{"id":363633,"date":"2022-04-12T15:34:31","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T12:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=363633"},"modified":"2022-04-12T15:56:42","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T12:56:42","slug":"the-week-in-pictures-april-4-10-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/the-week-in-pictures-april-4-10-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures: April 4 – 10, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the fifth week of Lent, the Great Canon Compline and the Akathist Hymn Compline are officiated in most of the Romanian Orthodox churches, while those following the unrevised calendar celebrate Annunciation. Please find below our Week in Pictures<\/em> feature for the week of April 4 – 10, 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The National Cathedral seen through blossoming branches on April 4, 2022. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The statue of Princess B\u0103la\u0219a, daughter of Martyr Prince Constantin Br\u00e2ncoveanu, in front of the church that she founded in Bucharest, Romania. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Activities with children before the feast of the Resurrection of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ at Bucharest’s “Annunciation – Belu” Church. Photo: Fr. Dan B\u0103r\u00eec\u0103<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Blessed Augustine’s tomb at “St Peter” Church in Pavia, Italy. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Aurelian Iftimiu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Fresco at the “Santa Maria di Chiaravalle” Abbey, Milan, captured on April 5, 2022. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Aurelian Iftimiu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sunset at Dervent Monastery, in Constan\u021ba county. Photo: Protosyncellus Sofronie Bobaru<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Frontal view from the National Cathedral, with exterior works that were completed until April 6, 2022. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Iulian Dumitra\u0219cu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Double exposure photo captured at the Great Canon Compline officiated at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest on April 6, 2022. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Young ATOS members participated in the tree planting campaign organized by the Archdiocese of Suceava and R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bi at the Ili\u0219e\u0219ti Church Forest Reserve. Photo: ATOS Suceava<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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St Menas’ icon seen through the magnolia flowers in from the saint’s church in Bucharest, Romania. Photo: Ecaterina Anton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Graffiti with St Sava’s icon in Zvornik, Bosnia & Herzegovina. Photo: Facebook \/ Diocese of Zvornik<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Auxiliary Bishop Benedict of Bistri\u021ba officiated the Great Canon Compline at the “Holy Apostles Peter and Paul\u201d Church in Cluj city’s M\u0103n\u0103\u0219tur neighbourhood on April 6, 2022. Photo: Ionu\u021b Chifa \/ Metropolis of Cluj<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The feast of the Annunciation at the Vatopaidi Monastery on Holy Mount Athos. Photo: Orthodoxia News Agency<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Patriarch of Serbia participated in the Annunciation celebrations organized by a Belgrade kindergarten. Photo: Serbian Patriarchate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Annunciation Procession in Nazareth. Photo: Jerusalem Patriarchate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The International Rroma People Day celebrated in the Romanian Archdiocese of R\u00e2mnic. Photo: Archdiocese of R\u00e2mnic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The International Rroma People Day celebrated in \u201eThe Birth of St John the Baptist\u201d Church in Turda, a parish doing mission work among Rroma people. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj \/ Marius Romil\u0103<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A faithful woman prays by the relics of St Demetrios the New at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest on April 8, 2022. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sunset at “St Paraskeva” Church in R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bi. Photo: C\u0103t\u0103lin Urdoi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Youth Pilgrimage on Foot from Iclod to Nicula Monastery in Transylvania, the 9th edition, on April 9, 2022. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj \/ Ionu\u021b Chifa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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His Grace Macarie, Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Northern Europe, with the faithful of Molde, Norway, on April 9, 2022. Photo: Diocese of Northern Europe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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His Grace Timotei of Prahova officiated the 40-day commemoration service for Stavrophore Nun Irina P\u00e2ntescu, the first abbess of Vorone\u021b Monastery, on April 10, 2022. Photo: Archdiocese of Suceava \/ Irina Ursachi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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