The Week in Pictures culminated with the start of events dedicated to St. Demetrius the New’s feast at the Patriarchal Cathedral. We invite you to see our photo selection for October19 – 25, 2020.
St. John of Rila was celebrated at the Rila Monastery in Bulgaria. Photo: Bulgarian PatriarchateChild pilgrim pretends to be playing the semantron at Hurezi Monastery. Photo: Marius DeaconuBishop Iustin and Auxiliary Bishop Timotei of Sătmar pay homage at Monk Nicolae Steinhardt’s tomb after inspecting work on the Rohia Monastery new building site. Photo: Facebook / Diocese of Maramureș and SătmarThe main church of Basarabov Monastery in Bulgaria was built near the cave where St Demetrios the New carried out his ascetic labours. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca EneA vestment of St Philothea was added to the spiritual treasures of Bucharest’s Oborul Vechi (“Old Fair”) Church. It will be displayed by the icon of the martyr, attributed to Romanian painter Gheorghe Tattarescu. Photo: Lumina NewspaperArchpriest Sergey Pravdolyubov wearing the epitrachelion which belonged to his grandfather, martyr Sergey Pravdolyubov. The dean’s family gave 11 saints for the calendar of the Orthodox Russian Church. Photo: Facebook / Igor PalkinMetropolitan Ioan blessed “The Veterans’ Relay Race”. The Romanian national flag reached the city of Carei on the Romanian Army Day. Photo: Metropolis of BanatRomanians from the town of Limena (in the Italian province of Northern Padua) will have a new church. Photo: Facebook / Padua North – Limena ParishThe Romanian Army Day was marked at the Romanian Soldier’s Monument in the city of Carei, which was the last Romanian place liberated from Nazi occupation at the end of World War II. Photo: Facebook / Diocese of Maramureș and SătmarThe young people of the town of Rebrișoara greeted Metropolitan Andrei, who came to bless the monument of the heroes and the local funerary chapel. Photo: Facebook / Metropolis of Cluj, Maramureș and SălajOrder and peace: a pigeon sitting next to a member of the armed police during preparations for the feast of St Demetrius the New at the Patriarchal Cathedral. The feast is Bucharest’s most important pilgrimage, which this year unfolded under restrictive sanitary protection measures. Photo: Facebook / Mihai GrigoriuOn Sunday morning, the relics of St Demetrios the New were taken out of the Patriarchal Cathedral and displayed for the faithful who came to pay homage. The event marked the beginning of the three days of celebrations for the cathedral’s patronal feast. The celebrations were severely restricted this year, with numerous measures of sanitary protection in place. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea FlorescuA mother holding her boy during the Divine Liturgy officiated at the outdoor altar of the Patriarchal Cathedral. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea FlorescuWhile her parents participate in the religious service, a little girl is colouring an angel. Photo: Facebook / Emil PalangeanVigil service in honour of Great Holy Martyr Demetrios the Myrrh Gusher. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Do you want to be featured in our weekly selection of photos?
We would gladly include one of your photos depicting Orthodox life in our weekly selection. All you have to do is send the picture(s) you have taken to our email address [foto @ basilica.ro] along with a short description. Please mention WIP (Week in Pictures) in the email subject line. Please note that every WIP article will include photos taken in the previous week.
On Thursday, March 30, 2023, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel welcomed His Excellency Arthur Mattli, the outgoing Ambassador of the Swiss Confederation to Romania, on a farewell visit. His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel expressed his joy to…
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel welcomed the Secretary of State for relations with Romanians abroad, Gheorghe Cârciu, at his patriarchal residence on March 29, 2023. After the meeting, Secretary of State Gheorghe Cârciu highlighted the excellent…
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel welcomed His Grace Bishop Lukijan of Buda, the administrator of the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Timisoara, at the patriarchal residence and awarded him the second highest order of the Romanian Patriarchate.…
A number of men and women have given their lives to Christ in monasticism in the past several days in dioceses of the Romanian Orthodox Church both at home and abroad. Munich In Munich, His…
Please see below the fifth week of Lent, captured through the camera lens of professional and amateur photographers. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Basilica.ro…