Maria Papanicolau (married Ivanov) is one of the last Greeks in Sulina, Romania. The town used to be one of the most representative Greek communities in Romania during the second half of the 19th century. Today the Greeks of Sulina almost vanished and with them their heritage.

Zenovia Braileanu and her son, Vanea, at the ritual pig slaughter before Christmas in 1988 at Sfistofca.

Antip Listarov holds the picture of his concubine, Ecaterina, who died in 2006 of cancer. They had lived together for 27 years in Sulina.

A woman lights up a cigarette while making lunch, Sulina

Waiting for the rain to stop, Sulina

A man chats with a neighbor on a misty December morning in Sulina

Members of the Lipovan community celebrating Easter of the Dead in Sulina.

On the Twelfth Day or Epiphany Day(6th January), Christians orthodox celebrate the baptism of Jesus Christ by John the Baptist in Jordan river. In Sulina, which is located on the Danube’s banks, brave youngsters jump in the freezing waters to catch the cross tossed by priest after the procession. The winner takes the others with him and for three days, they roam the streets with the cross to each house, receiving money, wine, fruits or cakes.

Members of Sulina's Greek community dancing group called Artemis wait for the parade at the Danube Delta Minorities Festival to begin.

A jumper takes off from the diving board at the annual Seamanship Day Games on 15th August, one of Sulina’s oldest traditions. As many other traditions in the delta and on the shore of the Black Sea, these events coincide with important orthodox holidays. In this case it is Virgin Mary’s Day.

A Lipovan sexton tolls the bells of the Lipovan church, Sulina

Pavel Hancearencu, the town’s gravedigger in Sulina has a cigarette break while his nephew, Augustin, takes turn on digging the grave for the next day funeral, on Christmas Eve.

A man repairs a fishing net for one of his neighbors, Sulina

A fisherman enters the sea to check his nets, near Sulina.

The fishing of all sturgeon species is being prohibited for 10 years since 2006. This measure was implemented in the Danube Delta for the populations to regenerate after years of poaching. Still, illegal fishing and trading continues today for higher prices.

A fisherman and his companion on the Black Sea shore, nearby Sulina beach.

Burning litter rises a column of smoke in the outskirts of Sulina

Fishing in the Musura Bay, Black Sea.

Sfistofca is a small isolated village inhabited by nearly 60 people. The youth has left the village for better opportunities in the country or abroad.

The portrait of a young man still decorates an abandoned house in Sfistofca, where the number of ruined or abandoned houses is larger than the one of those inhabited.

A woman makes breakfast for her husband who is about to return from fishing, Sfistofca

A tourist speedboat passes by a smaller, traditional boat in Danube Delta, near the village of Letea. Although the wooden boat is vanishing, making way for fiberglass ones, it is still used in some remote villages of the delta.

Fisherman, Letea.