{"id":281544,"date":"2020-06-03T10:07:16","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T07:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=281544"},"modified":"2020-06-03T10:07:16","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T07:07:16","slug":"the-week-in-pictures-may-25-31-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/the-week-in-pictures-may-25-31-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures: May 25 &#8211; 31, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Orthodox life implies experience, emotion, involvement \u2013 all of which can be captured by photography. See below our selection of photos captured around the Orthodox world between May 25 and May 31, 2020.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_281208\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-281208\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-281208 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Tir-sf-Nectarie-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-281208\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A truck with the icon of St Nektarios of Aegina travels on the roads of Greece. Photo: Twitter \/ Citations Orthodoxes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_281204\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-281204\" style=\"width: 639px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-281204 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Straja-veteran-razboi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"639\" height=\"960\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-281204\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">When he turned 100 years old, war veteran Gheorghe Cotos was advanced to lieutenant &#8211; colonel at the Dormition of the Theotokos Parish in the town of Straja, Suceava county. Photo: The Dormition of the Mother of God Parish &#8211; Straja \/ Iosif Andronic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_281198\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-281198\" style=\"width: 1944px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-281198 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Comana-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1944\" height=\"1458\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-281198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bishop Ambrozie, priests and war veterans commemorated the national heroes at Comana Monastery, in the southern county of Giurgiu. Photo: Comana Monastery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_281196\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-281196\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-281196 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Cluj-Benedict-Bistriteanul.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1317\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-281196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">His Grace Bishop Benedict of Bistri\u021ba climbed to the Heroes&#8217; Memorial on the Peak of Grui, in the C\u0103limani Mountains, to pay homage to the 60 Romanian soldiers massacred in that place during the First World War. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj \/ Darius Echim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_281194\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-281194\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-281194 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/arges-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-281194\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">His Eminence Calinic, Archbishop of Arge\u0219 and Muscel, officiated a memorial service in front of the Heroes Memorial at the Military Cemetery of Pite\u0219ti city. Photo: Archdiocese of Arges and Muscel \/ Cristian Gheorghe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_281200\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-281200\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-281200 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/NationalReconciliationWeek-1024x570-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"570\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-281200\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Archbishop Makarios of Australia with Aboriginal people during the National Week of Reconciliation. Photo: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia \/ Facebook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_281212\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-281212\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-281212 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2556c85e-9f00-4206-abef-9802444e1133.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-281212\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The family of Father Avram Florin Ioan from Pruni\u0219or Parish in the Arad Archdiocese, after the procession with icons on the feast of the Ascension of the Lord. Photo: Denis Ro\u0219u Dr\u0103gan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_281214\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-281214\" style=\"width: 1368px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-281214 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/image1-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1368\" height=\"532\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-281214\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cAll ye servants of the Lord, which by night stand in the house of the Lord\u201d (Psalm 134): at \u201cVenerable Paraskeva of Ia\u0219i and St Andrew \u0218aguna\u201d Church in the city of Bra\u0219ov. Photo: Manea Ion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_281216\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-281216\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-281216 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/22-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-281216\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Horezu Monastery before the storm. Photo: Filip Scarlat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_281218\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-281218\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-281218 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200521_151340-01-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-281218\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A flower bouquet to be offered as a gift to St Paraskeva. Photo: Maria Sarsaniuc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_281220\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-281220\" style=\"width: 1900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-281220 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/\u00cenal\u021barea-Domnului-la-Paraclisul-CMN-111-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1267\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-281220\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deacon proclaiming the apostle reading during the Divine Liturgy celebrated at the outdoor altar of the National Cathedral&#8217;s Chapel on the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_281130\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-281130\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-281130 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/5ecf9f1d112764.98833362.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-281130\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Diocesan Cathedral in the city of Slobozia celebrated its patronal feast on the Ascension of the Lord. Photo: Diocese of Slobozia and C\u0103l\u0103ra\u015fi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_281439\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-281439\" style=\"width: 668px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200523_192906-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-281439 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200523_192906-668x890.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"668\" height=\"890\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-281439\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">When all roads lead you to the church. Photo: Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i Parish \/ Deacon Gheorghe Anghel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_281384\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-281384\" style=\"width: 1520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-281384 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/31mai-51.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1520\" height=\"1900\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-281384\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council celebrated on the Patriarchate&#8217;s Hill. Photo : Basilica.ro \/ Raluca Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_281444\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-281444\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-281444 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-06-01-at-09.37.57.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1064\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-281444\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Holy Gospel at the Wooden Church of the Boroaia Vale Parish in the county of Suceava. Photo: Andrei Munteanu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_281442\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-281442\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-281442 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-05-31-at-20.30.25.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"777\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-281442\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">When you go for a stroll and you find the National Cathedral bathed in golden twilight. Photo: Deacon D\u0103nu\u021b Ungureanu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_281446\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-281446\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-281446 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-06-01-at-09.42.52.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-281446\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The tomb of St Jacob of Putna, Metropolitan of Moldavia, at Putna Monastery. Photo: Malina Coroama<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_281448\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-281448\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-281448 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-06-01-at-09.46.39.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-281448\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">R\u00e2me\u021b Monastery, in Alba county. Photo: Marian Barbu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_281452\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-281452\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-281452 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-06-01-at-09.59.16.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"1365\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-281452\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Putna Monastery after rain. Photo credit: Coroama Daiana<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last week\u2019s most widely appreciated post on our Instagram account:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CAs_i_ypqB2\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CAs_i_ypqB2\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">*RO: \u201eG\u0103si\u021bi pe Iisus la u\u0219a inimii voastre \u0219i ve\u021bi descoperi paradisul\u201d \u2063 &#8211; Sf. Ioan Gur\u0103 de Aur\u2063 \u2063 *EN: \u201cFind Jesus at the door of your heart and you will discover paradise\u201d \u2063 \u2013 St John Chrysostom . . . #biserica #bisericaortodoxa #bisericaortodoxaromana #wednesdaywisdom #citateortodoxe #citatulzilei #ortodoxquotes #ortodox #orthodoxy #saint<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by <a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/basilica.ro\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Basilica News Agency<\/a> (@basilica.ro) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2020-05-27T19:27:20+00:00\">May 27, 2020 at 12:27pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Follow us on Twitter: @BasilicaNews and on Instagram: @basilica.ro<\/p>\n<p>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 [foto @ 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":"<p>Orthodox life implies experience, emotion, involvement \u2013 all of which can be captured by photography. See below our selection of photos captured around the Orthodox world between May 25 and May 31, 2020. 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