{"id":452667,"date":"2023-11-13T17:09:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T15:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=452667"},"modified":"2023-11-13T17:09:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T15:09:02","slug":"the-week-in-pictures-november-6-12-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/the-week-in-pictures-november-6-12-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures: November 6 \u2013 12, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Please find our weekly selection of photos from the Orthodox world. The second week of November was embellished by the feast of Holy Hierarch Nektarios and the colours of autumn.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_452486\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-452486\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-452486 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/mitropolitul-ioanichie-890x668.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/mitropolitul-ioanichie-890x668.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/mitropolitul-ioanichie-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/mitropolitul-ioanichie-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/mitropolitul-ioanichie.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-452486\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Metropolitan Ioanichie of Montenegro visiting Decani Monastery in Serbia. Photo credit: X \/ Decani Monastery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_452484\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-452484\" style=\"width: 842px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-452484 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lavinia-stoica-mama-fiica-rugaciune-842x890.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"842\" height=\"890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lavinia-stoica-mama-fiica-rugaciune-842x890.jpg 842w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lavinia-stoica-mama-fiica-rugaciune-969x1024.jpg 969w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lavinia-stoica-mama-fiica-rugaciune-1453x1536.jpg 1453w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lavinia-stoica-mama-fiica-rugaciune-1938x2048.jpg 1938w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-452484\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prayer of a mother and her little girl at the icon of the Mother of God. Photo credit: Lavinia Stoica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_452632\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-452632\" style=\"width: 526px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-452632 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/rohia-toamna.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"526\" height=\"788\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-452632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rohia Monastery wrapped in autumn clothes. Photo credit: Facebook \/ Rohia Monastery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_452488\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-452488\" style=\"width: 668px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-452488 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/robert-alfaescu-monahie-valeni-arges-668x890.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"668\" height=\"890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/robert-alfaescu-monahie-valeni-arges-668x890.jpg 668w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/robert-alfaescu-monahie-valeni-arges-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/robert-alfaescu-monahie-valeni-arges-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/robert-alfaescu-monahie-valeni-arges-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/robert-alfaescu-monahie-valeni-arges-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-452488\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A nun on her way to mass at V\u0103leni Monastery, Romania. Photo credit: Robert Alfaescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_452490\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-452490\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-452490 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/toamna-curcubeu-cristian-marian-890x668.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/toamna-curcubeu-cristian-marian-890x668.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/toamna-curcubeu-cristian-marian-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/toamna-curcubeu-cristian-marian-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/toamna-curcubeu-cristian-marian-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-452490\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The church in Beregs\u0103u Mic, Romania, on a rainy autumn day. Photo credit: Cristian Marian Szekeres<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-452492 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/premii-radar-de-media-890x593.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/premii-radar-de-media-890x593.jpeg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/premii-radar-de-media-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/premii-radar-de-media.jpeg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Romanian Patriarchate&#8217;s news agency Basilica and Trinitas TV were awarded in the Journalism, Radio and TV category at the Media Radar Awards Gala 2023. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_452494\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-452494\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-452494 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/gabriel-radasanu-strana-sf-gheorghe-890x501.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/gabriel-radasanu-strana-sf-gheorghe-890x501.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/gabriel-radasanu-strana-sf-gheorghe-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/gabriel-radasanu-strana-sf-gheorghe-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/gabriel-radasanu-strana-sf-gheorghe.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-452494\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gabriel R\u0103d\u0103\u0219anu, Psalter of the Patriarchal Cathedral, together with the chanters of the &#8220;Old St. George&#8221; church in Bucharest, Romania. Photo source: Facebook \/ Gabriel R\u0103d\u0103\u0219anu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_452496\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-452496\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-452496 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/copii-strana-samaria-890x668.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/copii-strana-samaria-890x668.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/copii-strana-samaria-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/copii-strana-samaria-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/copii-strana-samaria.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-452496\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children sing in the pew of a church dedicated to St. Demetrios the New in Samaria, the Holy Land, on November 8, 2023. Photo credit: Facebook \/ Jerusalem Patriarchate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_452498\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-452498\" style=\"width: 501px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-452498 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/laura-draghiciu-sihastria-putnei-501x890.