{"id":420077,"date":"2023-03-22T19:12:47","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T17:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=420077"},"modified":"2023-03-22T19:15:17","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T17:15:17","slug":"the-week-in-pictures-march-13-19-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/the-week-in-pictures-march-13-19-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures: March 13-19, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Please find below Orthodox life in the third week of Lent, captured through the lens of the camera: our feature “The Week in Pictures”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Procession with the holy relics of St. Gregory Palamas in Thessaloniki, Greece, on March 12, 2023. Photo: Ope.gr \/ Rafail Georgidias<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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His Eminence Ioan Casian with the participants to the “St Symeon and Anna” Family, Grandparents and Children’s Camp organized by the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Canada between March 10-13, 2023, at the “Ascension of the Holy Cross and St. Ephrem the New” Romanian Orthodox Monastery. Photo: Hieromonk Polycarp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Several icons have been pulled from the ruins of earthquake-damaged churches in Antioch. Photo: Antiochian Patriarchate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Moonlit cross on Bucium Hill in the city of Ia\u0219i, Romania. Photo: Facebook \/ Andrei Cucu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of the Church of England visited the Romanian Patriarchate. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Bishop of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar visited the “Nativity of the Mother of God” Orthodox Parish in L\u0103schia, Maramure\u0219 county, Romania. Photo: Diocese of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Romania: A delegation of hieromonks from Putna Monastery took a fragment of the relics of St. Nectarios of Aegina to Bogd\u0103ne\u0219ti Monastery for worship. Photo: Putna Monastery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Patriarch of Serbia met with Nick Vujicic, a well-known Australian motivational speaker who suffers from a rare condition characterised by the absence of all four limbs. Photo: Serbian Patriarchate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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St. Alexius Church in Bucharest on a feast day, March 17, 2023. Photo: Mariana Stanc\u0103<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The students from Sibiu County who participated in the Religion Olympics received the blessing of His Eminence Lauren\u021biu, Archbishop of Sibiu and Metropolitan of Transylvania. Photo: Metropolis of Transylvania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sunday of the Holy Cross at the “Saints Peter and Paul and Transylvanian Saints\u201d Church in the Cemetery of Media\u0219, Romania. Photo: Ovidiu Tatar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The church dedicated to “The Assumption of the Mother of God” in the village of M\u0103gura, Romania, stands against the backdrop of the Piatra Craiului Massif. Photo: Ana-Maria R\u0103du\u021b\u0103<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Creative workshop at Bucharest’s “Annunciation – Belu” Church: children and young people, grandparents, parents, aunts and uncles made crosses from woven wicker and icons on glass representing the Holy Cross. Photo: Georgiana B\u0103r\u00eec\u0103<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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“There is no Resurrection without the Cross” said Archimandrite Arsenie Papacioc. A moment at the “Assumption of the Mother of God” parish in Mizil, Romania, during the Sunday of the Holy Cross. Photo: Alexandru Paraschiv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The “Holy Trinity” Church in the village of Morunglav, Olt county, Romania, seen among blossoming tree branches. Photo: Predu\u021b Florin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Holy Cross Sunday was also celebrated in Jerusalem. Photo: Jerusalem Patriarchate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A cross adorned with flowers at the “Church of Saints Michael and Gabriel”, Pas\u0103rea Monastery near Bucharest, Romania. Photo: Gabriel Drumea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Divine Liturgy celebrated by hierarch at the “Holy Archangels” Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral in Paris. Photo: Damian Filip<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Adorned Holy Cross at the Great Church of Gura R\u00e2ului, Romania, used in the religious service officiated on the Sunday of the Holy Cross. Photo: Iuliana C\u00eempan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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March 19, 2023: A child attends the consecration of the foundation stone for a new church to be built in Bragadiru, Ilfov County, Romania. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca-Emanuela Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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