese of Australia and New ZealandMetropolitan Teofan of Moldova and Bukovina at the first edition of the pilgrimage on foot organized for the feast of the Nativity of the Mother of God, which is the patronal feast of the Vorona Monastery, on September 7, 2024. Photo credit: Lori GiaWalking up the steps to the cemetery of Machairas Monastery, Cyprus. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Hierod. Nicolae IftimiuRomania’s National Cathedral in Bucharest is seen from the 8th floor of a block of flats near Cișmigiu Park. Photo credit: Dragomirica AlinElder Sofian was commemorated at Antim Monastery in Bucharest, Romania, on the 22nd anniversary of his repose, on September 7, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea FlorescuFaithful participate in the patronal feast of the Giurgeni Monastery, in Romania, on September 8, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and BacăuA deacon reads the Holy Gospel at the patronal feast of the Ciucea Monastery in Romania, on September 8, 2024. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Ionuț ChifaA little girl stands on the tomb of St Heraclides in Cyprus. Tradition has it that whoever sits on the saint’s tomb is cured of illness. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Hierod. Nicolae IftimiuProcession with the relics of Martyr Prince Constantin Brâncoveanu in Moinești, Romania, on September 5, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and BacăuA rainbow at Lipnița Monastery, which is protected by St John the Baptist. Photo credit: Stavrophore Onufria MateiThe hill of Piatra Fântânele Monastery, in the Romanian county of Bistrița-Năsăud, was filled with faithful on the day of its patronal feast, September 8, 2024. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius EchimAssistant Bishop Timotei of Prahova officiated a religious service at dawn at the Meso Potamos Monastery in Cyprus. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Ierod. Nicolae IftimiuThe Bishop of Maramureș distributed icons to the faithful in his native town, Rozavlea, in the Romanian county of Maramureș, on September 8, 2024. Photo credit: Diocese of Maramureș and SătmarThe joy of taking part in the consecration of St George’s Church in Bucharest’s Andronache district was also evident in the attire of the participants, who wore folk costumes on September 8, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea FlorescuValea Scradei Monastery celebrated its patronal feast, the Nativity of the Mother of God, on September 8, 2024. Photo credit: Diocese of Maramureș and SătmarThe patronal feast of the Cămârzani Monastery, Romania, on September 8, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Suceava și RădăuțiThe Church of the Rotunda Parish in Romania on the day of its consecration, September 8, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Argeș and Muscel
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His Grace Bishop Ioan Casian presided over the Monastic Synaxis of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Canada held on Monday at the “Exaltation of the Holy Cross and St. Ephraim the New” Monastery in Mono.…
