{"id":441384,"date":"2023-09-04T19:39:59","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T16:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=441384"},"modified":"2023-09-04T19:39:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T16:39:59","slug":"the-week-in-pictures-august-28-september-3-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/the-week-in-pictures-august-28-september-3-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures: August 28 – September 3, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

The week before, the most awaited event for young Orthodox people took place; the International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO) 2023, held in Timi\u0219oara, where more than 3,500 young people from Romania and other countries gathered. Please see below our “Week in Pictures” feature for the week of August 28 – September 3, 2023.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Nun Dositeea Savin from Christiana Monastery (Bucharest, Romania). Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Dormition of the Mother of God celebrated in Bielsk Podlaski, Poland, on August 28, 2023. Photo credit: Facebook \/ Aleksander Wasyluk Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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St Varlaam, Metropolitan of Moldavia, celebrated on August 30, 2023, at Secu Monastery, Romania, where he took his monastic vows. Photo credit: George Cristian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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His Grace Macarie of Northern Europe celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Romanian Orthodox Episcopal Paraclesis in G\u00f6teborg, Sweden, and baptized 23-year-old Leona Matlik, on August 31, 2023. Photo credit: Diocese of Northern Europe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Romanian writer Liviu Rebreanu was commemorated at Valea Mare \u2013 \u0218tef\u0103ne\u0219ti Parish, where he wrote some of his novels, on September 1, 2023. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Arge\u0219 and Muscel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sunset seen from Dervent Monastery, Constanta county, Romania. Photo credit: Protos. Sofronie Bobaru<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Father Chiril blesses the Romanian faithful on pilgrimage near Holy Mount Athos. Photo credit: Anca-Maria Bica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sunset at the Church of St. Sophia in Thessaloniki, Greece. Photo credit: Georgiana B\u0103r\u00eec\u0103<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pilgrimage to Marginea Monastery, Romania. Photo credit: Roxana Maciuca<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Patriarch Daniel in the midst of young participants of the International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO) held in Timi\u0219oara, on August 31, 2023. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Putna Monastery at the beginning of autumn. Photo credit: Petru Paul Torac<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pilgrim at the Philotheus Monastery on Mount Athos. Photo credit: Andrei B\u00e2ndil\u0103<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Mother with infant in front of the icon of the Mother of God. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Aurelian Iftimiu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The ITO 2023 Torch was presented by young people in the opening ceremony of the International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO) held in Timi\u0219oara on August 31, 2023. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Part of the young participants at the 2023 International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO) attended the Vespers at the Military Church in Timi\u0219oara on September 2, 2023. Photo credit: Dan Sara<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Participants in the 2023 International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO) said the Lord’s Prayer in front of the Timi\u0219oara Opera House. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Closing of the 2023 edition of the International Meeting of Orthodox Youth. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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His Eminence Paisie of Sinaia, Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop, consecrated the chapel of St. Ilie – Ghencea Parish in Bucharest, September 3, 2023. Photo credit: Basilica \/ Raluca-Emanuela Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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