{"id":518320,"date":"2025-03-12T13:17:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T11:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=518320"},"modified":"2025-03-12T13:17:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T11:17:12","slug":"the-week-in-pictures-march-3-9-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/the-week-in-pictures-march-3-9-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures: March 3 – 9, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Please find below some enthralling images from the first week of Lent, when the Great Canon of St Andrew of Crete was officiated, and from the Sunday of Orthodoxy, the feast celebrating the restoration of icons in the Orthodox Church. <\/strong><\/p>\n

They illustrate both the beauty of liturgical tradition and the profound significance of icons as essential elements of Orthodox worship.<\/p>\n

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St Ephraim the Syriac’s prayer is recited during Lent in Christian Orthodox churches, accompanied by great prostrations. The first day of Lent at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, on March 3, 2025. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca Emanuela Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Prayer moment at the Archdiocesan Cathedral in Roman, Romania, on March 3, 2025 Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bac\u0103u<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Great Canon of St Andrew of Crete officiated at Holt Parish, Romania, on the first day of Lent, March 3, 2025. Photo credit: Facebook \/ Leonard Dumitru Militaru<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Priest praying at the Students’ Church in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Photo credit: Sebastian Su\u0103r\u0103\u0219an<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Abbot of Cernica Monastery, near Bucharesr, Romania, read the Great Compline on March 6, 2025. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Members of the Association of Orthodox Youth of Suceava offered snowdrops to mothers from the local Maternity Ward on March 8, when the International Women’s Day is marked. Photo credit: Nicoleta P\u00eenzari<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The first celebration of Martyr Priest Liviu Galaction as a saint at the Chapel of the Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on March 7, 2025. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj \/ Ionu\u021b Chifa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Rejoicing to be part of the procession with icons at Tirana Cathedral, Albania, on March 9, 2025, the Sunday of Orthodoxy. Photo credit: Radio “Ngjallja”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Priests offered flowers to the women residents of the Elderly Care Centre in Coroieni, Maramure\u0219 county, Romania, on March 8, the International Women’s Day. Photo credit: Diocese of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sunday of Orthodoxy celebrated at “St Nicholas” Church in Troy, Michigan, USA, on March 9, 2025. Photo credit: Facebook \/ Theophani Sarigianis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Monk playing the semantron at Comana Monastery, Romania, on March 9, 2025. Photo credit: Comana Monastery \/ Drago\u0219 Grigore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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An impressive number of Christian Orthodox faithful carried icons in the procession held on the Sunday of Orthodoxy, March 9, 2025, at the Diocesan Cathedral in Baia Mare, Romania. Photo credit: Diocese of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The patronal feast of the Romanian “Holy 40 Martyrs” Monastery \u2013 Gherla Memorial was celebrated on March 9, 2025. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj \/ Darius Echim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Divine Liturgy celebrated on the Sunday of Orthodoxy in Jerusalem on March 9, 2025. Photo credit: Jerusalem Patriarchate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Procession on the Sunday of Orthodoxy at the Cathedral in Sofia, Bulgaria, on March 9, 2025. Photo credit: Bulgarian Patriarchate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Procession with the holy icons on the Sunday of Orthodoxy at Putna Monastery, Romania, on March 9, 2025. Photo credit: Sabin Simota<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Girl with icon on the Sunday of Orthodoxy at the Annunciation-Belu Church in Bucharest, Romania. Photo credit: Georgiana Barica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Theology students at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on the Sunday of Orthodoxy, March 9, 2025. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj \/ Darius Echim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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His Grace Atanasie, Romanian Orthodox Archbishop-elected of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Romanian parish in Luton, Great Britain, on the Sunday of Orthodoxy, March 9, 2025. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Great Britain and Northern Ireland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Sunday of Orthodoxy celebrated on March 9, 2025, at the Romanian Parish in La Courneuve-Paris. Photo credit: Fr. Mircea Filip<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Sunday of Orthodoxy at the “St John the New of Suceava” Monastery, Romania, on March 9, 2025. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Suceava and R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Christian Orthodox procession with icons in Uganda, Africa, on March 9, 2025. Photo credit: Uganda Orthodox Church – Holy Metropolis of Kampala<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Joy of celebration and confession at Nera Monastery, Romania, on March 9, 2025. Photo credit: Facebook \/ Nera Plant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A symbolic image of Orthodoxy on the first Sunday of Lent at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Ia\u0219i, Romania, on March 9, 2025. Photo credit: Doxologia.ro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\u201cTake and eat; this is my body\u201d (Matthew 26:26): partaking in the Holy Eucharist at the Romanian Orthodox Cathedral in Vr\u0161ac, Serbia, on March 9, 2025. Photo credit: Diocese of Dacia Felix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Procession with icons at Oa\u0219a Monastery, Romania, on March 9, 2025. Photo credit: Oa\u0219a Monastery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The holy icons have a special place in the Christian Orthodox faithful’s hearts: procession with icons on the Sunday of Orthodoxy at Pantocrator Monastery in southern Romania on March 9, 2025. Photo credit: Pantocrator Monastery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The first Sunday of Lent at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, on March 9, 2025. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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