{"id":276095,"date":"2020-04-07T14:34:51","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T11:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=276095"},"modified":"2020-04-07T15:32:54","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T12:32:54","slug":"the-week-in-pictures-march-30-april-5-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/the-week-in-pictures-march-30-april-5-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures: March 30 – April 5, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Orthodox life has adapted to the conditions of the Covid-19 pandemic, trying to turn social isolation into spiritual progress. Find below our selection of photos from the Orthodox world between March 30 and April 5, 2020.<\/p>\n

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Georgians drew flowers on the pavement to mark the required distance between the service participants, after the authorities imposed sanitary restrictions. Photo: Facebook \/ Ivan Nazaric<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Video meeting held by the Holy Synod of the Greek Orthodox Church . Photo: Orthodoxia News Agency<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Serbian faithful praying outside churches due to social distancing requirements during the Covid-19 pandemic. Photo: Facebook \/ Thomas Soroka<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Patriarch Theodore inaugurated the new museum of \u201cSt Savvas\u201d Monastery in Alexandria, Egypt. Photo: Orthodox Times<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Putna Monastery, in northeastern Romania, commemorated at home the martyrs from F\u00e2nt\u00e2na Alb\u0103, a village now on Ukrainian territory which in 1941 was the scene for something very similar to the Katyn massacre (Poland): Soviet occupants killed thousands of Romanian locals. Each 1st of April, the village is usually a meeting point for Romanians from both sides of the border. But this year the commemoration was organized separately due to the state of emergency instated in both countries. Photo: Facebook \/ Putna Monastery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The relics of St John the New on the streets of Suceava city. The procession passed by the Municipal Hospital. Photo: Lumina Newspaper \/ Cristi Turcule\u021b<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Metropolis of Banat is making bed linen sets and towels for the hospitals in the western-Romanian city of Timi\u0219oara. Photo: Metropolis of Banat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Commemoration of His Grace Milutin, Bishop of the Orthodox Serbian Church, who died of coronavirus. Photo: spc.rs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A priest kneeling during the religious service in an empty church from the village of Stulpicani, in the Romanian northern province of Bukovina. Photo: Sorin Oni\u0219or<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\u201cUncle\u201d Mitic\u0103 from the Bukovina, Romania, was given food and masks respecting social distancing rules. Photo: Sorin Oni\u0219or<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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His Grace Visarion, Bishop of Tulcea, prayed for an end to the coronavirus pandemic in the highest point of the city of Tulcea, which is near the Danube Delta. Photo: Diocese of Tulcea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Aunt Tica and Aunt Doina from Bukovina try to adapt during the Covid-19 pandemic. Photo: Sorin Oni\u0219or<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Evening Service with the Akathist Hymn at the historic Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Evening Service with the Akathist Hymn officiated by the Patriarch of Jerusalem at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre without participation of the faithful, due to the pandemic sanitary restrictions. Photo: Patriarchate of Jerusalem<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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His Eminence Casian, Archbishop of Lower Danube, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Archdiocesan Cathedral in the eastern-Romanian city of Gala\u021bi. Photo: Facebook \/ Arhiepiscopia Dun\u0103rii de Jos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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100 Byzantine chanters pray to the Mother of God for Romania. Photo: You Tube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The relics of St Paraskeva were carried through the main cities from Ia\u0219i, Neam\u021b and Boto\u0219ani counties in Eastern Romania. Photo: Doxologia \/ Tudorel Rusu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Divine Liturgy on the Fifth Sunday of the Great Lent (of Venerable St Mary of Egypt) at the \u201cSt Apostles Peter and Paul\u201d Cathedral in the city of Mioveni. Photo: Vu\u021ban Vasile-Liviu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The mayor and two officers kneel to pay homage to Saint Paraskeva as a convoy carrying her holy relics passed by the town hall of Boto\u0219ani. Photo: Facebook \/ Emanuel Buta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The relics of St Demetrios the New, patron saint of Bucharest city, were carried in processions through the streets of Bucharest. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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We would gladly include one of your photos depicting Orthodox life in our weekly selection. All you have to do is send the picture(s) you have taken to our email address [info @ basilica.ro] along with a short description. Please mention WIP (Week in Pictures) in the email subject line. Please note that every WIP article will include photos taken in the previous week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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