Photos of the Week: Bulgarian saint of beekeepers feast, monks arrive in DC

By Jessi Dodge · February 11, 2026

(RNS) — Each week RNS presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo selection includes a Bulgarian feast for the saint of beekeepers, the arrival of the Walk for Peace in Washington, D.C., and more.

Believers attend an Orthodox service for the “sanctification of honey,” at the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Church in the town of Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, marking the feast day of St. Haralambos, the Orthodox patron saint of beekeepers. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)

Archbishop Ronald Hicks gives the homily during his Mass of Installation at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Monks arrive at the Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, in Washington., D.C. after more than 100 days of the Walk for Peace beginning in Texas and ending in the national capital. (RNS photo/Richa Karmarkar)

Buddhist monks sit in Washington National Cathedral during an event with the monks who are participating in a Walk For Peace, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

The “Cross of Athletes” is seen during a Mass at the Basilica of San Babila, known as the Church of Athletes during the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2026. The cross travels to Olympic host cities as a symbol of faith, unity and the values of sport. (AP Photo/María Teresa Hernandez)

A man representing the Orixa Yoruba Ogum performs during "Lavagem," a pre-carnival ritual meant to deliver luck and a positive spirit as well as clean and bless the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Workers clear rubble and salvage stones from the ruins of St. Paul's Greek Orthodox Church, damaged in the 2023 earthquake, in the city of Antakya, southern Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Murat Kocabas)

Faithful take part in a procession to honor Saint Blaise near the Caacupe church in the Barracas neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Archival Photos

Bishop Thomas Tien, the cardinal-elect of Qingdao, China, gets some pointers on American education Feb. 5, 1946, as he watches John Maxwell, left, 7, study his second-grade reader while classmate Herman Happ, 7, and Sister Catherine look on during a visit at St. Norbert's Catholic School. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.

Five-year-old Gioia Caimmi, of Rome, catches the eye of Pope John Paul II, as she runs toward him wearing a Swiss Guard costume and carrying a bouquet of flowers at the Vatican during the pontiff's general audience on Feb. 6, 1980. The large crowd later heard the pope continue his weekly series of reflections on the meaning of the Old Testament Book of Genesis, dwelling on the theme of "reciprocality," or mutual self-giving in human relationships, in particular in marriage, and on the biblical concept of "innocence." Photo courtesy of the Presyterian Historical Society.