{"id":339713,"date":"2021-10-27T16:51:02","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T13:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=339713"},"modified":"2021-10-27T17:09:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T14:09:24","slug":"the-week-in-pictures-october-18-24-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/the-week-in-pictures-october-18-24-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures: October 18 -24, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

Divine grace is omnipresent around the world. We receive from you more and more evidence on it. <\/strong><\/p>\n

This week we have shots from S\u0103p\u00e2n\u021ba, where a monastic synaxis was held, autumn landscapes from Curtea de Arge\u0219, Dervent and Izbuc, photos from Bulgaria, where St. John of Rila was celebrated, and from Bucharest, where the pilgrimage to St. Demetrius the New is unfolding.<\/p>\n

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The monastic synaxis of the Diocese of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar was held at S\u0103p\u00e2n\u021ba Monastery. Photo: Diocese of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Architectural jewel: the great church of Curtea de Arge\u0219 Monastery in autumn. Photo: Facebook \/ Ovidiu Vl\u0103sceanu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Vespers at Plovdiv Monastery (Bulgaria) in honour of St John of Rila. Photo: Bulgarian Patriarchate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Izbuc Monastery under mild autumn sunshine. Photo: Izbuc Monastery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Church painter Daniel Codrescu painting the entrance vault of the Sih\u0103stria Monastery. Photo: Daniel Codrescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sunrise at the Patriarchal Cathedral. Photo: Mihai Grigoriu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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His Grace Timotei of S\u0103tmar with the faithful at the “Holy Emperors Constantine and Helen” Church in S\u0103cel \u2013 Iza. Photo: Diocese of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I at the anniversary ceremony marking 30 years of his patriarchate. Photo: Ecumenical Patriarchate \/ Nikos Papachristou<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Chiuza, in the county of Bistri\u021ba N\u0103s\u0103ud: Old lady going to church. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj, Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103laj \/ Ionu\u021b Chifa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The burial of His Eminence Gurie, the first bishop of Deva and Hunedoara, at Deva Cathedral. Photo: Diocese of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Patriarch Porfirije holding two children in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Photo: Serbian Patriarchate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Exhumation of Father Joseph of Vatopaidi, a disciple of St Joseph the Hesychast, passed away 12 years ago. Photo: Orthodoxia News Agency<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The church of Dervent Monastery at nightfall. Photo: Protosyncellus Sofronie Bobaru<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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After their shift has ended, Bucharest armed police members honour the holy relics placed outside the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. The armed police are deployed to keep order during the patronal feast of the Patriarchal Cathedral. Photo: ASCOR \/ Mihaela Mare\u0219<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pilgrims honour the holy relics of St Demetrius the New, who helped the Romanian Capital during plague and cholera epidemics. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Icon with relics of Venerable Gabriel of Odessa at St. Gheorghe \u2013 Clo\u0219ca Skete in Constan\u021ba county on the saint’s feast day – October 23. Photo: St. Gheorghe \u2013 Clo\u0219ca Skete<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Television director during a broadcast from Moscow’s Christ the Saviour Cathedral. Photo: Patriarchate of Moscow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Entrance vault at the gate of Sih\u0103stria Monastery. Photo: Daniel Codrescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Auxiliary bishop Varlaam of Ploie\u015fti re-blessing the church of “King Carol I” National Defense University. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Subdeacon at the Vigil officiated for the feast of St. John Jacob of Neam\u021b, whose holy relics are displayed on the Patriarchate Hill during the feast of St Demetrius the New. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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