Last week’s photos illustrate the joy of fasting. From children’s smiles to serene monastic faces or beautiful late autumn landscapes, joy was present everywhere.
Graffiti representing former Patriarch Pavle of Serbia and Metropolitan Amfilohjie of Montenegro on a street in Belgrade. Photo: Mondo / Stefan SojanovicBishop Macarie of Northern Europe distributing short prayer ropes to the children of the Romanian Orthodox Aalborg parish in Denmark. Photo: Facebook / Diocese of Northern EuropeA mother holding her child during the Divine Liturgy at Bucharest’s Șerban Vodă Church. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca EneMonastic tonsure service for two young novices at Diaconești Monastery. Photo: Archdiocese of Roman and BacăuSchema-nun Emanuela of Văratec Monastery has recently celebrated her 100th anniversary. Photo: DoxologiaThe Metropolitan Cathedral in Timișoara seen by the Ambassador of Israel to Romania. Photo: Facebook / David SarangaReliquary icon of Venerable Cosma, Proestos of the Holy Mount Athos, at St George – Cloșca Skete, in the county of Constanța. Photo: St George – Cloșca SketeEcumenical Patriarch Bartholomew officiated the Divine Liturgy at the Athens Cathedral. Photo: Ecumenical Patriarchate / Nikos PapachristosThe feast of the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple at the Archdiocesan Cathedral of Suceava. Photo: Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți / Irina UrsachiPutna Monastery dressed in autumn colours. Photo: Facebook / Putna MonasterySunlight enters through the windows of the Lazaret Church in the city of Bacău. Photo: Mihaela Ignat PopaLipnița Monastery in the county of Constanța, on the morning of the patronal feast of the Holymartyr Dasius of Durostorum. Photo: Protosyncellus Sofronie Bobaru“I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth” (Genesis 9:13). Photo: Basilica.ro / Aurelian Iftimiu“I know we shall die, but how much beauty” is the message on the memorial cross commemorating Christian poet Daniel Turcea at Cernica Monastery, near Bucharest. Photo: Magdalena BobocSunrays piercing the fog at Sihla Monastery, near the cave where Venerable Teodora led her ascetic struggles. Photo: Simona-Elena BâzganFaithful dressed in folk costumes at the new wooden church of the Romanian Orthodox Parish of Orbassano, near Turin, Italy. Photo: Mihai BursucPatriarch Porfirije of Serbia holding two kids in His Beatitude’s arms. Photo: Serbian PatriarchateThe first day of the Nativity Fast marked in a calendar belonging to a faithful woman from Belgium. Photo: Alexandra IliescuNun waiting to receive the Holy Communion at Bucharest’s Măgureanu Skete. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca EneAutumn landscape at Comana Monastery. Photo: Comana Monastery / Dragos Grigore
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