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"501\" height=\"890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/laura-draghiciu-sihastria-putnei-501x890.jpg 501w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/laura-draghiciu-sihastria-putnei-577x1024.jpg 577w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/laura-draghiciu-sihastria-putnei-865x1536.jpg 865w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/laura-draghiciu-sihastria-putnei-1153x2048.jpg 1153w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/laura-draghiciu-sihastria-putnei-scaled.jpg 1442w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-452498\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The church of Sih\u0103stria Neam\u021b Monastery on a sunny November afternoon. Photo credit: Laura Dr\u0103ghiciu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_452616\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-452616\" style=\"width: 433px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-452616 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ipodiacon-europa-de-nord-433x890.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"433\" height=\"890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ipodiacon-europa-de-nord-433x890.jpg 433w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ipodiacon-europa-de-nord-498x1024.jpg 498w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ipodiacon-europa-de-nord-747x1536.jpg 747w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ipodiacon-europa-de-nord-995x2048.jpg 995w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ipodiacon-europa-de-nord-scaled.jpg 1244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-452616\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Acolyte at the Orthodox Romanian Diocesan Chapel in Gothenburg, Sweden. Photo credit: Diocese of Northern Europe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 712px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-452500 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ps-varlaam-jandarmerie-2023-28-1-712x890.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"712\" height=\"890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ps-varlaam-jandarmerie-2023-28-1-712x890.jpg 712w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ps-varlaam-jandarmerie-2023-28-1-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ps-varlaam-jandarmerie-2023-28-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">On the feast of the Holy Archangels, the patron saints of the Romanian Gendarmerie, employees of the institution and students of the Police Academy attended the Divine Liturgy. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_452502\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-452502\" style=\"width: 668px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-452502 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/benedict-rusu-prescuri-parepa-668x890.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"668\" height=\"890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/benedict-rusu-prescuri-parepa-668x890.jpg 668w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/benedict-rusu-prescuri-parepa-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/benedict-rusu-prescuri-parepa-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/benedict-rusu-prescuri-parepa-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/benedict-rusu-prescuri-parepa-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-452502\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prosphora prepared for the autumn patronal feast of the Parepa Monastery in the Archdiocese of Bucharest, Romania: Holy Hierarch Nektarios of Aegina. Photo credit: Hierom. Benedict Rusu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_452504\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-452504\" style=\"width: 668px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-452504 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/marian-bratu-radu-voda-668x890.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"668\" height=\"890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/marian-bratu-radu-voda-668x890.jpeg 668w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/marian-bratu-radu-voda-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/marian-bratu-radu-voda-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/marian-bratu-radu-voda-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/marian-bratu-radu-voda-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-452504\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Air filled with incense smoke at the vigil in honour of Saint NeKtarios, at Bucharest&#8217;s Radu Vod\u0103 Monastery. Photo credit: Marian Bratu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_452506\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-452506\" style=\"width: 668px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-452506 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/georgiana-baraca-sfantul-nectarie-eghina-668x890.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"668\" height=\"890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/georgiana-baraca-sfantul-nectarie-eghina-668x890.jpg 668w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/georgiana-baraca-sfantul-nectarie-eghina-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/georgiana-baraca-sfantul-nectarie-eghina-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/georgiana-baraca-sfantul-nectarie-eghina.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-452506\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bucharest&#8217;s &#8220;Buna Vestire-Bellu&#8221; Church, where there is a fragment of St Nektarios&#8217; relics is kept. Photo credit: Georgiana B\u0103r\u00eec\u0103<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-452508 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/inceput-pelerinaj-radu-voda-30-1-890x593.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/inceput-pelerinaj-radu-voda-30-1-890x593.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/inceput-pelerinaj-radu-voda-30-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/inceput-pelerinaj-radu-voda-30-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prayer to Saint Nektarios at Radu Vod\u0103 Monastery, Bucharest, Romania. Basilica.ro \/ Raluca Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_452510\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-452510\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-452510 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/mitra-evanghelie-890x660.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/mitra-evanghelie-890x660.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/mitra-evanghelie-1024x759.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/mitra-evanghelie-1536x1139.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/mitra-evanghelie.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-452510\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detail from the Divine Liturgy celebrated by hierarch at Lazaret Parish in Bac\u0103u on November 9, 2023. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bac\u0103u<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_452512\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-452512\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-452512 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/procesiune-sfantul-nectarie-eghina.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-452512\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Procession with the relics of St. Nektarios on the island of Aegina, the place where he passed away into the Lord. Photo credit: Metropolis of Hydra, Spetses and Aegina<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_452514\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-452514\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-452514 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/sihastria-putnei-ips-petru-890x593.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/sihastria-putnei-ips-petru-890x593.