{"id":397386,"date":"2022-10-25T16:13:30","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T13:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=397386"},"modified":"2022-10-25T16:18:34","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T13:18:34","slug":"the-week-in-pictures-october-17-23-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/the-week-in-pictures-october-17-23-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures: October 17 &#8211; 23, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This year&#8217;s Indian summer offered inspiration to Orthodox photographers, who sent pictures for our weekly photo feature. Please find below the October 17 &#8211; 23 week in pictures.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_397142\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-397142\" style=\"width: 2047px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-397142 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/sihastria-putnei.-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2047\" height=\"2560\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-397142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Sih\u0103stria Putnei Monastery in autumn. Photo: Iulian \u021augui<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_397136\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-397136\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-397136 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ps-timotei-ierusalim.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1364\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-397136\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">His Grace Timotei of Prahova, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Bucharest, visited Patriarch Teophilos of Jerusalem on October 18, 2022. Photo: Facebook \/ Jerusalem-Patriarchate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_397144\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-397144\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-397144 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/hram-sf-marturisitori.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-397144\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The patronal fast of \u201ePrince Petru Rare\u0219\u201d Monastery in Ciceu-Corabia, Romania, protected by the Holy Transylvanian Confessors, was celebrated on October 21, 2022. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj \/ Darius Echim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_397140\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-397140\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-397140 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/sfinti-ardeleni.-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2032\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-397140\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wood icon of the Holy Transylvanian Confessors at the Grand Church in S\u0103li\u0219te, Sibiu county, Romania. Photo: Iuliana C\u00eempan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_397122\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-397122\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-397122 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/austria-impartasit.-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-397122\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Little girl in folk costume waiting to receive the Holy Communion at the Divine Liturgy celebrated by His Grace Sofian of Bra\u0219ov at the &#8220;Holy Transylvanian Confessors&#8221; Romanian Parish in Innsbruck, Austria. Photo: Romulus-Valentin Balu\u021b\u0103<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_397152\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-397152\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-397152 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/primi-pelerini-sf-dumitrie.-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-397152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest in the evening of October 22, 2022. The first pilgrims arrive for the second patronal feast of the worship place, which unfolds for a week in honour of Venerable Demetrius the New, patron saint of the city of Bucharest. Photo: Florin Postolache<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_397130\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-397130\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-397130 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/concurs-glas-de-copil.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-397130\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A child receives his award at the second edition of the National Reciting Contest &#8220;Children&#8217;s Voices\u00a0 \u2013 The Mother of God, God&#8217;s Gift to Humanity\u201d. Photo: Archdiocese of Suceava and R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bi \/ Irina Ursachi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_397132\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-397132\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-397132 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/dervent-altar.-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-397132\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The altar of the &#8220;Holy Hierarch Hyacinth of Vicina\u201d Church at Dervent Monastery in the county of Constan\u021ba, Romania. Photo: Protos. Sofronie Bobaru<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_397198\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-397198\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-397198\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/essex.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-397198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I visited &#8220;St John the Baptist&#8221; Monastery in Essex, Great Britain. Photo: Ecumenical Patriarchate \/ Nicholas Papachristou<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_397148\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-397148\" style=\"width: 591px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-397148 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/manastirea-turda..jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"591\" height=\"923\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-397148\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Mihai-Vod\u0103&#8221; Monastery in Turda, Cluj county, Romania: the towers seen form the field. Photo: Campan Anca<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_397146\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-397146\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-397146 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/manastirea-pangarati.-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-397146\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">P\u00e2ng\u0103ra\u021bi Monastery in the county of Neam\u021b, guarded by nature&#8217;s autumnal appearance. Photo: Emil Arghire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_397138\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-397138\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-397138 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/sf-niculitel.-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-397138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The holy relics of the Niculi\u021bel Holy Martyrs, in Dobrudja, Romania. Photo: Florin Postolache<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_397168\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-397168\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-397168 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Sfintire-parohia-mierlari-130-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-397168\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The founders of the Mierlari Parish Curch in the county of Ilfov, near Bucharest, were commemorated on October 23, 2022. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_397150\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-397150\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-397150 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/preot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-397150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A priest loads cereals gathered to offer humanitarian aid. Photo: Facebook \/ Alexandru Grigora\u0219<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_397128\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-397128\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-397128 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Catedrala-din-bacau.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1366\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-397128\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two landmarks of the Romanian city of Bac\u0103u: the statue of Holy Prince Stephen the Great and the Orthodox Cathedral. Photo: Facebook \/ Remus Lupuleasa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_397126\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-397126\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-397126 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/botez-adult-europa-de-nord.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1152\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-397126\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bishop Macarie Dr\u0103goi baptized an adult in Sweden on October 23, 2022. Photo: Diocese of Northern Europe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_397172\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-397172\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-397172\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ruanda.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1367\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-397172\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A\u00a0Holy Baptism for 40 persons has recently been officiated in Rwanda, on the African continent. Photo: Facebook \/ P\u0103rintele Nectarie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_397124\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-397124\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-397124 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/bacau-roman.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1065\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-397124\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The &#8220;St Demetrius\u201d Parish Church in Buda-Bl\u0103ge\u0219ti, Bac\u0103u county, on October 22, 2022. Photo: Archdiocese of Roman and Bac\u0103u<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_397170\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-397170\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-397170 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Sfintire-parohia-mierlari-267-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-397170\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patriarch Daniel blessed with holy water the faithful of the Mierlari Parish on October 23, 2022. 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\/Cjz9k8zs6M-\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\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\/Cjz9k8zs6M-\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Basilica.ro (@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. 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: @\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BasilicaPhotos?s=20&amp;t=NU8HpYex2OlWqT5-xRCRVg\">BasilicaPhotos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year&#8217;s Indian summer offered inspiration to Orthodox photographers, who sent pictures for our weekly photo feature. Please find below the October 17 &#8211; 23 week in pictures. Last week\u2019s most-liked Instagram post: &nbsp; View this post on Instagram &nbsp; A post shared by Basilica.ro (@basilica.ro) Do you want to be featured in our weekly&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":397176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[878],"tags":[10386,19033,14715,246,16388,16462],"class_list":["post-397386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photo-galleries","tag-orthodox-news","tag-orthodox-photography","tag-photography","tag-romania","tag-the-week-in-pictures","tag-week-in-pictures"],"better_featured_image":{"id":397176,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":1900,"height":1080,"file":"2022\/10\/Saptamana-in-imagini-23-oct-copy.jpg","filesize":1891199,"sizes":{"medium":{"file":"Saptamana-in-imagini-23-oct-copy-890x506.jpg","width":890,"height":506,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":180606,"source_url":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Saptamana-in-imagini-23-oct-copy-890x506.jpg"},"large":{"file":"Saptamana-in-imagini-23-oct-copy-1024x582.jpg","width":1024,"height":582,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":221433,"source_url":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Saptamana-in-imagini-23-oct-copy-1024x582.jpg"},"thumbnail":{"file":"Saptamana-in-imagini-23-oct-copy-360x360.jpg","width":360,"height":360,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":78181,"source_url":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Saptamana-in-imagini-23-oct-copy-360x360.jpg"},"1536x1536":{"file":"Saptamana-in-imagini-23-oct-copy-1536x873.jpg","width":1536,"height":873,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":420277,"source_url":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Saptamana-in-imagini-23-oct-copy-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":397386,"source_url":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Saptamana-in-imagini-23-oct-copy.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397386\/"}],"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\/19\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=397386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397386\/revisions\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397176\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=397386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=397386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=397386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}