{"id":261134,"date":"2019-11-20T14:12:34","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T12:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=261134"},"modified":"2019-11-20T14:12:34","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T12:12:34","slug":"the-week-in-pictures-november-11-17-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/the-week-in-pictures-november-11-17-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures: November 11 &#8211; 17, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From youth to old age, we all enjoy the presence and blessings of God. This is what this week&#8217;s collection of photos tries to highlight: the joy in Christ.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_260936\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-260936\" style=\"width: 683px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-260936 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/\u03b1-429.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"533\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-260936\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bishop of Toliara and Southern Madagascar gives candy to a child. Photo: Orthodoxia News Agency<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_260930\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-260930\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-260930 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/HramSfMina2019-10-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/HramSfMina2019-10-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/HramSfMina2019-10-1-593x890.jpg 593w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/HramSfMina2019-10-1-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-260930\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An old woman makes the sign of the cross during the Divine Liturgy at\u00a0 St Menas \u2013 Vergu Church in Bucharest. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_260928\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-260928\" style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-260928 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Episcopul-Macarie-8-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Episcopul-Macarie-8-1.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Episcopul-Macarie-8-1-890x621.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Episcopul-Macarie-8-1-1024x715.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-260928\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bishop Macarie Dragoi together with believers in front of a wooden church during first signs of winter. Photo: Facebook \/ Diocese of Northern Europe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_260749\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-260749\" style=\"width: 1239px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-260749\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Patriarhul-Ecumenic-la-pas-prin-Ardennes-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1239\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Patriarhul-Ecumenic-la-pas-prin-Ardennes-05.jpg 1239w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Patriarhul-Ecumenic-la-pas-prin-Ardennes-05-890x593.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Patriarhul-Ecumenic-la-pas-prin-Ardennes-05-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-260749\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew strolling in the Ardennes Forest. Photo: Ecumenical Patriarchate \/ Nikos Manghinas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_260932\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-260932\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-260932 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_3956-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_3956-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_3956-1-890x593.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_3956-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-260932\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">All-night vigil in honour of St John Chrysostom at the Chapel of the Romanian People&#8217;s Salvation Cathedral in Bucharest. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_260934\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-260934\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-260934 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4027-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4027-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4027-1-890x593.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4027-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-260934\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Priests carried the reliquary containing a particle of the holy relics of Saint John Chrysostom around the chapel of the National Cathedral in Bucharest. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_260922\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-260922\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-260922 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/74238226_10217088084889229_7426565682524848128_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/74238226_10217088084889229_7426565682524848128_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/74238226_10217088084889229_7426565682524848128_n-890x668.jpg 890w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-260922\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Writer Mihail Neam\u021bu visited the Patriarchal Stavropegic\u00a0Monastery of St John the Baptist in Essex for the first time in the last 15 years. Photo: Facebook \/ Mihail Neamtu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_260924\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-260924\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-260924 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/76996301_10214646027333702_8220668684167806976_o-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/76996301_10214646027333702_8220668684167806976_o-1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/76996301_10214646027333702_8220668684167806976_o-1-890x668.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/76996301_10214646027333702_8220668684167806976_o-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-260924\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The male choir from Finteu\u0219ul Mare performed at the headquarters of the Representation of the Romanian Patriarchate in Jerusalem. Photo: Facebook \/Archimandrite Teofil An\u0103st\u0103soaie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_260918\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-260918\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-260918 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/5fb06e41-421a-4ad9-b9da-c01b8c81313f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/5fb06e41-421a-4ad9-b9da-c01b8c81313f.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/5fb06e41-421a-4ad9-b9da-c01b8c81313f-890x593.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/5fb06e41-421a-4ad9-b9da-c01b8c81313f-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-260918\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Young girl from Maramure\u0219 expresses joy during the patronal feast of the Chapel of the National Cathedral in Bucharest. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_260916\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-260916\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-260916 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/4a977206-3f96-40d2-a9f0-0869b81487a3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/4a977206-3f96-40d2-a9f0-0869b81487a3.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/4a977206-3f96-40d2-a9f0-0869b81487a3-890x593.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/4a977206-3f96-40d2-a9f0-0869b81487a3-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-260916\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Faithful venerating the holy relics of St John Chrysostom at the Chapel of the National Cathedral in Bucharest. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_260942\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-260942\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-260942 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/xiero1-e1573928640126.jpg.pagespeed.ic_.hQDgS-kPDk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/xiero1-e1573928640126.jpg.pagespeed.ic_.hQDgS-kPDk.jpg 960w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/xiero1-e1573928640126.jpg.pagespeed.ic_.hQDgS-kPDk-890x593.jpg 890w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-260942\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Metropolitan Ierotheos of Limnos attended a basketball game between Ifaistos Limnou and Aris Thessaloniki. Photo: Orthodoxia News Agency<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_260920\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-260920\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-260920 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/5826a783-c322-4bde-93e8-bf6372d983e1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/5826a783-c322-4bde-93e8-bf6372d983e1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/5826a783-c322-4bde-93e8-bf6372d983e1-668x890.jpg 668w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/5826a783-c322-4bde-93e8-bf6372d983e1-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-260920\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A card icon of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker the co-driver on the right seat of a car. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_260940\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-260940\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-260940 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/75552837_1394591627356244_3398466578893766656_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/75552837_1394591627356244_3398466578893766656_o.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/75552837_1394591627356244_3398466578893766656_o-890x593.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/75552837_1394591627356244_3398466578893766656_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-260940\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Archbishop Casian of Lower Danube blessed the student dormitories in Gala\u021bi. His Eminence visited and blessed the students in their rooms and offered them prayer cards and prayer books. Photo: Facebook \/ Archdiocese of Lower Danube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_260938\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-260938\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-260938 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/\u03bb\u03bf\u03c5-7-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-260938\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew meets with children during his official visit to Luxembourg. Photo: Orthodoxia News Agency<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_260839\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-260839\" style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-260839 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Patriarhul-Daniel-la-Catedrala-Patriarhala-duminica-26-dupa-Rusalii-20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Patriarhul-Daniel-la-Catedrala-Patriarhala-duminica-26-dupa-Rusalii-20.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Patriarhul-Daniel-la-Catedrala-Patriarhala-duminica-26-dupa-Rusalii-20-890x503.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Patriarhul-Daniel-la-Catedrala-Patriarhala-duminica-26-dupa-Rusalii-20-1024x579.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-260839\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Group photo after the Sunday Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. Photo: Lumina Newspaper \/ Mihnea P\u0103duraru<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Follow us on Twitter: @BasilicaNews<\/p>\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 [info @ 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From youth to old age, we all enjoy the presence and blessings of God. This is what this week&#8217;s collection of photos tries to highlight: the joy in Christ. Follow us on Twitter: @BasilicaNews We would gladly include one of your photos depicting Orthodox life in our weekly selection. All you have to do is&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":260945,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[878],"tags":[16410,21612,19033,53,16461,21613,20105,16388],"class_list":["post-261134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photo-galleries","tag-basilica-photos","tag-joy-in-christ","tag-orthodox-photography","tag-romanian-orthodox-church","tag-saptamana-in-imagini-en","tag-spiritual-joy","tag-the-news-in-pictures","tag-the-week-in-pictures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}