{"id":473660,"date":"2024-04-08T19:52:19","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T16:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=473660"},"modified":"2024-04-09T11:51:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T08:51:16","slug":"the-week-in-pictures-april-1-7-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/the-week-in-pictures-april-1-7-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures: April 1 – 7, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we present the 300th “Week in Pictures” photo-feature. The first article was published on July 18, 2018, and we have selected and presented unique images from the Orthodox world every week since then.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Sunset at Arge\u0219 Monastery, April 2, 2024. Photo credit: Facebook \/ Ovidiu Vl\u0103sceanu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Romania’s Bucegi Mountains seen from the National Cathedral in Bucharest on April 3, 2024. Photo credit: Luigi Ivanciu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bishop Polycarp of Belogradcik celebrated the Liturgy of the Presanctifies Gifts at the “Holy Spirit” Church in Sofia, Bulgaria, on April 3, 2024. Photo credit: Bulgarian Patriarchate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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In the month of tree planting, members of the ATOS youth organization planted saplings at Ili\u0219e\u0219ti Church Forest, Romania. Photo credit: Facebook \/ ATOS Suceava<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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S\u00e2mb\u0103ta de Sus Monastery in the county of Bra\u0219ov, Romania. Photo credit: Monk Paisie Vasile<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Spring picture at Dervent Monastery, Constan\u021ba county, Romania. Photo credit: Protos. Sofronie Bobaru<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Gendarmerie heroes remembered on the 174th anniversary of the Romanian Gendarmerie, April 3, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Holy Unction Sacrament at the Church of Saints Peter and Paul and of the Transylvanian Saints – in the Media\u0219 city cemetery, Romania. Photo credit: Ovidiu T\u0103tar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Ostrov Monastery, V\u00e2lcea county, Romania. Photo: Negru Carmen Adriana<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The “Dormition of the Mother of God” Cathedral in Oradea, Romania. Photo credit: Delia Burt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Young acolyte next to St. Demetrius the New’s relics during their procession to Pajura Parish, Bucharest, on April 6, 2024. Photo credit: Gabriel Drumea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Fairytale snapshot at the Monastery of the “Mother of God Who Is Quick to Listen”, on April 4, 2024. Photo credit: Facebook \/ M\u0103n\u0103stirea \u201eMaica Domnului Grabnic Ascult\u0103toare\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Reflection of a candle at the Annunciation Church in Bac\u0103u, Romania, on April 7, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bac\u0103uReflection of a candle at the Annunciation Church in Bac\u0103u, Romania, on April 7, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bac\u0103u<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Rainbow in the sky over the “Holy three Hierarchs” Monastery in Ieud, Maramure\u0219 county, Romania. Photo credit: Fr. Dumitru Iuga<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, illuminated at the night. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Hierod. Nicolae Iftimiu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Patriarch Ilyia of Georgia on the Annunciation Feast on April 7, 2024. Photo credit: Georgian Patriarchate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The consecration of a monumental cross in Bucea, Cluj county, Romania, on April 7, 2024. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj \/ Ionu\u021b Chifa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Patriarch of Serbia celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the \u010celije Monastery, where Saint Justin Popovich lived, on April 7, 2024. Photo credit: Serbian Patriarchate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Icon of Jesus Christ the Good Shepherd, Doctor of our souls and bodies, which is the official icon of the 2024 Solemn-Comemmorative Year in the Romanian Patriarchate, has been painted at the Monastery of Pogle\u021b, Bac\u0103u county, Romania. Photo credit: \u0218tefan Teliceanu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Local women at the church in Certeze, Satu Mare county, Romania, on April 7, 2024. Photo credit: Diocese of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Metropolitan Nicholas of Plovdiv celebrated the Divine Liturgy on the Sunday of the Holy Cross at the Cathedral in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Photo credit: Bulgarian Patriarchate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Incense smoke attracts a child’s attention at Bucharst’s Plumbuita Monastery on April 7, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca-Emanuela Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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