{"id":289950,"date":"2020-09-01T23:21:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T20:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=289950"},"modified":"2020-09-01T23:21:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T20:21:00","slug":"the-week-in-pictures-august-24-30-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/the-week-in-pictures-august-24-30-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures: August 24 \u2013 30, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Moments of prayer, unforgettable snapshots of the loved ones and other images from the Orthodox world in our selection of photos from last week.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_289702\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-289702\" style=\"width: 806px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-289702 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/3-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"806\" height=\"603\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-289702\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poet Adrian P\u0103unescu\u2019s childhood home from Bessarabia was renovated, blessed and turned into a museum of Romanian literature. Photo: Diocese of B\u0103l\u021bi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_289714\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-289714\" style=\"width: 1968px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-289714 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/118616642_1665584033590334_1745128369205617453_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1968\" height=\"1312\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-289714\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blood donation campaign organized by the priests from the Br\u0103ila Deanery, followed by student volunteers and other faithful. Photo: Facebook \/ Archdiocese of Lower Danube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_289700\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-289700\" style=\"width: 1440px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-289700 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1906\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-289700\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Soprano Elena Mo\u0219uc and Father Ciprian Tudor at St Joachim and Anna &#8211; Old Obor Church. Photo: Facebook \/ Ciprian Tudor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_289704\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-289704\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-289704 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-289704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Bishop of Tulcea visited a Romanian border patrol ship who sailed on a mission on the Aegean Sea. Photo: Diocese of Tulcea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_289735\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-289735\" style=\"width: 1638px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-289735 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/118604133_10157065674181792_7034018151965672792_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1638\" height=\"2048\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-289735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Television host Mihai Morar and Archimandrite Ioachim Tomoioag\u0103 in front of writer Nicolae Steinhardt&#8217;s monastic cell from the Rohia Monastery in the northern county of Maramure\u015f. Photo: Facebook \/ Mihai Morar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_289729\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-289729\" style=\"width: 1944px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-289729 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hram-sf-Fanurie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1944\" height=\"1296\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-289729\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A family participating in the Divine Liturgy on the patronal feast of St Phanurius Church in the city of C\u00e2mpulung Muscel. Photo: Facebook \/ Archdiocese of Arge\u0219 and Muscel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_289727\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-289727\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-289727 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GR_Fanouropita2-e1598459869895.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"475\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-289727\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Greek priest on the Isle of Evia blesses freshly baked <em>phanouropitta<\/em> (traditional cake baked on the feast of St Phanurius). Photo: Greek reporter \/ A. Makris<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_289731\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-289731\" style=\"width: 1968px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-289731 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Maxineni.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1968\" height=\"1312\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-289731\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The M\u0103xineni Monastery in Br\u0103ila county was founded by Matei Basarab, Prince of Wallachia, between 1636 and 1637. Photo: Facebook \/ Archdiocese of Lower Danube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_289733\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-289733\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-289733 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/mit-cj.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-289733\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A priest and his children at the consecration of the church in \u0218irioara, Bistri\u021ba-N\u0103s\u0103ud county. Photo: Facebook \/ Metropolis of Cluj, Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103laj<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_289716\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-289716\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-289716 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/118690101_1580196015493843_4401986293929033326_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1819\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-289716\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Young Maramure\u0219 inhabitant participates in the Pietroasa Monastery&#8217;s patronal feast: The Beheading of St John, the Lord&#8217;s Forerunner and Baptist. Photo: Facebook \/ Diocese of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_289710\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-289710\" style=\"width: 2016px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-289710 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/118200091_1978862308929627_4551917262221927109_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2016\" height=\"1512\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-289710\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snapshot from the Cotmeana Monastery in the county of Arge\u0219. Photo: Facebook \/ Archdiocese of Arge\u0219 and Muscel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_289722\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-289722\" style=\"width: 2500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-289722 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/detail20200828-SNV_0161-\u043e\u0431\u0440.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1702\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-289722\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nurses take a selfie at the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow. Photo: Russian Patriarchate \/ Serghei Vlasov<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_289724\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-289724\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-289724 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_0447-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-289724\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two children try to play the semantron. Photo: Patricia Doroban\u021bu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_289720\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-289720\" style=\"width: 1944px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-289720 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/comana.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1944\" height=\"1458\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-289720\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Priests pray during the Divine Liturgy at the Comana Monastery. Photo: Facebook \/\u00a0 Comana Monastery &#8211; Drago\u0219 Grigore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_289708\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-289708\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-289708 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/20200823_185211-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-289708\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Summer rain at the Paltin &#8211; Petru Vod\u0103 Monastery. Photo: Voaide\u0219 Emilian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_289712\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-289712\" style=\"width: 2016px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-289712 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/118410150_1796150167206056_7320876600476202139_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2016\" height=\"954\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-289712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">His Grace Macarie, Bishop of Northern Europe, with the children from Bor\u00e5s and G\u00f6teborg, in Sweden. Photo: Facebook \/ Diocese of Northern Europe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last week\u2019s most-liked Instagram post:<\/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\/CEV_pvEpAUO\/?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\/CEV_pvEpAUO\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">*RO: ? Culorile apusului de soare pe Dealul Patriarhiei de-a lungul timpului. ? Care este locul t\u0103u preferat pentru a fotografia apusul\u2753 *EN: Sunset colours on the Hill of the Patriarchate over time. What is your favourite place to photograph the sunset? . . . #bineledestiut #dealulpatriarhiei #apusdesoareinbucuresti #fotografiapasiuneamea #fotografie #bucuresti #patriarhie #bisericaortodoxaromana #ortodoxie #ortodox #bucharestlife #bucharestsunset #bucharestmyhome<\/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=\"2020-08-26T07:11:18+00:00\">Aug 26, 2020 at 12:11am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Do you want to be featured in our weekly selection of photos?<\/h4>\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<p>Follow us on Twitter: @BasilicaPhotos<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Thank you for reading Basilica.ro!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moments of prayer, unforgettable snapshots of the loved ones and other images from the Orthodox world in our selection of photos from last week. Last week\u2019s most-liked Instagram post: &nbsp; View this post on Instagram &nbsp; *RO: ? Culorile apusului de soare pe Dealul Patriarhiei de-a lungul timpului. ? 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