{"id":544747,"date":"2025-10-21T12:16:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=544747"},"modified":"2025-10-21T12:16:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:16:25","slug":"week-in-pictures-oct-12-19-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/week-in-pictures-oct-12-19-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures: October 12\u201319, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Snapshots from the Pilgrimage to Saint Paraskeva of Ia\u0219i, including faces of pilgrims, liturgical and prayerful moments, complete our selection of photos from the Orthodox world, captured between October 12 and 19, 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Procession at the Roman Cathedral, Romania, with the reliquary containing the vestment of Saint Paraskeva, October 13, 2025. Photo: Archdiocese of Roman and Bac\u0103u<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Night vigil in honour of Saint Paraskeva the Venerable at the \u201cSaint John the New\u201d Monastery in Suceava, October 13, 2025. Photo credit: Sabin Simota<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A subdeacon adjusts his vestment at the Church of Saints Peter and Paul and the Transylvanian Saints in the Media\u0219 Cemetery, Sibiu County. Photo credit: Ovidiu T\u0103tar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Dobre\u0219ti Monastery, Timi\u0219 County \u2013 the foundation of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel in his native village \u2013 celebrates its patronal feast of Saint Paraskeva the Venerable. Photo credit: Ioana Gavrilescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The domes of the Metropolitan Cathedral in Ia\u0219i seen through the eyes of a pilgrim, October 14, 2025. Photo credit: Doxologia \/ Oana Nechifor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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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<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Prayer before the icon of Saint Paraskeva at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, October 14, 2025. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca-Emanuela Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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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<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hierarchs from Bac\u0103u 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 Bac\u0103u<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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As every year, tens of thousands of pilgrims journeyed to Ia\u0219i, Romania, for the feast of Saint Paraskeva the Venerable, October 14, 2025. Photo credit: Doxologia \/ Oana Nechifor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The holy relics of Saint Paraskeva were returned inside the Metropolitan Cathedral in Ia\u0219i, October 15, 2025. Photo credit: Doxologia \/ Fr. Silviu Cluci<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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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<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Aerial view featuring the Church of the Holy Three Hierarchs in Bac\u0103u, Romania, October 16, 2025. Photo: Archdiocese of Roman and Bac\u0103u<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Archdiocesan complex in Roman, Romania, bathed in sunlight on October 18, 2025. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bac\u0103u<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem ordained Archimandrite Simeon as the new Abbot of Saint Catherine\u2019s 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<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Moments of relaxation at the Romanian Orthodox monastery in Mono, Canada. Photo credit: Mono Monastery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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His Eminence Calinic, Archbishop of Suceava and R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bi, blesses the faithful with holy water after the Divine Liturgy officiated on October 19, 2025. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Suceava and R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bi \/ Irina Ursachi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Metropolitan Andrei of Cluj communing children in Jichi\u0219u de Jos, Romania, on October 19, 2025. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Children participating in the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Icon in Bucharest, October 19, 2025. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Icon of Holy Priest Martyr Constantine S\u00e2rbu at an Orthodox parish in Japan. Photo credit: X \/ OrthodoxTao<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A ray of light enters through the window of the \u201cProtection of the Mother of God\u201d Church in Ciucurova, Tulcea County, Romania, on October 19, 2025. Photo credit: Diocese of Tulcea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Patriarch Porfirije of Serbia offers icons to the faithful in Rakovica, Croatia, on October 19, 2025. Photo credit: Serbian Patriarchate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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His Grace Teofil of Trotu\u0219, Auxiliary Bishop of Roman and Bac\u0103u, 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 Bac\u0103u<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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