The Week in Pictures: September 9–15, 2024

The opening of the new school year, patronal feasts, and various religious celebrations and events are just a few of the topics of the pictures in our photo feature for the week of September 9-15, 2024.

Excitement at the new school year opening at the Holy Three Hierarchs High School in Bucharest, Romania, on September 9, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
A monk at the Orheiul Vechi Cave Monastery, in the Republic of Moldova, on September 10, 2024. Photo credit: Facebook / Sorin Onișor
Students of the Theological Seminary in Bucharest, Romania, were blessed by Assistant Patriarchal Bishop Paisie of Sinaia at the opening of the new school year, on September 9, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Fishermen’s catch in the wilderness of Mount Athos. Source: Facebook / Mihai Sebastian Gheorghilas
Father Damaskinos, a Finnish priest, ensures that the Xenofont Monastery monks eat healthily. Photo credit: sana.fi
Icon of St. John the Baptist at an Orthodox monastery in Jerusalem dedicated to him. Photo taken on September 11, 2024. Photo credit: Jerusalem Patriarchate
The new spire of the Resurrection of the Lord Romanian Orthodox Church in Hamilton, Canada. Photo credit: Facebook / Resurrection of the Lord Romanian Orthodox Church Hamilton, Canada
The firefighter heroes who fought in the 1848 Battle of Bucharest’s Spirii Hill against the Ottoman Army were commemorated, on September 13, 2024, at their commemorative statue near the National Cathedral. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
Procession with the “Pantanassa” Icon of the Mother of God from the Archiepiscopal Cathedral of Roman to the Muncel Skete, Romania, September 13, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacau
Procession around the Church of the Holy Cross and St. Basil the Great on Calea Victoriei in Bucharest, Romania, on September 13, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
The Monument of the Firefighters on Arsenal Hill, in Bucharest, Romania. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
The Orthodox Monastery of the Ascent of the Holy Cross and St. Ephraim the New in the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Canada. Photo credit: Holy Cross Orthodox Monastery
The Metropolitan of Cluj offers spiritual books to children during the consecration of the Cășiel Monastery, Romania, on September 14, 2024. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius Echim
The Feast of the Ascension of the Holy Cross at the Archdiocesan Cathedral in Roman, Romania, on September 14, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacau
Fairytale sunrise in Orheiul Vechi, the Republic of Moldova. Photo credit: Facebook / Sorin Onișor
The Archbishop of Lower Danube visited the people in the villages that were most severely struck by the recent floods affecting eastern Romania. The hierarch visited the village on September 15 and 16, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Lower Danube
The faithful hold Romania’s National Flag at the patronal feast of  the Râșca Monastery, on September 14, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuților
Screening of the documentary film about the life and works of the Confessor-Priest Dumitru Stăniloae, recently canonized by the Romanian Orthodox Church. The screening was held at the Church of the Holy Cross and St. Basil the Great in Bucharest, Romania, during its patronal feast program, on September 15, 2024. Photo credit: Lavinia Stoica
The ordination of Bishop Meletius of Znepol was officiated on September 15, 2024. Photo credit: Bulgarian Patriarchate
Holy Hierarch Joseph the New of Partoș was celebrated at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Timisoara, Romania, on September 15, 2024. Photo credit: Facebook / ITO 2023 Timisoara
A child joins the chanters at the Schitu Măgureanu Monastery in Bucharest, Romania, on September 15, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene

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