{"id":360096,"date":"2022-03-23T12:48:45","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T10:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=360096"},"modified":"2022-03-23T12:48:45","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T10:48:45","slug":"the-week-in-pictures-march-14-20-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/the-week-in-pictures-march-14-20-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures: March 14 – 20, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

The second week of Lent brings to the fore the hopeful portraits of Orthodox children. We invite you to view our weekly selection of pictures of March 14-20, 2022.<\/p>\n

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Believers carrying icons in procession at the Romanian Monastery of the Holy Cross and St Ephraim the New in Mono, Canada, March 13, 2022. Photo: Holy Cross Orthodox Monastery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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“God gives the grace,\u201d wrote Metropolitan Ierotheos of Nafpaktos on the green board of the Special Vocational Education and Rehabilitation Laboratory “Our Lady of Mercy”, Missolonghi, Greece, March 15, 2022. Photo: Orthodoxia News Agency<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Fr Ioan B\u00e2rg\u0103oanu and the “chefs” of the Meal of Joy program. Photo: Facebook \/ P\u0103rintele Florin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Metropolitan Cathedral of Timi\u0219oara at morning hours, March 20, 2022. Photo: Stela Pl\u0103mad\u0103<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Alexia reads the life of her patron saint Alexios the Man of God, March 17, 2022. Photo: M\u0103d\u0103lina Ursu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Monastic tonsure at the Dormition of the Theotokos Monastery in Bulgaria. Photo: Bulgarian Patriarchate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Caraiman Monastery covered by snow, March 20, 2022. Photo: Alexandru Paraschiv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A child holds the icon of the Saviour. Photo: Instagram \/ shayneswensonicons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Altar boys praying at V\u0103rbil\u0103u II Parish in Prahova. Photo: Mihai Gorneanu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bells ringing in the night at the Romanian Orthodox Centre of M\u00fcnchen. Photo: Facebook \/ Episcop Sofian Bra\u0219oveanul<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The feast of Saint Gerasimus of the Jordan was celebrated in the Jerusalem Patriarchate. Photo: Jerusalem Patriarchate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bishop Pawel of Hajn\u00f3w at St Mary Magdalene Metropolitan Cathedral in Warsaw, March 20, 2022. Photo: orthodox.pl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Father Constantin Sturzu went to Sculeni customs to give a hand to the representatives of Pro Vita from the Archdiocese of Iasi who are in charge of receiving refugees from Ukraine. Photo: Facebook \/ Constantin Sturzu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Archbishop Elpidophoros of America at a ceremony in Philadelphia remembering the Greek Revolution of 1821. Photo: GOARCH \/ Brittainy Newman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Two young boys carry a poster with the portrait of Patriarch John X of Antioch. Photo: Antioch Patriarchate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Race for Life took place on Saturday, 19 March 2022, in “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” Park in Bucharest. Photo: C\u0103t\u0103lin Apostol<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Metropolitan Andrei Andreicu\u021b blessed the store of prosphora and bakery products of the Archdiocese of Cluj. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj \/ Darius Echim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The wooden church of Techirghiol Monastery. Photo: Florin Postolache<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Archbishop Casian of Lower Danube with students participating in the county stage of the Religion Olympiad held at “Costache Negri” National High School in Galati. Photo: Archdiocese of Lower Danube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Two children in folk costumes at the Dormition of the Theotokos parish in Gher\u021ba Mare. Photo: Diocese of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Two children look at the showcase with the personal belongings of former Cluj hierarchs, at the Metropolitan Museum of Cluj. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj \/ Darius Echim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Assistant Bishop Damaschin of Dorna blessing a child at St John the New Monastery in Suceava. Photo: Archdiocese of Suceava and R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bi \/ Irina Ursachi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bishop Macarie of Northern Europe handing out sweets and blessings to children at the Romanian parish in Oslo, Norway, March 20, 2022. Photo: Diocese of Northern Europe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas celebrated at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Thessaloniki, Greece, where the relics of the saint are kept. Photo: Metropolis of Thessaloniki<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A girl receives the priest’s blessing at the Church of St. Gregory Palamas at the campus of Politehnica University in Bucharest, Sunday, March 20, 2022. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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