{"id":313710,"date":"2021-04-02T15:57:41","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T12:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=313710"},"modified":"2021-04-02T15:57:41","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T12:57:41","slug":"the-week-in-pictures-march-22-28-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/the-week-in-pictures-march-22-28-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures: March 22-28, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Feast of the Annunciation brought joy to Orthodox Christians during this period when nature comes back to life. Here is our selection of pictures taken between March 22 and March 28, 2021.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_313460\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-313460\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-313460 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/161775841_925165984965753_111078409085837009_n-1024x768-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/161775841_925165984965753_111078409085837009_n-1024x768-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/161775841_925165984965753_111078409085837009_n-1024x768-1-890x668.jpg 890w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-313460\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bishop Prodromos of Toliara and South Madagascar visiting the hard-to-reach villages within the diocese. Photo: Orthodoxia News Agency<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_313482\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-313482\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-313482 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/M-parepa-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/M-parepa-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/M-parepa-890x668.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/M-parepa-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/M-parepa-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/M-parepa-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-313482\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunset at the Parepa Monastery in the Archdiocese of Bucharest. Photo: Hieromonk Benedict Rusu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_313480\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-313480\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-313480 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Iustin-parvu.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Iustin-parvu.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Iustin-parvu-668x890.jpeg 668w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Iustin-parvu-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Iustin-parvu-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-313480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tomb of Elder Justin P\u00e2rvu. Photo: Andreea Luca<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_313476\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-313476\" style=\"width: 917px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-313476\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/diaconia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"917\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/diaconia.jpg 917w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/diaconia-890x663.jpg 890w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-313476\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chef Artyom Martirosov prepares pancakes for the homeless at the Orthodox Service &#8220;Mercy&#8221; &#8211; Russia. Photo: Diaconia.ru \/ Maria Lurie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_313486\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-313486\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-313486 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Pomenire-Haralambie-Balamaci-108-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Pomenire-Haralambie-Balamaci-108-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Pomenire-Haralambie-Balamaci-108-1-890x593.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Pomenire-Haralambie-Balamaci-108-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-313486\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Macedonian-Romanian community prepared pies to commemorate Father Haralambie Balamace and the Macedonian-Romanian martyrs in the Balkans. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_313478\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-313478\" style=\"width: 1458px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-313478 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/faaf4c49-bd7e-4c48-9f0b-25e6cb1c4c88.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1458\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/faaf4c49-bd7e-4c48-9f0b-25e6cb1c4c88.jpg 1458w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/faaf4c49-bd7e-4c48-9f0b-25e6cb1c4c88-811x890.jpg 811w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/faaf4c49-bd7e-4c48-9f0b-25e6cb1c4c88-933x1024.jpg 933w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/faaf4c49-bd7e-4c48-9f0b-25e6cb1c4c88-1400x1536.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-313478\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The moon shining over the cross on the church of R\u00e2me\u021b Monastery. Photo: Mariana C\u0103l\u0103ra\u0219u<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_313484\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-313484\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-313484 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/orsova.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1007\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/orsova.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/orsova-890x830.jpeg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/orsova-1024x955.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-313484\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">St Anna &#8211; Or\u0219ova Monastery. Photo: Marginean Ana<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_313470\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-313470\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-313470 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/166180969_3413923732044985_7995867250880445558_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/166180969_3413923732044985_7995867250880445558_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/166180969_3413923732044985_7995867250880445558_n-890x668.jpg 890w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-313470\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spring makes its presence felt at Izbuc Monastery. Photo: Facebook \/ Izbuc Monastery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_313466\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-313466\" style=\"width: 1944px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-313466 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/165893994_4048844555159621_7748635747444257469_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1944\" height=\"1458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/165893994_4048844555159621_7748635747444257469_o.jpg 1944w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/165893994_4048844555159621_7748635747444257469_o-890x668.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/165893994_4048844555159621_7748635747444257469_o-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/165893994_4048844555159621_7748635747444257469_o-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-313466\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A call to prayer at Comana Monastery. Photo: Facebook \/ Comana Monastery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_313474\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-313474\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-313474 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Buna-vestire-2021-140-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Buna-vestire-2021-140-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Buna-vestire-2021-140-1-890x593.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Buna-vestire-2021-140-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-313474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Believers in the courtyard of the Patriarchal Cathedral for the feast of the Annunciation. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_313462\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-313462\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-313462 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/164628152_1765358800310896_3326723915795360651_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/164628152_1765358800310896_3326723915795360651_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/164628152_1765358800310896_3326723915795360651_n-890x499.jpg 890w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-313462\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The young people from Ieud welcomed Assistant Bishop Timotei of S\u0103tmar at the patronal celebrations of the local church. Photo: Facebook \/ Diocese of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_313472\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-313472\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-313472 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Bulgaria.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"666\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-313472\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The representatives of the Metropolis of Sofia congratulated the women working at N. I. Pirogov University Hospital and the Military Medical Academy. Photo: Patriarchate of Bulgaria<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_313468\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-313468\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-313468 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/165979527_3987158791343829_5121296030325054698_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/165979527_3987158791343829_5121296030325054698_o.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/165979527_3987158791343829_5121296030325054698_o-890x621.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/165979527_3987158791343829_5121296030325054698_o-1024x714.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/165979527_3987158791343829_5121296030325054698_o-1536x1071.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-313468\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A child holding an icon of the Mother of God at the &#8220;Prayer for Life&#8221; event, organized by the Civic Platform &#8220;Together&#8221; in Cluj-Napoca. Photo: Facebook \/ Metropolis of Cluj, Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103laj<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_313464\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-313464\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-313464 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/164743991_299867408230189_3360231627590734684_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/164743991_299867408230189_3360231627590734684_n.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/164743991_299867408230189_3360231627590734684_n-890x890.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/164743991_299867408230189_3360231627590734684_n-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/164743991_299867408230189_3360231627590734684_n-360x360.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-313464\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christ Patocrator at the main church of Techirghiol Monastery. Photo: Instagram \/ Techirghiol Monastery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-313458 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/5c237434-52a7-46a6-8de3-98f433fbb52b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/5c237434-52a7-46a6-8de3-98f433fbb52b.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/5c237434-52a7-46a6-8de3-98f433fbb52b-890x593.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/5c237434-52a7-46a6-8de3-98f433fbb52b-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/5c237434-52a7-46a6-8de3-98f433fbb52b-1536x1023.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The University Church of St. Gregory Palamas in Bucharest celebrated its patronal feast on the second Sunday of Lent. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_313495\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-313495\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-313495\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ips_teofan_ps_veniamin_i_inculet_barnova_27_martie_2021_foto_flavius_popa_doxologia.ro_02_result.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ips_teofan_ps_veniamin_i_inculet_barnova_27_martie_2021_foto_flavius_popa_doxologia.ro_02_result.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ips_teofan_ps_veniamin_i_inculet_barnova_27_martie_2021_foto_flavius_popa_doxologia.ro_02_result-890x593.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ips_teofan_ps_veniamin_i_inculet_barnova_27_martie_2021_foto_flavius_popa_doxologia.ro_02_result-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-313495\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Metropolitan of Moldavia and Bukovina celebrated the Divine Liturgy together with the Bishop of Southern Bessarabia on the 103rd anniversary of the Union of Bessarabia with Romania. 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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: @BasilicaPhotos<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for reading Basilica.ro!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Feast of the Annunciation brought joy to Orthodox Christians during this period when nature comes back to life. Here is our selection of pictures taken between March 22 and March 28, 2021. 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