{"id":495048,"date":"2024-09-09T19:30:07","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T16:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=495048"},"modified":"2024-09-09T19:30:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T16:30:07","slug":"the-week-in-pictures-september-2-8-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/the-week-in-pictures-september-2-8-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures: September 2\u20138, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

Please find below a new selection of photos taken in the Orthodox world between September 2 and 8, 2024, a period culminating with the feast of the Nativity of the Mother of God.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A monk gathers apples in the garden of St Dimitrios Hermitage in Thessaloniki, Greece, on September\u00a0 4, 2023. Photo credit: Facebook \/ Saint Demetrios of Thessaloniki Skete<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A new Romanian Orthodox church was founded in the village of Boian, Canada, on September 4, 2024. Photo credit: Diocese of Canada<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Light and shadow at Machairas Monastery, Cyprus, on September 5, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Hierod. Nicolae Iftimiu<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Assistant Bishop Timotei of Prahova and the other delegates of the Romanian Patriarchate in Cyprus officiated a religious service at the Church of Holy Archangel Michael in Limassol, Cyprus, on September 6, 2024. Photo credit: Ziarul Lumina \/ Luigi Ivanciu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Romanian Orthodox Bishop Mihail of Australia and New Zealand interacting with kangaroos at Perth Cemetery on September 7, 2024. Photo credit: Diocese of Australia and New Zealand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Metropolitan Teofan of Moldova and Bukovina at the first edition of the pilgrimage on foot organized for the feast of the Nativity of the Mother of God, which is the patronal feast of the Vorona Monastery, on September 7, 2024. Photo credit: Lori Gia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Walking up the steps to the cemetery of Machairas Monastery, Cyprus. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Hierod. Nicolae Iftimiu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Romania’s National Cathedral in Bucharest is seen from the 8th floor of a block of flats near Ci\u0219migiu Park. Photo credit: Dragomirica Alin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Elder Sofian was commemorated at Antim Monastery in Bucharest, Romania, on the 22nd anniversary of his repose, on September 7, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Faithful participate in the patronal feast of the Giurgeni Monastery, in Romania, on September 8, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bac\u0103u<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A deacon reads the Holy Gospel at the patronal feast of the Ciucea Monastery in Romania, on September\u00a0 8, 2024. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj \/ Ionu\u021b Chifa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A little girl stands on the tomb of St Heraclides in Cyprus. Tradition has it that whoever sits on the saint’s tomb is cured of illness. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Hierod. Nicolae Iftimiu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Procession with the relics of Martyr Prince Constantin Br\u00e2ncoveanu in Moine\u0219ti, Romania, on September\u00a0 5, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bac\u0103u<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A rainbow at Lipni\u021ba Monastery, which is protected by St John the Baptist. Photo credit: Stavrophore Onufria Matei<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The hill of Piatra F\u00e2nt\u00e2nele Monastery, in the Romanian county of Bistri\u021ba-N\u0103s\u0103ud, was filled with faithful on the day of its patronal feast, September 8, 2024. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj \/ Darius Echim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Assistant Bishop Timotei of Prahova officiated a religious service at dawn at the Meso Potamos Monastery in Cyprus. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Ierod. Nicolae Iftimiu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Bishop of Maramure\u0219 distributed icons to the faithful in his native town, Rozavlea, in the Romanian county of Maramure\u0219, on September 8, 2024. Photo credit: Diocese of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The joy of taking part in the consecration of St George’s Church in Bucharest’s Andronache district was also evident in the attire of the participants, who wore folk costumes on September 8, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Valea Scradei Monastery celebrated its patronal feast, the Nativity of the Mother of God, on September 8, 2024. Photo credit: Diocese of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The patronal feast of the C\u0103m\u00e2rzani Monastery, Romania, on September 8, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Suceava \u0219i R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Church of the Rotunda Parish in Romania on the day of its consecration, September 8, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Arge\u0219 and Muscel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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