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/sihastria-putnei-ips-petru-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/sihastria-putnei-ips-petru-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/sihastria-putnei-ips-petru-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-452514\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Metropolitan Peter of Bessarabia at the Sih\u0103stria Putnei Monastery on the feast day of Holy Hierarch Nektarios. Photo credit: Sih\u0103stria Putnei Monastery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_452517\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-452517\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-452517 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/dacia-felix-ps-Ieronim-890x668.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/dacia-felix-ps-Ieronim-890x668.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/dacia-felix-ps-Ieronim-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/dacia-felix-ps-Ieronim-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/dacia-felix-ps-Ieronim.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-452517\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Service officiated by the hierarch at the Romanian Orthodox Cathedral in V\u00e2r\u0219e\u021b, Serbia. Photo credit: Diocese of Dacia Felix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_452647\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-452647\" style=\"width: 501px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-452647 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/manastirea-antim-cer-501x890.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"501\" height=\"890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/manastirea-antim-cer-501x890.jpeg 501w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/manastirea-antim-cer.jpeg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-452647\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">November sky over Antim Monastery. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Aurelian Iftimiu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_452529\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-452529\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-452529 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/sofia-parvu-parintele-justinian-remus-cojocar-excursie-tineri-890x668.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/sofia-parvu-parintele-justinian-remus-cojocar-excursie-tineri-890x668.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/sofia-parvu-parintele-justinian-remus-cojocar-excursie-tineri-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/sofia-parvu-parintele-justinian-remus-cojocar-excursie-tineri-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/sofia-parvu-parintele-justinian-remus-cojocar-excursie-tineri.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-452529\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Father Justinian Remus Cojocar on a trip to the Balkans with some of the young founding members of the Suceava Orthodox Youth Association. Photo credit: Instagram \/ atos. suceava<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_452638\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-452638\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-452638 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/manastirea-radu-voda-lumanari-890x668.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/manastirea-radu-voda-lumanari-890x668.jpeg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/manastirea-radu-voda-lumanari-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/manastirea-radu-voda-lumanari-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/manastirea-radu-voda-lumanari.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-452638\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Candles lit by the faithful who came at the patronal feast of Bucharest&#8217;s Radu Vod\u0103 Monastery. Photo credit: Facebook \/ Radu Voda Monastery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_452574\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-452574\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-452574 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/detaliu-sfintire-velingrad-890x594.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/detaliu-sfintire-velingrad-890x594.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/detaliu-sfintire-velingrad.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-452574\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detail from the consecration of a chapel dedicated to St. Menas in the town of Velingrad, Bulgaria. Photo credit: bg-patriarshia.bg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_452582\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-452582\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-452582 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/sofronie-bobaru-toamna-lipnita-890x653.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/sofronie-bobaru-toamna-lipnita-890x653.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/sofronie-bobaru-toamna-lipnita-1024x751.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/sofronie-bobaru-toamna-lipnita-1536x1126.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/sofronie-bobaru-toamna-lipnita-2048x1502.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-452582\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A beautiful autumn morning at the Monastery of St. John the Baptist in Lipni\u021ba, Romania. Photo credit: Protos. Sofronie Bobaru<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_452603\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-452603\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-452603 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/priveghere-cmn-890x593.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/priveghere-cmn-890x593.jpeg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/priveghere-cmn-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/priveghere-cmn.jpeg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-452603\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vigil in honour of St. John Chrysostom at the National Cathedral Chapel in Bucharest, Romania, on November 12, 2023. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last week\u2019s most-liked Instagram post:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CzVvWxSsgJs\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CzVvWxSsgJs\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Basilica.ro (@basilica.ro)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Do you want to be featured in our weekly selection of photos?<\/h2>\n<p>We would gladly include one of your photos depicting Orthodox life in our weekly selection. All you have to do is send the picture(s) you have taken to our email address [foto @ basilica.ro] along with a short description. Please mention WIP (Week in Pictures) in the email subject line. Please note that every WIP article will include photos taken in the previous week.<\/p>\n<p>Follow us on Twitter:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BasilicaNews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@BasilicaNews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please find our weekly selection of photos from the Orthodox world. The second week of November was embellished by the feast of Holy Hierarch Nektarios and the colours of autumn. &nbsp; Last week\u2019s most-liked Instagram post: &nbsp; View this post on Instagram &nbsp; A post shared by Basilica.ro (@basilica.ro) Do you want to be featured&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":452641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[91,16],"tags":[10386,19033,14715,246,16388],"class_list":["post-452667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-galerii-foto","category-romanian-patriarchate","tag-orthodox-news","tag-orthodox-photography","tag-photography","tag-romania","tag-the-week-in-pictures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}