St. Andrew’s feast, Romania’s National Day celebrations, as well as the first snowflakes are captured in our weekly photo feature from the Orthodox world.
Lights and shadows under an old icon. Photo: Hyeromonk JuvenalieHE Teodosie prays for the faithful reading a diptych at the shrine inside St Andrew’s Cave. Photo: Facebook / Eugen TănăsescuA child crosses himself during the Divine Liturgy celebrated for St. Andrew’s feast at the National Cathedral Chapel in Bucharest. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea FlorescuRohia Monastery, in the county of Maramureș, dressed in snow-white garment. Photo: Facebook / Cosmin OanaFather holds his child at the Te Deum service officiated on Romania’s National Day at the Patriarchal Cathedral. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca EneRomania’s coat of arms made of Lego pieces. Photo: Instagram / Mircea CantorFather Marcian from St. Parascheva Church in Drogobostea is announcing the Lord’s Nativity at the homes of the faithful. Photo source: Facebook / Averea BisericiiMosaic parts are ready to be installed at the National Cathedral. Photo: Daniel CodrescuOn Romania’s National Day, children in Verejeni, the Republic of Moldova, went to the statue of King Ferdinand I the Unifier. The population of the Republic of Moldova is 80% Romanian and the province was one of the three historical Romanian provinces to declare their will to unify with Romania after WWI, according to US President Woodrow Wilson’s self-determination doctrine. The Rep. of Moldova, aka Bessarabia, was part of Romania before WWII. Photo: Facebook / Iulian RusanovschiSpectacular cloud over the Holy Mount Athos. Photo: Facebook / Prijatelji Manastira HilandaraThree priests at the “Holy Three Hierarchs” Church in Bacău with service vestments in the colours of the Romanian flag: blue, yellow, red. Photo: Archdiocese of Roman and BacăuThe new Romanian Orthodox church in Orbassano, near Turin, Italy. Photo: Mihai BursucThe Holy Gospel, the Cross and the Romanian flag: three essential elements of the Romanian national identity. Photo: Facebook / Darius PascaruTe Deum service on Romania’s National Day at the “Dormition of the Mother of God” Cathedral in Satu Mare. Photo: Facebook / Diocese of Maramureș and SătmarHE Macarie Drăgoi, Bishop of Northern Europe, with the Romanian faithful from Molde, Norway. Photo: Facebook / Diocese of Northern EuropeOld man receives the Holy Communion at “Christ the Saviour” Cathedral in Moscow on the feast of the Entry of the Mother of God into the Temple according to the unrevised calendar. Photo: Moscow PatriarchateThe feast of the Entry of the Mother of God into the Temple celebrated in Jerusalem. Photo: Jerusalem PatriarchatePrincess Sophie of Romania with the nuns from Hurezu Monastery, to whom she offered her photo album entitled “The Romanian Monastery. Celebrating Romania’s Spiritual Communities”. Photo: Twitter / The Royal Family of RomaniaSihăstria Monastery covered in snow. Photo: Monk GhelasieThe blessing of Father Ilie Cleopa’s cell in the Stânișoarei Mountains, 23 years after his departure to eternity. Photo: Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți / Irina UrsachiVenerable Gheorghe of Cernica and Căldărușani was celebrated at “St. Nicholas” Church built by Cernica Monastery on an islet in the middle of the Cernica Lake. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea FlorescuSpectacular sunrise at Rădăuți, in the northern county of Suceava, Romania. Photo: Facebook / Cătălin UrdoiStudents and teachers at the “St. Sabbas” National College in Bucharest participated in the Te Deum service officiated in their high school shortly before the saint’s feast day. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca EneChurch in Gura Humorului at dawn. Photo: Facebook / Sorin OnișorA priest of Bucharest’s “Holy Emperors Constantine and Helen – the New Stockyard” Church arranges the Christmas tree. Photo: Facebook / “Holy Emperors Constantine and Helen – the New Stockyard” Church
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