{"id":299869,"date":"2020-11-25T12:58:09","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T10:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=299869"},"modified":"2020-12-01T01:56:38","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T23:56:38","slug":"the-week-in-pictures-november-16-22-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/the-week-in-pictures-november-16-22-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures: November 16 &#8211; 22, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Please see below snapshots of Christian Orthodox life between November 16 and 22, 2020: the first snowflakes, churches, liturgical moments and a food ingredient allowed in some of the Advent days.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_299580\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-299580\" style=\"width: 668px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-299580 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/comana-668x890.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"668\" height=\"890\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-299580\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The cooks from Comana Monastery present one of the ingredients for the Advent weekend menu: a big catfish. Photo: Comana Monastery \/ Drago\u0219 Grigore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_299566\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-299566\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-299566 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/13413-890x501.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"501\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-299566\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">St Elisabeth Convent of Minsk, Belarus. Photo: Obitel-minsk.ro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_299588\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-299588\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-299588 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/EnRQK_OWEAIlyKP-890x604.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"604\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-299588\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mural painting of Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro in Vi\u0161egrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Photo: Orthodox Christianity<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_299586\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-299586\" style=\"width: 668px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-299586 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/EnRnjlfXMAAKa6t-668x890.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"668\" height=\"890\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-299586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Holy Fathers Monastery near Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo: Twitter \/ Apostolic Nunciature in Georgia &amp; Armenia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_299578\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-299578\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-299578 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Biserica-Bucur-100-890x593.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"593\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-299578\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bucur\u2019s Church in Bucharest, Romania. Legend says Shepherd Bucur was the founder of Romania\u2019s Capital City. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_299584\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-299584\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-299584 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/elpi-890x623.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"623\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-299584\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">His Eminence Elpidophoros, Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America, participated in the Vigil Office officiated at the St. George Church in Ocean Township \/ New Jersey. Photo: GOA \/ Dimitrios Panagos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_299570\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-299570\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-299570 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201117_204258-1000x675-1-890x668.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"668\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-299570\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Cluj-Napoca Cathedral illuminated on Cervical Cancer Awareness Day. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj \/ Darius Echim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_299568\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-299568\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-299568 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/351125.b-890x594.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"594\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-299568\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An icon of the Mother of God was projected on the building of the Greek Parliament on the feast of the Entry of the Most Holy Mother of God into the Temple. Photo: Orthodoxia News Agency<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_299574\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-299574\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-299574 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/126427880_10159900505649796_3798889498078457814_o-890x594.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"594\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-299574\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III celebrated 15 years since his enthronement. Photo: Jerusalem Patriarchate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_299594\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-299594\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-299594 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Manastirea-Radu-Voda-100-890x593.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"593\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-299594\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fall snapshot from Radu Vod\u0103 Monastery in Bucharest. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_299576\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-299576\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-299576 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/126536663_1783972498438700_8949629551731226193_o-890x602.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"602\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-299576\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Divine Liturgy celebrated at the Archdiocesan Cathedral in Roman, northeastern Romania. Photo: Archdiocese of Roman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_299605\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-299605\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-299605 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_5154-696x464-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-299605\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On the second Sunday of the Advent, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated without the participation of the faithful at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Sibiu, in central Romania. The city was quarantined to control the spread of the SARS-Cov-2 infection. Photo: Metropolis of Ardeal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_299600\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-299600\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-299600 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/sf-matrona-890x594.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"594\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-299600\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pilgrims honour St Matrona at Pokrov Monastery on the celebration of 139 years from her birth. Photo: Pokrov Monastery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_299572\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-299572\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-299572 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/126284602_1367787816725202_161302863427079211_o-890x668.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"668\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-299572\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Winter has sent its messengers to Putna Monastery. Photo: Facebook \/ Putna Monastery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_299582\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-299582\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-299582 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/dst_0758-890x558.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"558\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-299582\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The funerals of the Patriarch of Serbia. Photo: Serbian Patriarchate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_299607\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-299607\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-299607 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/126499964_1878940692260336_277518746236723999_o-1-890x593.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"593\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-299607\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">His Grace Macarie, Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Northern Europe, offered gifts to the children participating in the Divine Liturgy he celebrated in Helsingborg, Sweden. Photo: Diocese of Northern Europe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_299596\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-299596\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-299596 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/MF-PS-Timotei-la-CP-106-1-890x593.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"593\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-299596\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Divine Liturgy celebrated at the canopy near the Patriarch Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/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\/CHsTl2Wpduo\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\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<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\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 style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CHsTl2Wpduo\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A post shared by Basilica News Agency (@basilica.ro)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Do you want to be featured in our weekly selection of photos?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We would gladly include one of your photos depicting Orthodox life in our weekly selection. 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