{"id":466491,"date":"2024-02-14T20:33:39","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T18:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=466491"},"modified":"2024-02-14T20:33:39","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T18:33:39","slug":"the-week-in-pictures-february-5-11-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/the-week-in-pictures-february-5-11-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures: February 5 \u2013 11, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week’s retrospective in pictures includes moments from the liturgical life of several sister Orthodox churches, bright children’s faces or details of church architecture.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The installation of the “Christ Pantocrator” mosaic icon inside the main spire of the National Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, began on February 5, 2024, and was expected to take two weeks, after the team worked on the icon for the previous six months in the workshop. Photo credit: Basilica \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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February afternoon at Dervent Monastery, Constanta County, Romania. Photo credit: Protos. Sofronie Bobaru<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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“God Almighty! Look down from heaven and see! Watch over this vine, the root your right hand has planted…\u201d (Psalm 80:15-16). Photo credit: Alexandru Paraschiv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The monastic community from Putna Monastery in northern Romania honoured Patriarch Teoctist on the 109th anniversary of his birth, on February 7, 2024. Photo credit: Facebook \/ M\u0103n\u0103stirea Putna<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Patriarch Teoctist of Romania was commemorated in his native village on February 7, 2024. Photo credit: Doxologia \/ Mihail Vr\u0103jitoru<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A little girl attends the commemoration of Patriarch Theoctist at Putna Monastery. Photo credit: Facebook \/ M\u0103n\u0103stirea Putna<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Snapshot of the Divine Liturgy celebrated in a church dedicated to St. Theodore Stratilates in Smolyan, Bulgaria on February 8, 2024. Photo credit: bg-patriarshia.bg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The “Christ Pantocrator” mosaic icon inside the main spire of the National Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, measures 4.5 by 12 meters. Together with the golden background, the mosaic covers 150 square meters and weighs 2,400 kilos. Photo credit: Basilica \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Vigil in honour of St. Charalampus at the Romanian Orthodox Church Centre in Munich, Germany. Photo credit: Facebook \/ Episcop Sofian Bra\u0219oveanul<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Children with the portrait of former Romanian hierarch Ilarion Mircea of Bac\u0103u, commemorated at the Cathedral of Roman, Romania, on February 9, 2024. Photo credit: Facebook \/ Archdiocese of Roman and Bac\u0103u<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Preparing a TV programme on Orthodoxy in France. Photo credit: Facebook \/ Jivko Panev<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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His Grace Veniamin, Bishop of South Bessarabia, celebrated the Divine Liturgy and the Commemoration of the founders at Paltin-Petru Vod\u0103 Monastery, on the 105th anniversary of the birth of Elder Justin P\u00e2rvu, on February 10, 2024. Photo credit: Facebook \/ Diocese of South Bessarabia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Metropolitan Cathedral in Sibiu, Romania, at sunset. Photo credit: Metropolis of Ardeal \/ Costin Chesnoiu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Divine Liturgy celebrated at the Darvari Skete in Bucharest, Romania. Photo credit: Gabriel Drumea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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His Grace Macarie, Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Northern Europe, baptised two young people at the Diocesan Chapel in Copenhagen, Denmark. Photo credit: Facebook \/ Diocese of Northern Europe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A Romanian Orthodox priest visits an school in Kenya. Photo credit: Facebook \/ Parohia Mic\u0219une\u0219ti<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Patriarch Porphyry of Serbia celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Cathedral of the “Dormition of the Virgin Mary” in the Croatian town of \u0160ibenik during a visit to the Dalmatian coast. Photo credit: Facebook \/ \u041f\u0430\u0442\u0440\u0438\u0458\u0430\u0440\u0445 \u0441\u0440\u043f\u0441\u043a\u0438 \u041f\u043e\u0440\u0444\u0438\u0440\u0438\u0458\u0435<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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His Grace Iustin, Bishop of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar (Romania), and the Rohia Monastery’s monks remembered Archimandrite Serafim Man on the 11th comemoration of his death. Photo credit: Facebook \/ Diocese of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Portrait of Father Sofronie, monk at Cernica Monastery, Romania. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Light and shadow over the fresco at the “Mihai Vod\u0103” Monastery in Turda, Cluj county, Romania, on Sunday, February 11, 2024. Photo credit: Facebook \/ Metropolis of Cluj, Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103laj<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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His Grace Timotei of Prahova blessed a monk after the Divine Liturgy he officiated at Cernica Monastery near Bucharest, Romania, on February 11, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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