A selection of the best pictures from last week’s events in the Orthodox world.
Poland’s sole Orthodox hermitage celebrates 500 years of its holy site. Photo: sobor.byOrthodox Youth from Africa on pilgrimage to St Anne Monastery at Orsova. Photo: Nun Ambrozia – St Anne Monastery, OrsovaSouthern Bessarabia Bishop Veniamin commemorates soon-to-be-saint Dionisie Erhan on his 75th death anniversary.Patriarch Daniel attended the conference dedicated to Romania’s 1918 Great Union at Romanian Athenaeum. Photo: Mircea Florescu / Basilica.roCantus Domini Male Choir awarded 1918 Great Union Centennial medal by Patriarch Daniel. Photo: Raluca Ene / Basilica.roInauguration of Bucharest’s Union Square Fountains. Photo: Raluca Ene / Basilica.roOver 170 students involved in the Treasures of Romanian Spirituality Program met with Patriarch Daniel of Romania. Photo: Mihnea Păduraru / ZLOver 2,000 believers attended the Divine Liturgy celebrated at Brazi Monastery, Vrancea county, on the occasion of its patronal feast. Photo: Archdiocese of Buzău and VranceaAt the Divine Liturgy celebrated on the Conception of St John the Forerunner, HB Patriarch Daniel stressed that the Church ascribes glory to God when promoting family based on marriage between a man and a woman. Photo: Raluca Ene / Basilica.ro