{"id":314762,"date":"2021-04-16T15:28:29","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T12:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=314762"},"modified":"2021-04-16T15:28:29","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T12:28:29","slug":"the-week-in-pictures-april-4-11-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/the-week-in-pictures-april-4-11-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures: April 4 -11, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fourth week of Lent has passed and we are easily approaching the great feast of Christendom. We present to you our selection of pictures from April 4 to 11, 2021.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_314412\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-314412\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-314412 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2.jpeg-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-314412\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Magnolia in the afternoon light at Radu Voda Monastery in Bucharest. Photo: Micu Alexandra<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_314426\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-314426\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-314426 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ASCOR-Suceava.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-314426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Greening activity by the Suceava Orthodox Youth Association. Photo: Emilian Marcan \/ Asocia\u021bia Tinerilor Ortodoc\u0219i Suceveni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_314438\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-314438\" style=\"width: 982px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-314438 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iasi.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"982\" height=\"1375\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-314438\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Divine Liturgy, in a village parish in Iasi County, served with innocence and good manners. Photo: C\u0103t\u0103lina Ailenii<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_314444\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-314444\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-314444 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/medias.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1367\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-314444\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moment of peace and prayer at the Church &#8220;The Holy Apostles Peter and Paul and the Holy Transylvanian Confessors&#8221; in the Orthodox cemetery of Media\u0219. Photo: T\u0103tar Ovidiu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_314432\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-314432\" style=\"width: 1869px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-314432 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/dervent-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1869\" height=\"2560\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-314432\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spring day at Dervent Monastery. Photo: Protos. Sofronie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_314448\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-314448\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-314448 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Sihastria-Putnei-7-aprilie-20211.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-314448\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sih\u0103stria Putnei Monastery, the Church by the Spring covered with snow. Photo: Ana Racu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_314440\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-314440\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-314440 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/image-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-314440\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">His Grace Bishop Antonie of B\u0103l\u021bi in a moment of prayer on the feast of the Annunciation (unrevised calendar) at the Dormition Church in Dondu\u0219eni. Photo: Archd. Anton Mihai<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_314434\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-314434\" style=\"width: 2469px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-314434 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/detail20210407-PAL07112-\u043e\u0431\u0440.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2469\" height=\"2000\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-314434\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patriarch Kirill released pigeons for the feast of the Annunciation. Photo: Moscow Patriarchate\/ Igor Palkin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_314436\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-314436\" style=\"width: 1076px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-314436 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Georgia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1076\" height=\"725\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-314436\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Patriarch of Georgia celebrated the Divine Liturgy on the feast of the Annunciation. Photo: Patriarchate of Georgia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_314450\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-314450\" style=\"width: 1066px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-314450 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ocna.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1066\" height=\"1599\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-314450\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Saint Barbara Church at T\u00e2rgu Ocna Salt Mine, the only church in Europe, made almost entirely of salt and located at a depth of over 200 meters. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_314418\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-314418\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-314418 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/171415790_1861901007292171_2592570482987234953_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1068\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-314418\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Archbishop of Tomis anointing two children at St Stephen church in Constan\u021ba. Photo: Archdiocese of Tomis \/ Deacon Vali V\u0103d\u0103noiu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_314461\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-314461\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-314461 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ecu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-314461\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Ecumenical Patriarch paid homage to Saint Gregory V, Patriarch of Constantinople, on the 200th anniversary of his martyrdom. Photo: Ecumenical Patriarchate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_314454\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-314454\" style=\"width: 899px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-314454 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/turta-dulce.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"899\" height=\"1599\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-314454\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A child gave gingerbread to St. Gregory Palamas. Photo: Raluca Petreanu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_314430\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-314430\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-314430 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CMN-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-314430\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rays of light enter through the windows of the Altar of the National Cathedral. Photo: Daniel Codrescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_314446\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-314446\" style=\"width: 1511px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-314446 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Nanmaiesti.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1511\" height=\"2015\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-314446\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">N\u0103m\u0103ie\u0219ti Monastery, Arge\u0219 County. Photo: Facebook \/ Ovidiu Marian Vl\u0103sceanu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_314428\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-314428\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-314428 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cluj.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1326\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-314428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">His Grace Assistant Bishop Benedict of Bistri\u021ba, celebrating the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts at the Cathedral of Huedin. Photo: Cluj Metropolis \/ Darius Echim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_314442\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-314442\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-314442 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/maramures.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"488\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-314442\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fourth Sunday of Lent celebrated at B\u00e2rsana Monastery. Photo: Facebook \/ Diocese of Maramure\u0219\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_314420\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-314420\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-314420 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/172064140_3115097978726597_2874230977622846582_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-314420\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Archbishop Varsanufie of R\u00e2mnic celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Archdiocesan Cathedral of R\u00e2mnicu-V\u00e2lcea, in honour of Saint Callinicus of Cernica, the founder and patron saint of the cathedral. Photo: R\u00e2mnic Archdiocese<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_314424\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-314424\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-314424 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AC7A8502-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-314424\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Objects from the Memorial House of Saint George of Cernica. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>Last week\u2019s most-liked Instagram post:<\/h4>\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\/CNRxT4Upnav\/?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\/CNRxT4Upnav\/?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<h1><strong>Do you want to be featured in our weekly selection of photos?<\/strong><\/h1>\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>Thank you for reading Basilica.ro!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fourth week of Lent has passed and we are easily approaching the great feast of Christendom. We present to you our selection of pictures from April 4 to 11, 2021. Last week\u2019s most-liked Instagram post: &nbsp; View this post on Instagram &nbsp; A post shared by Basilica News Agency (@basilica.ro) Do you want to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":314464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[878],"tags":[16410,19033,12479,16461,16388],"class_list":["post-314762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photo-galleries","tag-basilica-photos","tag-orthodox-photography","tag-orthodox-world","tag-saptamana-in-imagini-en","tag-the-week-in-pictures"],"better_featured_image":{"id":314464,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":1900,"height":1080,"file":"2021\/04\/11-aprilie-1.jpg","sizes":{"medium":{"file":"11-aprilie-1-890x506.jpg","width":890,"height":506,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/11-aprilie-1-890x506.jpg"},"large":{"file":"11-aprilie-1-1024x582.jpg","width":1024,"height":582,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/11-aprilie-1-1024x582.jpg"},"thumbnail":{"file":"11-aprilie-1-360x360.jpg","width":360,"height":360,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/11-aprilie-1-360x360.jpg"},"1536x1536":{"file":"11-aprilie-1-1536x873.jpg","width":1536,"height":873,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/11-aprilie-1-1536x873.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1","keywords":[]}},"post":314762,"source_url":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/11-aprilie-1.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314762\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=314762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314762\/revisions\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314464\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=314762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=314762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=314762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}