{"id":312324,"date":"2021-03-17T15:53:05","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T13:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=312324"},"modified":"2021-03-17T15:57:28","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T13:57:28","slug":"the-week-in-pictures-march-8-14-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/the-week-in-pictures-march-8-14-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures: March 8-14, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Last week&#8217;s snow was a source of inspiration for photography lovers. Please find our selection of photos taken between March 8 and 14.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_312005\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-312005\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-312005 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/comemorare-detinuti-politici-151-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-312005\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The National Day of the Anti-communist Political Prisoners was celebrated at the &#8220;Wings&#8221; Monument in Bucharest. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_311987\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-311987\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-311987 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/158213966_982813245584417_2721858013023683781_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"790\" height=\"790\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-311987\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">P\u0103uca Secondary School and Bro\u0219teni Parish have a partnership for extra-curricular activities. Among them, a choir that offers answers to the Divine Liturgy on Sundays. Photo: Instagram \/ Metropolis of Ardeal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_312033\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-312033\" style=\"width: 674px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-312033 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/EwJnZNXWEAEP6pG.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"674\" height=\"1011\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-312033\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View from the courtyard of the Orthodox Theology Faculty in Bucharest after spring snow. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Aurelian Iftimiu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_311995\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-311995\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-311995 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/159979116_1123988844713629_468355647430126602_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-311995\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spring snow at Radu Vod\u0103 Monastery in Bucharest. Photo: Facebook \/ Radu Vod\u0103 Monastery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_311989\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-311989\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-311989 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/159281726_3888274827915705_6309356132931846003_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-311989\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Father Antonios Bezaitis of Patra, Greece, with two children wearing folk costumes on the 200th anniversary of the Greek Independence War. Photo: Facebook \/ Antonios Bezaitis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_311999\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-311999\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-311999 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/160508617_1861196654033263_4396536747568610093_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-311999\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Curtea de Arge\u0219 Monastery surrounded by snowdrifts. Photo: Facebook \/ Ovidiu Marian Vl\u0103sceanu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_311993\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-311993\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-311993 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/159819886_4003779962999414_6773697150706935720_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1364\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-311993\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Comana Monastery covered in immaculate white snow. Photo: Comana Monastery \/ Drago\u0219 Grigore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_311997\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-311997\" style=\"width: 1422px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-311997 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/160306074_771090056858816_2992091811976335520_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1422\" height=\"640\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-311997\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ianca I Parish participating in the National Catechism Contest &#8220;The Church &#8211; A Family for Romanians All Over the World\u201d. Photo: Facebook \/ F\u0103urei Parish<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_311991\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-311991\" style=\"width: 1128px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-311991 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/159471267_1755749401271836_1521041034772018094_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1128\" height=\"1715\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-311991\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maramure\u0219 children participate in the Divine Liturgy at the &#8220;Holy Trinity&#8221; Diocesan Cathedral in Baia Mare. Photo: Facebook \/ Diocese of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_311985\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-311985\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-311985 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210131_085650-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-311985\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">P\u00e2ng\u0103ra\u021bi Monastery dressed in white. Photo: B\u0103rcan Claudiu Sergiu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_312003\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-312003\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-312003 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/160895490_3950014535058255_6415059459372818828_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-312003\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">His Grace Benedict of Bistri\u021ba celebrated his name day in prayer, by officiating the Divine Liturgy at the &#8220;Holy Apostles Peter and Paul&#8221; Church in Cluj. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj \/ Darius Echim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_312017\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-312017\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-312017\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/usa-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-312017\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>The decorated doors of &#8220;St Spyridon &#8211; the New&#8221; Church in Bucharest. Photo: Mariana Stanca<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_312007\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-312007\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-312007 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0071-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-312007\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An outdoor icon of the Mother of God covered by snow at Br\u00e2ncoveanu Monastery in S\u00e2mb\u0103ta de Sus. Photo: Vu\u021ban Vasile-Liviu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_312001\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-312001\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-312001 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/160723398_2808549619459266_3579132450618342111_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-312001\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Faithful participated in the Divine Liturgy at the &#8220;Holy Martyr John the New&#8221; Monastery in Suceava on the Sunday of the Expulsion of Adam from Paradise. Photo: Archdiocese of Suceava R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bil<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_312009\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-312009\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-312009 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/p1-DIANA.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-312009\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">B\u0103leni S\u00e2rbi Parish of T\u00e2rgovi\u0219te Sud Deanery in Romania participates in the National Catechism Contest &#8220;The Church &#8211; A Family for Romanians All Over the World\u201d with a fundraising activity. Volunteers sold home-made sweets and bought three electronic tablets with the money. The devices were offered to children who could not afford them. Photo: M\u0103d\u0103lina Cimpoeru<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_312011\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-312011\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-312011 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/received_183166490016604-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-312011\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Co\u0219oteni Monastery under snowflake siege. Photo: Co\u0219oteni Monastery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_312013\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-312013\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-312013 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Sfintire-icoana-167-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-312013\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A lady came with her pet to listen in the open air to the Divine Liturgy officiated at the &#8220;St Nicholas of One Day\u201d Church in Bucharest. 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\/CMVEAskDFRv\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\">\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<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>&nbsp;<\/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 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\/CMVEAskDFRv\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">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<h2><strong>Do you want to be featured in our weekly selection of photos<\/strong>?<\/h2>\n<p>We would gladly include one of your photos depicting Orthodox life in our weekly selection. 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