Web Albums - Patriarch Daniel, Fr. Maximos at Secu Monastery, Moldavia in 2001
....and another
At Secu Monastery in Moldavia, 2001: then Metropolitan (now Patriarch) Daniel with the slim, 2001-version of Father Maximos. From left: Fr. Maximos' sister, Sarah, Fr. Maximos, Fr. Toador, the Metropolitan, Archimandrite Justin Marchis. I cannot now recall the names of the two lay men in the photograph.
The Entrance to Secu Monastery on the Feast of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist, 2001
Metropolitan Daniel blesses the thousands of people gathered in the Monastery courtyard for the Divine Liturgy
There were a number of ordinations at the Divine Liturgy. Here is, I think, a young monk being made a Sub-deacon.
During the Antiphons
Monks and seminarians led the chanting
A very large Kutia, boiled wheat sweetened and decorated with sugar. The design is St. John the Baptist: “bring me the head of John the Baptist on a platter...!”
A good idea of the crowd. The Metropolitan's main deacons seemed as much like body-guards as liturgical ministers! Now that he is Patriarch, I am sure His Beatitude is even more used to rock-star treatment!
Romanians love bringing food to church for the blessing
OK, some compulsory Moldavian scenes