A selection of the best pictures from last week’s events in the Orthodox world.
Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte blessed the CROCEU members at the conclusion of their meeting in Sofia. Photo: orthodoxeroThe first written code of laws published in Romanian in 1640, Pravila de la Govora, was exhibited in Timișoara. Photo: Metropolitan of BanatThe Heroes’ Memorial, a permanent tribute to 168 Romanian soldiers who died during the First World War in the region, was inaugurated in Worms, Germany. Photo: MApNPatriarchal auxiliary bishop Varlaam of Ploiești urges permanent instruction to clergy in order to tackle the troubled society’s challenges. Photo: ZLPolis Poliviou has won the top prize at the “Colours of Orthodoxy. Cyprus” competition organized by OrthPhoto & Cyprus Photographic Society. Photo: Polis Poliviou / OrthPhoto23,000 believers took to the streets of Iași carrying in procession the holy relics of Ss Parasceva and Catherine. Photo: doxologiaSt Parasceva’s vestment was carried in procession around the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. Photo: Mircea Florescu / Basilica.ro22 hierarchs from Romania and abroad concelebrated at the Divine Liturgy on the feast of St Parasceva in Iași. Photo: doxologiaPatriarch Daniel in his Sunday homily at Sămurcăcești Monastery: Saintliness depends not on one’s age, but on steadfastness. Photo: Mircea Florescu / Basilica.ro