Gilded icons and golden autumn leaves, vigil lamps and sunshine gleaming over saintly lives and semantron sound. This was last week’s bigger picture in our photo selection.
A child touches St Anthimus the Georgian at Bucharest’s Antim Monastery. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela EneIcon of St Cosmas the Hermit on the background of Crete Island mountains. Photo: Instagram / eri_fragiadakiPatriarch Daniel signed the guest book of Bucharest’s Village Museum on Monday. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea FlorescuA sexton of the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest carries the icon of St. Anthimus the Georgian. Photo: Basilica.ro / Aurelian IftimiuSunshine over Bacău Cathedral. Photo: Nicu ChiriacMother Gabrielia’s tomb in Leros, Greece. Photo: Facebook / Tzatzanis AntonisThe bread offered by the Mother of God to St. Paisios of Mount Athos. Photo credit: Orthodoxia News AgencyFresco at Parepa Monastery. Photo: Hieromonk Benedict RusuThe “Holy Apostles Peter and Paul – Ioşia I” Church in Oradea. Photo: Nicolae IndrieThe statue of the Holy Prince Stephen the Great in morning light in the city of Bacău. Photo: Mihaela Popa-IgnatChildren of Năsăud Land dressed in folk costumes participate in the patronal feast of the “Protection of the Mother of God” Monastery in Florești, Cluj county. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj, Maramureș and Sălaj / Darius EchimAn iconographer presents a copy of the Kazanskaya Wonderworking Icon of the Mother of God. Photo: Instagram / icons_elenaMonument marking the 500th anniversary of Poland’s Horostyt Orthodox Parish. Photo: Orthodox Church of PolandA man in prayer is reflected by the glass which protects the icon of the Mother of God. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea FlorescuAnimals kindly ask for blessings, too – at “St. George – Cloșca” Skete, Constanța county. Photo: Hieromonk LeontiePatriarch Theophilos inaugurated the new Academic Year at the Theology School of Jerusalem Patriarchate. Photo: Jerusalem PatriarchatePrayer moment at Plumbuita Monastery. Photo: Afsar AmirabadiTe Deum office at the open-air altar of Bucharest’s Patriarchal Cathedral, celebrating Patriarch Daniel’s 14 years of patriarchal ministry. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea FlorescuYoung people at the consecration of the Romanian church in Bergen, Norway. Photo: Facebook. Diocese of Maramureș and SătmarVigil office for the feast of the Protection of the Mother of God at Pângărați Monastery. Photo: Ema StoianOrdination service for the Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Sava of Marca. Photo: Serbian Patriarchate”…be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous” (Matthew 5:45). Photo: Twitter / Aristotle PapanikolauChildren holding dolls depicting the icon of the Mother of God on the feast of the Protection of the Mother of God. Photo: Instagram / asceticlifeofmotherhoodHierarchical Divine Liturgy marking150 years from the laying of the foundation stone for the “Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel” Church in Mihoveni, Suceava. Photo: Archdiocese of Suceava and RădăuțiHis Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, blessing the faithful at Bucharest’s Brâncuși Parish. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Do you want to be featured in our weekly selection of photos?
We would gladly include one of your photos depicting Orthodox life in our weekly selection. All you have to do is send the picture(s) you have taken to our email address [foto @ basilica.ro] along with a short description. Please mention WIP (Week in Pictures) in the email subject line. Please note that every WIP article will include photos taken in the previous week.
On Wednesday, 3 June 2026, the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church convened for a working session in the “Patriarch Teoctist” Aula Magna of the Patriarchal Palace, under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Patriarch…
As part of the Romanian Orthodox Church’s Commemorative Year of Holy Women in the Calendar, Basilica.ro continues its Digital Matericon series, a monthly project dedicated to presenting the lives and spiritual legacy of women saints…
The local proclamation of the canonisation of St Philothea of Pasărea and St Elizabeth of Pasărea will take place on 5 June 2026. To mark the occasion, an extensive liturgical programme will be held at…
Orthodox Christians are observing a fast-free week, during which there is no fasting on Wednesday or Friday, before the beginning of the Fast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. This year, the fast will…
Romanian heroes of the First World War were commemorated by Metropolitan Iosif at Soultzmatt, France. The event was organised by several Romanian Orthodox communities in the region. The commemoration took place on Saturday at the…