The end of September was full of Orthodox events. Please see below the images in our weekly photo feature.
End of September at the “Poiana Pustnicului” (“The Hermit’s Clearing”) Skete in Gorj county, Romania. Photo: “Poiana Pustnicului” SketeSunset at Cernica Monastery, near Bucharest, Romania. Photo: Georgiana BărîcăMaintenance works at the “Holy Apostles Peter and Paul” and “Holy Transylvanian Martyrs” Church in Mediaș, Sibiu county. Photo: Ovidiu TătarThe Golia Monastery Church is seen from under the tower bell arch. Photo: Florin PostolacheMetropolitan Theodore of Ahaltsihe and Tao-Klargeti and a children’s choir from Georgia were present, on September 27, 2022, at the feast of the Hieromartyr Anthimus the Georgian in the Romanian city of Râmnicu Vâlcea, protected by the holy hierarch. Photo: Archdiocese of RâmnicKoliva decorated with the icon of Hieromartyr Anthimus the Georgian at Bucharest’s Antim Monastery, which he founded, on the holy hierarch’s feast, September 27, 2022. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea FlorescuPatriarch Ilya of Georgia celebrated the Divine Liturgy for the Elevation of the Holy Cross, celebrated on September 27, 2022, according to the unrevised calendar. Photo: Georgian PatriarchateThe feast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross was celebrated in Jerusalem on September 27, 2022, according to the unrevised calendar. Photo: Jerusalem PatriarchateThe photo exhibition “St John the New of Suceava – a History in World Heritage Images” was inaugurated at Romania’s National Library in Bucharest on September 27, 2022. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca Emanuela-EneBishop Iustin of Maramureș and Sătmar prayed at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, on September 30, 2022, when Patriarch Daniel of Romania celebrated His Beatitude’s 15 years of patriarchate. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea FlorescuPatriarch Daniel received congratulations messages from representatives of State authorities and public institutions on September 30, 2022, the day marking 15 years since His Beatitude became the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea FlorescuA moment during the Divine Liturgy celebrated at the “Dormition of the Mother of God” Skete in Câmpulung Moldovenesc, Romania. Photo: Hrisostom PuescuHis Grace Teofil of Iberia celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Romanian Orthodox “Holy Three Hierarchs” in Paris – La Courneuve on October 1, 2022, for the Protection of the Mother of God, the secondary patronal feast of the worship place. Photo: Fr Mircea FilipThe faithful are blessed with holy water at Bucharest’s Darvari Skete on October 1, 2022. Photo: Afsar AmirabadiIcon of Venerable Simeon Stylites with the Reunification Cathedral in Alba Iulia, Romania, in the background. Photo: Facebook / BasilicArt – Atelier de pictură bizantinăHis Grace Benedict of Bistrița blesses the faithful of Salva at the patronal feast of Florești Monastery on October 1, 2022. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj / Ionuț ChifaBishop Polycarp of Belogradcik, vicar of the Metropolis of Sofia, at the “Dormition of the Mother of God” Monastery in Iskrets, Bulgaria, on October 2, 2022. Photo: Bulgarian PatriarchateThe church in Lucăcești, Bacău county, Romania, on the day of its consecration, October 2, 2022. Photo: Archdiocese of Roman and BacăuThis snapshot was captured on October 1, 2022, during the celebration of the Protection of the Mother of God, the patronal feast of the Pocrov Skete in Romania. Photo: Doxologia.roProcession at the Orthodox “Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel” Parish in Valea Stejarului, Maramureș county, Romania. Photo: Diocese of Maramureș Sătmar
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