{"id":471720,"date":"2024-03-26T15:43:13","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T13:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=471720"},"modified":"2024-03-26T15:43:13","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T13:43:13","slug":"the-week-in-pictures-march-18-25-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/the-week-in-pictures-march-18-25-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures: March 18 – 25, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first week of Lent is important for all Christian Orthodox and culminates with an icon procession on the Sunday of Orthodoxy. Please see below our selection of photos taken in the week of March 18\u201324, 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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It snowed with big flakes at Sihla Monastery, Romania, on the first day of Lent, March 18, 2024. Photo credit: Doxologia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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His Grace Varlaam of Ploie\u0219ti, Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop, read the first part of the Canon of St. Andrew of Crete at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, on March 18, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca-Emanuela Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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An elderly woman walks home after attending the Great Canon service at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest on March 18, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca-Emanuela Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Interior painting at the Church of Saint Demetrius in Bac\u0103u, Romania. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bac\u0103u<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Every staircase symbolizes lifting oneself – either spiritually or physically. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Hierodeacon Nicolae Iftimiu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A 360-degree view of the Patriarchal Ensemble in Bucharest, Romania. Photo credit: George Ioni\u021b\u0103<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Spring is making its presence felt in Ia\u0219i, Romania. Photo credit: Doxologia \/ Fr. Silviu Cluci<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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His Grace Paisie of Sinaia, Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop, read the second part of the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania. Photo credit: Ziarul Lumina \/ Luigi Ivanciu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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His Grace Timotei of Prahova, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Bucharest, read the Great Canon at the Patriarchal Cathedral on March 20, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Father Calinic, the spiritual guide of Pas\u0103rea Monastery, near Bucharest, read the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete. Photo credit: Gabriel Drumea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The hierarchs of the Metropolis of Cluj visited the construction site of the “Saint Christopher” Paediatric Palliative Care Centre in S\u00e2nnicoar\u0103, Cluj county, Romania, on March 22, 2024. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj \/ Ionu\u021b Chifa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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His Grace Benedict of Bistri\u021ba celebrated the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts at the “Holy Emperors Constantine and Helen” Church in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on March 22, 2024. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj \/ Ionu\u021b Chifa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The relics of St. Demetrius the New were taken to the Church of the Icon in Bucharest, the first place in our country where the saint’s image was painted, on March 23, 2024. The event was part of the historic pilgrimage organized in the Archdiocese of Bucharest with the saint’s relics 250 years after their arrival to Romania. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca-Emanuela Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The March for Life in the Sascut Deanery, Romania, on March 22, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bac\u0103u<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Romania’s National Cathedral, or the Cathedral of the People’s Salvation in Bucharest, seen at sunset. Photo credit: Adumitroaie Iustinian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Veronica holds the icon of her patron saint on the Sundayof Orthodoxy, March 24, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca-Emanuela Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Procession with icons on the Sunday of Orthodoxy in Tirana, Albania, on March 24, 2024. Photo credit: Autocephalous Church of Albania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The face of an acolyte seen in candlelight at the Munich Romanian Church Centre. Photo credit: Facebook \/ Centrul Bisericesc M\u00fcnchen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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His Grace Galaction blessed the icons at Pantocrator Monastery, Romania, on March 24, 2024. Photo credit: Facebook \/ M\u0103n\u0103stirea Pantocrator<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sunday of Orthodoxy at the Archdiocesan Cathedral in Gala\u0163i, Romania, on March 24, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Lower Danube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Procession with icons at Nera Monastery, Romania, on the Sunday of Orthodoxy. Photo credit: Instagram \/ Nera Plant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Sunday of Orthodoxy in Jerusalem. Photo credit: Jerusalem Patriarchate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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101-year-old priest in prayer at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest on March 24, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca-Emanuela Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sunrise at Cernica Monastery near Bucharest, Romania. Photo credit: Facebook \/ M\u0103n\u0103stirea Cernica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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His Grace Iustin blessed the icons brought for the procession organized in the Sunday of Orthodoxy at the “Holy Trinity” Diocesan Cathedral in Baia Mare, Romania, on March 24, 2024. Photo credit: Diocese of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Faithful holding icons of the Mother of God during the Vespers united with Litya religious services officiated before the Feast of the Annunciation at the Archdiocesan Cathedral in Roman on March 24, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bac\u0103u<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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