{"id":421480,"date":"2023-03-28T19:43:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T16:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=421480"},"modified":"2023-03-28T19:44:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T16:44:56","slug":"the-week-in-pictures-march-20-26-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/the-week-in-pictures-march-20-26-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures: March 20 &#8211; 26, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Another week of Orthodox life captured through the camera lens reveals the joy of religious life. We invite you to view our <em>Week in Pictures<\/em> feature for March 20 &#8211; 26, 2023.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_420437\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-420437\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-420437 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/schitul-darvari-icoana-mozaic.-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-420437\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mosaic icon of the Saviour at Bucharest&#8217;s Darvari Skete, on March 20, 2023. Photo: Mariana Stanc\u0103<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_420426\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-420426\" style=\"width: 8688px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-420426\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"8688\" height=\"5792\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-420426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Patriarch of Serbia blesses a child in the Be\u017eanijska Kosa district of Belgrade, Serbia, on March 22, 2023. Photo: Serbian Patriarchate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_420428\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-420428\" style=\"width: 1262px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-420428\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/patriarhul-ilia-al-georgiei.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1262\" height=\"1200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-420428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Patriarch of Georgia received the visit of famous Georgian football player Khvicha Kvaratskhelia on March 23, 2023. Photo: Georgian Patriarchate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_420430\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-420430\" style=\"width: 1921px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-420430\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/monah-dervent-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1921\" height=\"2560\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-420430\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monk reading from the Psalter in the church of Dervent Monastery, in Constanta county, Romania. Photo: Protos. Sofronie Bobaru<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_420125\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-420125\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-420125 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Lansare-carte-Secretul-bine-pazit-Latina-prisca-137-26.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-420125\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Intergenerational dialogue: students of Bucharest&#8217;s Theological Faculty attended the launch of the book &#8220;<em>Latina prisca<\/em> &#8211; The Well Kept Secret&#8221;, where they talked to the author of the book, Mrs. Aurelia B\u0103lan Mihailovici, aged 87, on March 23, 2023. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_420432\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-420432\" style=\"width: 1505px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-420432\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/catedrala-nationala-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1505\" height=\"2560\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-420432\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The National Cathedral seen among the flowering branches of the trees. Photo: National Cathedral \/ Ana Maxim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_420373\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-420373\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-420373 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Te-deum-gradinita-Buna-Vestire-109.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-420373\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children from the Romanian Patriarchate&#8217;s Annunciation Kindergarten prayed with educators and parents at the Te Deum service held at the kindergarten headquarters, on March 24, 2023. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_421064\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-421064\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-421064\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IPS-Iustin-toaca.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-421064\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">His Eminence Iustin tried out the semantron of Rohia Monastery, on March 23, 2023. Photo: Diocese of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_420586\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-420586\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-420586\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hram-mitropolia-clujului.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-420586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Great Vespers at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Cluj-Napoca, on March 24, 2023, on the eve of the Annunciation, which is also the patronal feast of the Cluj, Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103laj Metropolis. His Eminence Nicodim, Bishop of Severin and Strehaia officiated the religious service. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj \/ Ionu\u021b Chifa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_420505\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-420505\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-420505 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Buna-vestire-2023-Catedrala-Patriarhala-108.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-420505\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Patriarch of Romania celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, together with the His Eminence Varlaam of Ploie\u0219ti on March 25, 2023. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_421066\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-421066\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-421066\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/patriarhia-ecumenica-earth-hour.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-421066\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Ecumenical Patriarchate participated in the Earth Hour project by switching off the electricity, on March 25, 2023. Photo: Ecumenical Patriarchate \/ Nikos Papachristou<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_421054\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-421054\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-421054\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/dobroteasa-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-421054\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bucharest&#8217;s Dobroteasa Church on the feast of the Annunciation, March 25, 2023. Photo: Mariana Stanc\u0103<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_421056\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-421056\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-421056\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Rosiers-prima-manastire-romaneasca-franta-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-421056\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The feast of the Annunciation at the Rosiers Monastery &#8211; the first Romanian monastic settlement in France, on March 25, 2023. Photo: MOREOM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_421058\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-421058\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-421058\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/scare-raiului-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2057\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-421058\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Stairway to Heaven&#8221; &#8211; fresco with St. John Climacus&#8217; &#8220;ladder of virtues&#8221; at Sucevita Monastery, Romania. Photo: Vasile Ionu\u021b<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_421060\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-421060\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-421060\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/biserica-lemn-techirghiol-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-421060\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The wooden church of the &#8220;St Mary&#8221; Monastery in Techirghiol, Romania. Photo: Ioana Mihaela Sandru<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_421062\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-421062\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-421062 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/parohia-brancusi-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-421062\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A moment during the Holy Mass at Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i Parish. Photo: Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i Parish<\/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\/CqLa1eXoSSe\/?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\/CqLa1eXoSSe\/?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>Another week of Orthodox life captured through the camera lens reveals the joy of religious life. We invite you to view our Week in Pictures feature for March 20 &#8211; 26, 2023. 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