Please find below sunrises and sunsets, faces of priests and faithful and many other original photos: it is our Week-in-Pictures selection for February 14 -20, 2022.
The National Reading Day at the Orthodox Highschool in Oradea, on February 15, 2022. Photo: Diocese of OradeaSunrise over the “Family” Cultural and Missionary Center in the city of Panteleimon, near Bucharest, the Capital city of Romania. Photo: Fr. Ștefan AbabeiLittle girl praying at “St Ignatius” Church in Phoenix, Arizona. Photo: Instagram / Brett GregoryMoon setting over the National Cathedral. Photo: Hierodeacon Serghie PîrăuHis Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, at the annual working session of the National Church Assembly held on Wednesday, February 16, 2022, in “Patriarch Teoctist” Aula Magna of the Patriarchal Palace. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea FlorescuSunset over the “Holy Three Hierarchs” Monastery in Iași. Photo: Mădălina IonicăAn emblematic view from Maramureș: Bârsana Monastery. Photo: Instagram / Raul DumitruvYoung theologian playing the semantron at Brazi Monastery. Photo: Florin PostolacheHoly Apostle Andrew, sculpted by Monk Antipa at Dervent Monastery, in the county of Constanța. Photo: Protosyncellus Sofronie BobaruHieromonk Iuvenalie Vasiu at his childhood church in Avrig. Photo: Fr. SimeonYoung Suceava Orthodox enjoy sports and fun in the mountains and on the slopes. Photo: Archdiocese of Suceava and RădăuțiPreparations for the commemoration officiated at Pasărea Monastery for the Rroma people lost in concentration camps, in prisons and in exile. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea FlorescuThe Orthodox Church in Morochów, Poland. Photo: Orthodox Church of PolandNight view of the Orthodox Cathedral in Timișoara. Photo: Sorin TroncotăThe National Cathedral as seen from a building on Way Știrbei Vodă, on February 18, 2022. Photo: Facebook / Silviu DancuYoung man in folk costume at the “Holy Trinity” Church in the city of Bistrița. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius EchimIcon with 5 scenes from the parable of the Prodigal Son, February 20, 2022. Photo: “St. George – Cloșca” SketeLights and shadows over a fresco of the Mother of God. Photo: Facebook / Grigory SvetlovHis Eminence Calinic, Archbishop of Suceava and Rădăuți, blesses the faithful at the chapel of “St John the New” Monastery. Photo: Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți / Irina UrsachiPutna Monastery seen from the Hill of the Cross. Photo: Maria PetreThe “Birth of the Holy Prophet John the Baptist” Monastery in Scărișoara Nouă, February 20, 2022. Photo: Diocese of Maramureș and SătmarA Russian monk enjoys a cup of tea on February 17, 2022. Photo: Instagram / Fr. Igor PalkinFather Arsenie Papacioc’s burial place at Techirghiol Monastery on February 17, 2022. Photo: Basilica.ro / Aurelian IftimiuReliquary with Holy Hierarch’s relics at Bucharest’s Radu Vodă Monastery on February 20, 2022. Photo: Radu Vodă MonasteryA commemoration for the Rroma people who died in concentration camps, in prisons and in exile was officiated at pasărea Monastery. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
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