{"id":426965,"date":"2023-05-09T19:41:30","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T16:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=426965"},"modified":"2023-05-09T19:41:30","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T16:41:30","slug":"the-week-in-pictures-may-1-7-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/the-week-in-pictures-may-1-7-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures: May 1 – 7, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Orthodox life in the first week of May seen through the lens of the camera: please see below our weekly photo feature for May 1 – 7, 2023.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ioan C\u0103lug\u0103r, the oldest inhabitant of Budu\u0219, Bistri\u021ba-N\u0103s\u0103ud county, Romania, walking through the garden of his house, Monday, May 1, 2023, on the day he was celebrated by the community on the occasion of his 100th birthday. He was born on April 25, 1923, in the village of Budu\u0219, into a family of God-fearing peasant farmers. Photo credit: Darius Echim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pilgrim at Ciolanu Monastery in Buz\u0103u county, Romania. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Simona Chivu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Turnu Monastery, Prahova county, Romania on the first day of May. Photo credit: Ioana Cristian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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St. Matrona the Blind was celebrated at the Church of St. Nicholas – Tabacu in Bucharest. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Aurelian Iftimiu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Archbishop Casian brought a fragment of the relics of St. Athanasius Patelarius to the parish of the Micro 17 district of Galati, which has this Holy Hierarch as its spiritual patron, May 2, 2023. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Lower Danube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The athletes of the National Bodybuilding and Fitness Lot were blessed by Archbishop Irineu, on May 2, 2023. Photo credit: Ciprian Farca\u0219<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Procession with the relics of Saints Ephraimos the New and Nectarios at Bucharest’s Radu Vod\u0103 Monastery. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca-Emanuela Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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On May 3, 2023, the feast day of Saint Irodion of Lainici, His Eminence Ioachim, Archbishop of Roman and Bac\u0103u, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at “Sf. Parascheva” Archdiocesan Cathedral in Roman, Romania. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bac\u0103u<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Procession with the relics of St. Gabriel of Bialystok at the Monastery of the Nativity of Our Lady in Zwierki, Poland. Photo credit: Orthodox Church of Poland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Crasna Monastery in the county of Prahova, Romania, on May 3, 2023. Photo credit: \u0218tefan Chirobocea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Tomb of Great-martyr George in Lida, Israel. Photo credit: Vasile Ionu\u021b<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Visit of the members of the “Philanthropy” Federation to the “Good Samaritan” Home in Coroieni, Maramure\u0219 county. Romania. Photo credit: Diocese of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Students in Serbia lit candles for the victims of the armed attack in a Belgrade school. Photo credit: Decani Monastery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A very young pilgrim at Bucharest’s Radu Vod\u0103 Monastery on the feast of St. Ephraimos the New, celebrated on May 5, 2023. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca-Emanuela Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Candles lit at Bucharest’s Radu Vod\u0103 Monastery on May 5, 2025. Photo credit: Ioana-Ana Cacso<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Romania: The garden of a Bucharest block of flats. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca-Emanuela Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Spring at Pocrov Skete on May 6, 2023. Photo credit: Facebook \/ Pelerin la Pocrov<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The face of a toddler is mirrored by the Holy Cross. Photo credit: Fr Bogdan Antohi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Night shot in the cemetery of Dervent Monastery, Constanta county, Romania. Photo credit: Protos. Sofronie Bobaru<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Church of the Sofr\u0103ce\u0219ti Parish in the county of Neam\u021b, Romania, was reconsecrated on May 7, 2023. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bac\u0103u<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Archbishop Nikita of Thyateira and Great Britain said a prayer at the coronation of King Charles III. Photo credit: Orthodoxtimes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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His Grace Timotei of S\u0103tmar officiated together with His Grace Macarie, Romanian Bishop of Northern Europe, at the “Saints Archangels Michael and Gabriel” Parish in Chegea, Satu Mare county, Romania, on May 7, 2023. Photo credit: Orthodox Diocese of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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4th Sunday after Easter at Pas\u0103rea Monastery near Bucharest, Romania. Photo credit: Gabriel Drumea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A child holds the icon of Saint Paraskeva at the consecration of the “Saint Paraskeva” wooden church in Bragadiru, near Bucharest, Romania. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca-Emanuela Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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