The week between December 6 and 12 was blessed by three saints: Holy Hierarchs Nicholas and Spyridon and Holy Martyr Philothea. Please see below how they were celebrated.
Procession with the icon of St. Nicholas in Piraeus, Greece. Photo: Orthodoxia News AgencyHis Grace Bishop Justin lit candles at the graves at Rohia Monastery’s Cemetery. Photo: Diocese of Maramureș and SătmarMother holding her daughter during the Divine Liturgy at “St. Paraskeva – Drumul Taberei” Church. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea FlorescuYoung subdeacon at the patronal feast of the Theology Faculty in Cluj. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj, Maramureș and Sălaj / Darius EchimPilgrims pray at Curtea de Argeș Monastery, honouring St. Philothea’s relics. Photo: Archdiocese of Argeș and MuscelThe Holy Martyr Catherine was celebrated, according to the unrevised calendar, in Zaleszany, Poland. Photo: Orthodox Church of PolandFather Nectarie is building a church in Rwamagana, Rwanda. Photo: Facebook / Father NectarieSuceava Cathedral in winter. Photo: Instagram / Gabi MarianSt. John the Baptist Parish reflected in water, at Botoșani, Romania. Photo: Lori GiaRussian Protopresbyter Alexei Zlobin with his wife, Liubov. Photo: Instagram / Igor PalkinWinter story tale at Rădăuți, in northern Romania. Photo: Cătălin UrdoiDawn at Dervent Monastery in the county of Constanța. Photo: Protosyncellus Sofronie BobaruThe Jerusalem Patriarch participated in the ceremony of lighting the Christmas lights at Jaffa’a Imperial Hotel. Photo: Jerusalem PatriarchateChild venerating the icon of the Mother of God. Photo: Hieromonk Juvenalie VasiuPodmalinsko Monastery in Serbia covered in snow. Photo: Serbian PatriarchateThe interior of “Christ the Saviour” Cathedral in Moscow. Photo: Russian PatriarchateRomanian vlogger Mircea Bravo who made the Chinteni Granny famous (second on the left), visited Izbuc Monastery. Photo: Facebook / Izbuc MonasterySeminarians from the city of Galaţi donated blood for hospitals. Photo: Archdiocese of Lower DanubePhysical loneliness, spiritual communion. Photo: Basilica.ro / Aurelian IftimiuChristmas Carol Concert at the “Dormition of the Mother of God” Cathedral in Romania’s northern city of Satu Mare. Photo: Diocese of Maramureș and SătmarA woman venerates the icon of Saint Spyridon at the Metropolitan Cathedral in the city of Timişoara, in western Romania. Photo: Stela PlămadăHieroschemamonk John, Protopsaltes of Lakkoskete on Mount Athos, and Schemamonk Isaac visited Putna Monastery in northern Romania. Photo: Putna MonasteryHis Grace Bishop Ignatie of Huși accompanied the “Christmas Gift” Caravan in the remote hamlets of his diocese. Photo: “Filantropia Ortodoxa Husi” AssociationPatronal feast of Holy Hierarch Spyridon celebrated at the saint’s home on Corfu Island, Greece. Photo: Imcorfu.grHis Eminence Archbishop Casian blessed the chapel of “St. Spyridon” Children Center, which is run by a parish in the city of Galați. Photo: Archdiocese of Lower DanubePilgrimage at St. Spyridon’s holy relics during the patronal feast of “St Spyridon the New” Cathedral in Bucharest. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
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