{"id":437008,"date":"2023-07-27T18:34:57","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T15:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=437008"},"modified":"2023-07-27T18:34:57","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T15:34:57","slug":"the-week-in-pictures-july-17-23-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/the-week-in-pictures-july-17-23-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures: July 17 \u2013 23, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Events in the Orthodox world during the week of 17-23 July revolved around the feasts of St. Elijah the Prophet and St. Mary Magdalene. For the Romanian Orthodox Church, the highlights were the ordination of a new hierarch and the Patriarch Daniel’s birthday anniversary.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The celebration of the Icon of Our Lady of Kazan, patroness of the local Inspectorate for Emergency Response, at the Monastery of St. John Jacob of Neam\u021b, the New Khozevite, in V\u00e2lcea county, Romania. Photo credit: Protosyncellus Ioan Iacob Ha\u021began<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Romanian Church music professor and composer Nicolae Lungu was remembered at the Patriarchal Cathedral, marking three decades since his passing away into the Lord. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Wooden and wall churches at Techirghiol Monastery, Romania, by the Black Sea. Photo credit: Mariana Stanc\u0103<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The patronal feast religious service at the Church of St. Elijah in C\u00e2mpulung-Muscel, a Romanian town protected by the holy prophet. Photo credit: Filip Scarlat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Painting of the porch at Parepa Monastery, Romania. Photo credit: Hieromonk Benedict Rusu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sunrise at the Church of St. Elijah in the village of Ghindari (Romania), on the feast day of its patron saint. Photo credit: Robert Musta\u021b\u0103<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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“Joyful Light” at Bucharest’s Darvari Skete. Photo credit: Afsar Amirabadi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The monastic community in Dragomire\u0219ti (Maramure\u0219 county, Romania) and a crowd of faithful honoured St. Elijah, the patron saint of the monastery. Photo credit: Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A clear summer evening at Dervent Monastery, Constanta County, Romania. Photo credit: Protosyncellus Sofronie Bobaru<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Prayers of thanksgiving for this year’s agricultural harvest on the feast of St. Elijah. Photo credit: Alexandra Iliescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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His Grace Paisie of Sinaia, a new hierarch of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church, was ordained on July 20, 2023 at Bucharest’s Patriarchal Cathedral. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Snapshot from a girls’ camp organized by the Orthodox Church of Albania. Photo credit: Facebook \/ Kampi Ortodoks Per Vajza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A team of iconographers from Greece works on the painting of the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Jeonju City, South Korea. Photo credit: Flickr \/ Orthodox Korea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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On July 22, 2023, Patriarch Daniel turned 72. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Patriarch Porphirije with children who congratulate him on his birthday, July 22. Photo credit: Instagram \/ patrijarh_porfirije<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Thousands of believers attended the feast of Saint Mary Magdalene at Pantocrator Monastery, Teleorman county, Romania. Photo credit: Facebook \/ M\u0103n\u0103stirea Pantocrator<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The feast of St Mary Magdalene at the Annunciation-Belu Church in Bucharest, Romania. Photo credit: Presbytera Georgiana B\u0103r\u00eec\u0103<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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His Grace Benedict of Bistri\u021ba celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of St. Elijah in R\u00e2\u0219ca Ple\u0219 (Cluj county, Romania) on Sunday, July 23, 2023. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj, Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103laj \/ Ionu\u021b Chifa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The launch of an anthology of prayer-poems at Comana Monastery, Romania. Photo credit: Nicoleta Enculescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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