The Week in Pictures: October 12–19, 2025

Snapshots from the Pilgrimage to Saint Paraskeva of Iași, including faces of pilgrims, liturgical and prayerful moments, complete our selection of photos from the Orthodox world, captured between October 12 and 19, 2025.

Procession at the Roman Cathedral, Romania, with the reliquary containing the vestment of Saint Paraskeva, October 13, 2025. Photo: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
Night vigil in honour of Saint Paraskeva the Venerable at the “Saint John the New” Monastery in Suceava, October 13, 2025. Photo credit: Sabin Simota
A subdeacon adjusts his vestment at the Church of Saints Peter and Paul and the Transylvanian Saints in the Mediaș Cemetery, Sibiu County. Photo credit: Ovidiu Tătar
Dobrești Monastery, Timiș County – the foundation of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel in his native village – celebrates its patronal feast of Saint Paraskeva the Venerable. Photo credit: Ioana Gavrilescu
The domes of the Metropolitan Cathedral in Iași seen through the eyes of a pilgrim, October 14, 2025. Photo credit: Doxologia / Oana Nechifor
Theologian Mihai Zapodeanu, a member of the Tronos Byzantine Choir, shares the joy of his ordination to diaconate with his family, October 14, 2025. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
Prayer before the icon of Saint Paraskeva at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, October 14, 2025. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
Faithful attending the patronal feast of the Nera Monastery dedicated to Saint Paraskeva received an icon of the saint, October 14, 2025. Photo credit: Facebook / Neraplant.ro
Hierarchs from Bacău County concelebrated at the patronal feast of the Archdiocesan Cathedral in Roman, Romania, dedicated to Saint Paraskeva, October 14, 2025. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
As every year, tens of thousands of pilgrims journeyed to Iași, Romania, for the feast of Saint Paraskeva the Venerable, October 14, 2025. Photo credit: Doxologia / Oana Nechifor
The holy relics of Saint Paraskeva were returned inside the Metropolitan Cathedral in Iași, October 15, 2025. Photo credit: Doxologia / Fr. Silviu Cluci
New photographs have been added to the exhibition organised by Basilica News Agency in partnership with the Cernica Monastery near Bucharest, Romania. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
Aerial view featuring the Church of the Holy Three Hierarchs in Bacău, Romania, October 16, 2025. Photo: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
The Archdiocesan complex in Roman, Romania, bathed in sunlight on October 18, 2025. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem ordained Archimandrite Simeon as the new Abbot of Saint Catherine’s Monastery and Archbishop of Sinai, Pharan and Raitho at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, October 19, 2025. Photo credit: Patriarchate of Jerusalem / Studio Sami
Moments of relaxation at the Romanian Orthodox monastery in Mono, Canada. Photo credit: Mono Monastery
His Eminence Calinic, Archbishop of Suceava and Rădăuți, blesses the faithful with holy water after the Divine Liturgy officiated on October 19, 2025. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți / Irina Ursachi
Metropolitan Andrei of Cluj communing children in Jichișu de Jos, Romania, on October 19, 2025. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj
Children participating in the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Icon in Bucharest, October 19, 2025. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Icon of Holy Priest Martyr Constantine Sârbu at an Orthodox parish in Japan. Photo credit: X / OrthodoxTao
A ray of light enters through the window of the “Protection of the Mother of God” Church in Ciucurova, Tulcea County, Romania, on October 19, 2025. Photo credit: Diocese of Tulcea
Patriarch Porfirije of Serbia offers icons to the faithful in Rakovica, Croatia, on October 19, 2025. Photo credit: Serbian Patriarchate
His Grace Teofil of Trotuș, Auxiliary Bishop of Roman and Bacău, blesses the faithful with holy water during the consecration of a parish church in Romania, on October 19, 2025. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău

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