We invite you to view a selection of photos from around the world taken during the first week of Lent.
Metropolitan Laurențiu of Transylvania and Fr Constantin Necula during the Great Canon at the Orthodox Cathedral in Sibiu. Photo: Metropolis of TransylvaniaBishop Justin of Maramureș brings flowers to his mother’s tomb. Photo: Diocese of Maramureș and SătmarFuneral service for Stavrophore Irina Pântescu, the first abbess of Voroneț Monastery. Photo: Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți / Irina UrsachiSnow-covered Poiana Pustnicului Skete in Gorj, March 8, 2022. Photo: Poiana Pustnicului SketeMonk makes prostrations during the Great Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, March 8, 2022. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca EneOfferings on the feast day of the Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, March 9, 2022. Photo: Hierodeacon Serghie PîrăuMonk playing the semantron at St Anthimos Monastery in Bucharest on the feast day of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca EneStill during the Great Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete at St George Church in Sofia, Bulgaria. Photo: Bulgarian PatriarchateA newly ordained chanter (psaltis) at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Iași, March 10, 2022. Photo: Ioan BotezThe director of Ukraine’s largest art museum walked its hallways, supervising as staff packed away its collections to protect their national heritage in case the Russian invasion advances west. Photo: Bartek RemiskoRomanian pilgrims on Mount Athos offer prayers at the tomb of Fr Gherasim of Prodromos. Photo: Țiplea SorinThe choir of the Theological Seminary in Giurgiu participated at the Grand Canon of St. Andrew of Crete at Comana Monastery. Photo: Comana Monastery / Dragoș GrigoreYoung boy offering his daily prayer to the Theotokos. Photo: Gabriel DrumeaThe Ecumenical Patriarchate surrounded by snow. Photo: Ecumenical Patriarchate / Nikos PapachristouThe Sunday of Orthodoxy celebrated in Albania. Photo: Facebook / Stephanos & Alexandria Missionaries to AlbaniaThe Sunday of Orthodoxy was celebrated in Constantinople in the presence of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Photo: Ecumenical Patriarchate / Nikos PapachristouHis Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III leading the traditional procession with icons on the Sunday of Orthodoxy. Photo: Jerusalem PatriarchateThe Sunday of Orthodoxy at St. Irene Orthodox Orphanage in Kenya. Photo: Facebook / Eliud MuthiruPeople carried Orthodox icons during a procession in Baia Mare. Photo: Diocese of Maramureș and SătmarThe Sunday of Orthodoxy at the Romanian Orthodox parish of St. Martin the Confessor in Rome. Photo: Facebook / Parohia Ortodoxă “Sf. Martin Mărturisitorul-Episcopul Romei” – Roma TrulloA mother holding her child as priests exit the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest for the traditional procession with icons on the Sunday of Orthodoxy. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca EneChildren carrying icons at Damascus Orthodox Cathedral. Photo: Antioch PatriarchateYoung people wearing folk costumes hold icons during the Divine Liturgy at Cluj-Napoca Orthodox Cathedral on the Sunday of Orthodoxy, March 13, 2022. Photo: Metropolis of ClujPortraits of saints in the arms of children at St. George – Cloșca Skete, Sunday of Orthodoxy 2022. Photo: St. George – Cloșca SketeTraditional procession with icons at St John the New Monastery in Suceava, March 13, 2022. Photo: Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți / Irina UrsachiHis Beatitude Patriarch Daniel and the patriarchal auxiliary bishop Varlaam of Ploiești surrounded by clergy on the Sunday of Orthodoxy. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene
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