{"id":419132,"date":"2023-03-15T13:53:07","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T11:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=419132"},"modified":"2023-03-15T13:53:07","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T11:53:07","slug":"the-week-in-pictures-march-6-12-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/the-week-in-pictures-march-6-12-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures: March 6-12, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Please see below our photo feature with shots captured by professional and amateur photographers during the second week of Lent: March 6-12, 2023.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_418200\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-418200\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-418200 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/procesiune-antim-sfintii-40-de-mucenici-2023-17.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-418200\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Procession with the relics of the Holy 40 Martyrs and of St. Philophtheia at Bucharest&#8217;s Antim Monastery, on March 8, 2023. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca-Emanuela Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_418547\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-418547\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-418547\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pomenire-parintele-iraclie-porumbescu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-418547\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Father Iraclie Porumbescu was commemorated in his native village on the 200th anniversary of his birth, on March 9, 2023. Photo: Archdiocese of Suceava and R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_418550\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-418550\" style=\"width: 1365px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-418550\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pui-de-morosan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1365\" height=\"2048\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-418550\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Bishop of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar blessed a child in Carei, northern Romania, on March 9, 2023. Photo: Diocese of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_418281\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-418281\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-418281 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Detinutii-politici-anticomunisti-2023-106.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-418281\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A religious and military ceremony commemorating the political prisoners of the communist regime (1944 &#8211; 1989) was held at Bucharest&#8217;s &#8220;Wings&#8221; Memorial on March 9, 2023. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_418358\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-418358\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-418358 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hram-antim-sfintii-40-de-mucenici-2023-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-418358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Playing the semantron to call faithful to the Divine Liturgy at Bucharest&#8217;s Antim Monastery, Romania, on March 9, 2023. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca-Emanuela Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-418552\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gherla.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1367\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former political prisoner Grigore Pepene participated in the commemoration of political prisoners from the communist period at the anonymous cemetery with mass graves in Gherla, Romania, on March 9, 2023. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj \/ Darius Echim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_418798\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-418798\" style=\"width: 1536px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-418798 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/patriarhia-ecumenica.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-418798\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunshine squeezing through the windows of the Patriarchal Church in Istanbul&#8217;s Phanar neighbourhood, Turkey. Photo: Facebook \/ World Council of Churches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_418783\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-418783\" style=\"width: 8992px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-418783 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pomenire-detinuti-belu-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"8992\" height=\"12000\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-418783\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A commemoration mass was officiated for the political prisoners of the communist prisons at Bucharest&#8217;s Annunciation &#8211; Belu on March 9, 2023. The date represents a national commemoration day. Photo: Georgiana B\u0103r\u00eec\u0103<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_418802\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-418802\" style=\"width: 1536px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-418802\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/botez-lituania.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-418802\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A mother and her daughter from Lithuania received the Orthodox Baptism at Hemeiu\u0219 Parish, in Romania&#8217;s Bac\u0103u county on March 11, 2023. Photo: Facebook \/ Hemeiu\u0219 Parish<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_418777\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-418777\" style=\"width: 1844px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-418777 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/duminica-sf-grigorie-palama-sibiu..jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1844\" height=\"886\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-418777\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Sibiu, Romania, on March, 2023. Photo: Vasile Ionu\u021b<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_418817\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-418817\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-418817 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/biserica-romaneasca-din-sardinia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-418817\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Romanian Orthodox Parish of St. John the Baptist in Olbia, Sardegna Island, Italy. Photo: Parish of St. John the Baptist, Olbia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_418795\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-418795\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-418785 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ps-Sofian-Brasoveanul.-1-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-418795\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">His Grace Sofian of Brasov received two hugs worth a thousand words. Photo: Romulus-Valentin B\u0103lu\u021b\u0103<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_418795\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-418795\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-418795 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Santier-Catedrala-Nationala.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-418795\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Romania&#8217;s National Cathedral building site at night. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Aurelian Iftimiu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_418841\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-418841\" style=\"width: 1531px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-418841 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/manastirea-crasna.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1531\" height=\"2048\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-418841\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crasna Monastery, in Prahova county, Romania, surrounded by woods. Photo: Alin Horia M\u00e2nzat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_418837\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-418837\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-418837 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/inmormantare-parintele-iulian-podromitul.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-418837\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hieroskemamonk Iulian, the confessor of the Romanian Skete Prodromu on Holy Mount Athos, passed away into the Lord on March 10, 2023. Photo: Prodromu Skete<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_418820\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-418820\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-418820\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/parohia-casin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1364\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-418820\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">M\u0103n\u0103stirea Ca\u0219in II Parish, in the county of Bac\u0103u, celebrated the feast of St. Simeon the New Theologian on March 12, 2023. The parish has the sole church in Romania protected by this saint. Photo: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacau<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_418866\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-418866\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-418866\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pestere-sf-dimitrie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-418866\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The cave of St. Demetrius the New of Basarabi, protector of Bucharest, the capital of Romania, is situated in today&#8217;s Bulgaria. Photo: Fr. Serghie P\u00e2r\u0103u<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_418760\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-418760\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-418760 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1U2A0924.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-418760\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A little girl who wanted to talk to His Grace Varlaam of Ploie\u0219ti held the hierarch&#8217;s hand at the Church of St. Gregory Palamas in the campus of the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania, on March 12, 2023. 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\/CpnCgHdjW0U\/?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\/CpnCgHdjW0U\/?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. 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