{"id":324331,"date":"2021-07-05T20:05:30","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T17:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=324331"},"modified":"2021-07-05T20:07:31","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T17:07:31","slug":"the-week-in-pictures-june-28-july-4-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/the-week-in-pictures-june-28-july-4-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures: June 28 \u2013 July 4, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

Snapshots of Orthodox life in Europe, America and Africa, captured by amateur and professional photographers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A soldier from the US Command in Africa was baptized in the Gulf of Aden. Photo: Facebook \/ Task Force Iron Gray<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A summer evening downtown the Romanian city of Piatra Neam\u021b, with a view to the “Nativity of St John the Baptist” Princely Church. Photo: Facebook \/ Alex Pers Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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HG Timotei of Prahova officiated the Divine Liturgy on the feast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul at Bucharest’s Patriarchal Cathedral. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the feast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. Photo: Ecumenical Patriarchate \/ Nikos Papachristou<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Romanian sports journalist Paul Gabriel Andrei and his son, Petru, honouring the icon of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, their patron saints. Photo: Facebook \/ Paul Gabriel Andrei<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Patronal feast at the “Holy Apostles Peter and Paul and the Holy Transylvan Confessors” Church serving the Orthodox Cemetery of the Transylvanian city of Media\u0219. Photo: Ovidiu T\u0103tar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A prayer for Russian sportsmen and sportswomen participating in the Tokyo Olympic Games was held at Moscow’s “Christ the Saviour” Cathedral. Photo: Patriarchia.ru \/ Piotr Nikolayev<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Flowers gifted by the members of the National Cathedral Chapel community to Archim. Ciprian Gr\u0103dinaru, on his 50th anniversary. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Aurelian Iftimiu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hieromonks from the Finnish Valamo Monastery blessing with holy water the household animals. Photo: Facebook \/ Valamon luostari<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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HE Lauren\u021biu offered an icon of the Holy Trinity at the inauguration ceremony of the NATO Command in Sibiu. Photo: Mitropolia-ardealului.ro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A family participates in the patronal feast of the Holy Prince Stephen the Great held at Putna Monastery. Photo: Putna Monastery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Swiss Ambassador to Romania, HE Arthur Mattli, visited the patients of the “St Nektarios” Palliative Care Centre of the Archdiocese of Bucharest. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Street art depicting an icon of our Lord Jesus Christ, made by Russian artist Alexandr Tsypkov on a Moscow wall. Photo: Instagram \/ Alexandrtsypkov<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Procession with St John Maximovich’s relics in San Francisco – California. Photo: Father Florin L\u0103pu\u0219tea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Romanian Orthodox spiritual advisers translated into English at the “St Germanos of Alaska” Monastery in Platina, California. Photo: Protosyncellus Sofronie Bobaru<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A child laying on the floor of the summer altar of Bucharest’s National Cathedral Chapel during the Apostle reading on the Sunday of the Romanian Saints. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Aurelian Iftimiu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Monk from Sibiel Monastery on the Sunday of the Romanian Saints. Photo: Mitropolia-ardealului.ro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A child joins in prayer a hieromonk from the Co\u0219oteni Monastery in the county of Teleorman. Photo: Co\u0219oteni Monastery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A mosaic portrait of Patriarch Teoctist of Romania at the “Sunday of the Romanian Saints” Monastery in Bucharest, which His Beatitude founded. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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