{"id":448855,"date":"2023-10-25T15:31:57","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T12:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=448855"},"modified":"2023-10-25T15:31:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T12:31:57","slug":"the-week-in-pictures-october-16-22-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/the-week-in-pictures-october-16-22-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures: October 16 – 22, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

This autumn’s first snowfall, the pilgrimage to the relics of St. Demetrius the New and many other events in the Orthodox world were captured in expressive images between October 16 and 22, 2023.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This season’s first snow fell at Piatra T\u0103ieturii Monastery – Panaci in Suceava county, Romania, in mid-October. Photo credit: Facebook \/ Piatra T\u0103ieturii Monastery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Patriarchal Cathedral profiling on the sunset sky on October 17, 2023. Photo credit: Ionu\u021b Bl\u00eendu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A ray of light shines through the altar of the “Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke and St. Demetrius” Church in Horia, Romania, on October 18, 2023. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Tomis \/ Archdeacon. Vali V\u0103d\u0103noiu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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In the context of the Solemn Year of the pastoral care of the elderly, on October 18, 2023, the photojournalists of the Romanian Patriarchate’s “Basilica” News Agency inaugurated the photo exhibition “Our Parents and Grandparents”. Photo credit: Basilica \/ Raluca-Emanuela Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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On October 19, 2023, Saint John of Rila was celebrated at the monastery he founded, situated in today’s Bulgaria. Photo credit: Bulgarian Patriarchate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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“Petru Rare\u0219 Vod\u0103” Monastery in Ciceu-Corabia, Romania, celebrated its patron saints, the Holy Transylvanian Confessors, on October 21, 2023. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj \/ Darius Echim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The joy of the birds after a blessed rain, at Dervent Monastery, Romania. Photo credit: Protos. Sofronie Bobaru<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The relics of St. Demetrius the New were placed in the Baldachin of the Saints on Bucharest’s Patriarchal Hill, on October 21, 2023. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sunrays pierce the stained glass windows at the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Photo credit: Gabriel Drumea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Prayerful moment in the Orthodox Cemetery of Media\u0219, Romania, on October 21, 2023. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj \/ Ionu\u021b Chifa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Patriarch Daniel visited the Centre for Elderly Care of the Christiana Monastery in Bucharest, Romania, on October 21, 2021. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Mosaic: The Eternity Cemetery in Roman, Romania, seen from above on October 22, 2023. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bac\u0103u<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The faithful from the Valea F\u00e2na\u021belor area of Cluj-Napoca attended the consecration of their parish church, on October 22, 2023. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj \/ Darius Echim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The relics of St. Ephtimius, the last Bulgarian Patriarch of the Middle Ages, were carried in procession to the Bachkovo Monastery. Photo credit: Bulgarian Patriarchate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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His Eminence Ioachim sprinkling rose water on the faithful present at the consecration of the church in the Eternity Cemetery of the city of Roman, Romania, on October 22, 2023. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bac\u0103u<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Grandchildren and grandparents from Bucharest’s Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i Parish prepared together pies for Harvest Day, celebrated in the parish courtyard. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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