{"id":249521,"date":"2019-08-30T11:27:38","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T08:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=249521"},"modified":"2019-08-30T11:27:38","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T08:27:38","slug":"the-week-in-pictures-august-19-25-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/the-week-in-pictures-august-19-25-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures: August 19-25, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The news in pictures. A selection of photographs from around the Orthodox world, covering a variety of topics from church celebrations to folk events and spiritual life.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_249292\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-249292\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-249292 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Saptamana-in-imagini-basilica-6-890x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"500\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-249292\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bishop Justin of Maramure\u0219 &amp; S\u0103tmar joins children in creative activities at Rozavlea &#8211; \u0218esu M\u0103n\u0103stirii Childrens&#8217; retreat. \u00a9 Maramure\u0219 Diocese<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_249288\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-249288\" style=\"width: 592px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-249288 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Saptamana-in-imagini-basilica-4-592x890.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"890\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-249288\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patriarch Kirill blesses fruit on the Feast of the Transfiguration according to the unrevised Julian calendar. \u00a9 Moscow Patriarchate \/ Fr. Igor Palkin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_249284\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-249284\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-249284 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Saptamana-in-imagini-basilica-2-890x668.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"668\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-249284\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three Orthodox monasteries &#8211; Curtea de Arges, Barsana and Tismana &#8211; are featured on the new Romanian passport. \u00a9 Basilica.ro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_249290\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-249290\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-249290 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Saptamana-in-imagini-basilica-5-890x573.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"573\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-249290\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Metropolitan Andrei of Cluj, Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103laj bids farewell to Metropolitan Innocentios of Burundi and Rwanda at the conclusion of his pilgrimage to Romania. \u00a9 Facebook \/ Cluj Metropolitan Cathedral<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-249282 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Saptamana-in-imagini-basilica-1-890x593.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"593\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Young girls learn to embroider at Putna Youth Retreat. \u00a9 Vlad Zegrea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_249272\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-249272\" style=\"width: 759px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-249272 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Saptamana-in-imagini-basilica-11-759x890.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"759\" height=\"890\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-249272\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem blesses &#8216;the new fruit of the vine&#8217; on Mount Tabor for the feast of the Transfiguration. \u00a9 Jerusalem Patriarchate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_249276\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-249276\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-249276 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Saptamana-in-imagini-basilica-13-890x501.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"501\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-249276\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roma children make the shape of the heart during the Camp of Joy at Zmeu, Iasi County. \u00a9 Dept for Minoritites of Iasi Archdiocese<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-249278 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Saptamana-in-imagini-basilica-14-890x593.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"593\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Young girls smiling in front of the camera at the Camp of Joy in Zmeu, Iasi. \u00a9 Dept. for Minorities of Ia\u0219i Archdiocese<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_249294\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-249294\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-249294 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Saptamana-in-imagini-basilica-7-890x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"500\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-249294\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A cleric takes a selfie together with a group of people at the peaceful protest in Sydney to stop the law abrogating abortion in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW). \u00a9 James Gourley \/ Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_249274\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-249274\" style=\"width: 617px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-249274 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Saptamana-in-imagini-basilica-12-617x890.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"617\" height=\"890\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-249274\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Archbishop Casian of Lower Danube encourages a young man suffering from spastic <span class=\"st\">quadriplegia<\/span> following a road accident. \u00a9 Lower Danube Archdiocese<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_249280\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-249280\" style=\"width: 668px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-249280 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Saptamana-in-imagini-basilica-1-668x890.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"668\" height=\"890\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-249280\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peter Hurley, the Irish man who loves Romania, together with the Bishop of Hu\u0219i at ITO Vaslui. \u00a9 Hu\u0219i Diocese<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_249268\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-249268\" style=\"width: 593px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-249268 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Saptamana-in-imagini-basilica-9-593x890.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"593\" height=\"890\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-249268\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1.400 young people attending the local Youth Meeting of Moldavia in Iasi. \u00a9 Media ITOM 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_249270\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-249270\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-249270 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Saptamana-in-imagini-basilica-10-890x593.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"593\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-249270\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fr. 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