Please see below the beauty of Orthodox faith captured in photos taken between September 5 – 11, 2022.
“St Panteleimon – Valea Lupului” Skete on the Transfăgărășan Road, one of the most beautiful alpine roads in the world, which goes through the county of Argeș, Romania. Photo: Archdiocese of Argeș and MuscelLittle girl blessed with holy water by a priest during the inauguration of the new school year at the “Annunciation” Kindergarten of the Romanian Patriarchate, on September 5, 2022. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela EneA view towards the Orthodox Theology Faculty in Sibiu, Romania. Photo: Vasile IonuțMetropolitan Nektarios of Kition celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the “St George” Cathedral in Larnaca, Cyprus, on September 5, 2022. Photo: Basilica.ro / Aurelian IftimiuTwo men dressed in folk costumes guard the icon of the Mother of God at the “Annunciation” Cathedral in Komotini, Greece, on September 8, 2022. Photo: Ecumenical Patriarchate / Nikos PapachristouSeptember day on the Hill of the Cross next to Putna Monastery, in northern Romania. Photo: Facebook / Mănăstirea PutnaProcession with the icon of the “Syrian” Mother of God from Ghighiu Monastery on the eve of the patronal feast of Bucharest’s “Oborul Vechi” Church, on September 8, 2022. Photo: Mariana StancăMother and child wait to receive the Holy Communion at the Patriarchal Cathedral, on September 8, 2022. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela EneByzantine art on the streets of Budapest. Photo: Alin Mihail DeszoAn employee of the Romanian Prison Administration reads the Epistle at the Rahova Penitentiary Chapel, on September 8, 2022. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea FlorescuRainbow over the “Dormition of the Mother of God” Church in the town of Comana de Sus, Brașov county, Romania. Photo: Eliza CloțeaThe Pantocrator tower of the Metropolitan Cathedral in Sibiu. Photo: Iuliana CîmpanComana Monastery precincts on September 8, 2022. Photo: Comana Monastery / Dragoș GrigoreThe church of Izbuc Monastery on September 9, 2022. Photo: Facebook / Mănăstirea IzbucThe faithful receive the Holy Communion at Bucharest’s “Oborul Vechi” Church on the day of its patronal feast, September 9, 2022. Photo: Florescu MirceaLittle girl at the grave of Elder Sofian Boghiu from Căldărușani Monastery near Bucharest, Romania, on September 10, 2022. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela EneMore than 100 children participated on Saturday, September 10, in the charity cross organized by Bucharest’s Brâncuși Parish to fundraise for its weekly creative workshops with the community children. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea FlorescuTwo children cared for by the “Nativity of the Mother of God” monastic community in Piatra Fântânele, Romania, help in the liturgical service by holding Metropolitan Andrei of Cluj’s crosier. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius EchimHis Eminence Calinic of Suceava and Rădăuți blessed the faithful at the “Holy Martyr John the New” Monastery in Suceava on September 11, 2022. Photo: Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți / Irina UrsachiPatriarch Daniel blessed, on September 11, 2022, the renovation works for the “Holy Martyr Paraskevi and Venerable Paraskeva” Church in Ploiești, Romania. Photo: Ziarul Lumina / Luigi Ivanciu
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