The Week in Pictures: September 30 – October 6, 2024

The “Week in Pictures” photo feature for the week of September 30 – October 6, 2024, includes our selection of the most representative images captured in the Orthodox world.

On September 30, 2024, Patriarch Daniel was congratulated on the 17th anniversary of his enthronement as Patriarch of Romania. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Representatives of various religious denominations congratulated Patriarch Daniel of Romania on the 17th anniversary of his enthronement as Patriarch, at the Patriarchal Palace in Bucharest on September 30, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Florești Monastery, in Transylvania, Romania, celebrated its patronal feast on October 1, 2024. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius Echim
“Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours” (Mark 11:23). Photo credit: Archdiocese of Tomis / Archdeac. Vali Vădănoiu
Bishop Iustin at the patronal feast of the Rohița Monastery – the Protection of the Mother of God, celebrated on October 1, 2024. Photo credit: Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
Archbishop Hieronymus of Athens looking through VR glasses at a digital rendering of various holy relics from Greece’s spiritual heritage on October 3, 2024. Photo credit: Orthodox Times
The hierarchs from Eastern Romania reconsecrated the Church of Holy Hierarch Athanasios in Niculițel on October 5, 2024. Photo credit: Diocese of Tulcea
A parish in Romania, in the town of Bătrânești, and its charity centre protected by Holy Hierarch Nectarios of Aegina, were photographed from the drone on October 5, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
The relics of Holy Apostle Thomas and Holy Hierarch Luke of Crimea were brought to Cluj-Napoca, Romania, by a delegation led by His Eminence Panteleimon, Metropolitan of Veria, Naoussa and Campania, on October 5, 2024. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj
Romanian Bishop Ieronim of Dacia Felix with the children of the “Holy Prophet Elijah” Romanian Orthodox Parish in Kovin, Serbia, on October 6, 2024. Photo credit: Diocese of Dacia Felix
Prayer at the parish of St. John the Evangelist and St. Afra in Augsburg, Germany. Photo credit: Protos. Athanasie Ulea
Romanian Bishop Macarie of Northern Europe with the participants in a camp for families organised by the “Holy Prince Stephen the Great” Youth Centre (STSYC) at the foot of the Øksendal Massif, in Norway, on October 6, 2024. Photo credit: Diocese of Northern Europe
The Ecumenical Patriarch at the 100th anniversary of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, attended by Romanian Orthodox Bishop Michael of Australia on October 6, 2024. Photo credit: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia
Children, parents, and grandparents enjoy participating in the Divine Liturgy celebrated at “St. Spyridon – New” Metropolitan Cathedral in Bucharest on October 6, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu

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