{"id":347084,"date":"2021-12-20T19:12:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T17:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=347084"},"modified":"2021-12-20T19:19:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T17:19:22","slug":"the-week-in-pictures-december-13-19-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/the-week-in-pictures-december-13-19-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures: December 13 &#8211; 19, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Christmas carolers, faithful at worship and other glimpses of religious life seen through the photo lens between December 13 and 19, 2021.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_346929\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-346929\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-346929 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Pomenireartisti2020-27-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-346929\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">His Grace Timotei of Prahova officiated a commemoration service at Bucharest&#8217;s Radu Vod\u0103 Monastery, on the feast of St Philemon, patron saint of the performative artists. Romanian actors who passed away were commemorated. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_346903\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-346903\" style=\"width: 839px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-346903 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/3842d762-b562-4710-bdcd-d89467d49393.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"839\" height=\"1280\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-346903\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Little girl called Teofana holds an icon of her patron saint on her name day. Photo: Father Ionu\u0163 Todirasc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_346905\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-346905\" style=\"width: 1536px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-346905 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/267549515_10159578472402649_6669800508601029444_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-346905\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nun Casiana visited socially vulnerable children on behalf of Children in Difficulty Foundation. Photo: Facebook \/ Mihaela Ganga<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_346907\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-346907\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-346907 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/267711472_10158705640273585_6224052956197552148_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-346907\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jerusalem&#8217;s Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Photo: Facebook \/ David Saranga<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_346985\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-346985\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-346985\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ier-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-346985\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Night view of the Suceava Cathedral. Photo: Protosyncellus Ieronim Gheorghi\u021b\u0103<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_346927\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-346927\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-346927 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MIR_0564-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-346927\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Woman praying at the patronal feast of &#8220;St Elephterios&#8221; Church in Bucharest. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_346897\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-346897\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-346897 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Q8A0499.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-346897\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Romanian children from Moncalieri &#8211; Torino (Italy) sang Christmas carols and recited traditional New Year wishes at the local Romanian Orthodox church. Photo: Mihai Bursuc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_346990\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-346990\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-346990\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ConcertASTO2021-32-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-346990\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Tronos&#8221; Byzantine music Group sang at a charity concert organized by the Theology students in Bucharest. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_346925\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-346925\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-346925 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-346925\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Young members of the Orthodox youth association ATOS sang Christmas carols for the medical staff of &#8220;St. John the New&#8221; Hospital in Suceava and at the &#8220;St. John the New of Suceava&#8221; Elderly People Centre. Photo: Andrei Dumitriu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_346921\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-346921\" style=\"width: 1919px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-346921 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/dervent-1-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1919\" height=\"2560\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-346921\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prayer at the wonder-working icon of the Mother of God from the Dervent Monastery, in south-eastern Romania. Photo: Protosyncellus Sofronie Bobaru<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_346979\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-346979\" style=\"width: 1900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-346979\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/AGB_7407cover-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1069\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-346979\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A 12-metre Christmas tree was installed on Bucharest&#8217;s Patriarchate Hill. It was donated by Putna Monastery, a five-century old monastic community from northern Romania. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_346931\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-346931\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-346931 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/prescuri-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-346931\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Freshly-baked <em>prosphora<\/em> bread at Parepa Monastery, in the Archdiocese of Bucharest. Photo: Hieromonk Benedict Rusu.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_346917\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-346917\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-346917 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Cluj.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1620\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-346917\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Little girl dressed in folk costume at the Soporu de C\u00e2mpie Parish in Cluj county. Photo: Ioan Silivan Some\u0219an<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_346913\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-346913\" style=\"width: 1066px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-346913 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/269744938_1975935712586536_7983611562289488803_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1066\" height=\"1600\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-346913\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A theologian filming a Christmas carol concert at the &#8220;Holy Trinity&#8221; Diocesan Cathedral in the northern-Romania city of Baia Mare. Photo: Diocese of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_346923\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-346923\" style=\"width: 2500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-346923 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/detail20211218-VSN_2811-\u043e\u0431\u0440.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1663\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-346923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A little girl cleans the candle stand at Moscow&#8217;s &#8220;Christ the Saviour&#8221; Cathedral. Photo: Russian Patriarchate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_346899\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-346899\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-346899 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/112-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"405\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-346899\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The &#8220;Holy Trinity&#8221; Cathedral of Hajn\u00f3wka, Poland, celebrated its second patronal feast, Holy Hierarch Nicholas, according to the unrevised calendar. Photo: Orthodox Church of Poland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_346911\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-346911\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-346911 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/268606786_1975673445946096_312107158427776884_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-346911\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orthodox faithful from Ethiopia who work in the city of Baia Mare participated in the Divine Liturgy celebrated by Bishop Iustin at the &#8220;Lord&#8217;s Nativity&#8221; Church. Photo: Diocese of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_347052\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-347052\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-347052\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/closca-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-347052\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A reliquary icon with a fragment of relics from St. Bonifatius was displayed at &#8220;St. George &#8211; Clo\u0219ca&#8221; Skete in the county of Constan\u021ba. Photo: St. George &#8211; Clo\u0219ca Skete<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_346901\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-346901\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-346901 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021ColindeCMN-45-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-346901\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children and grown-ups joyfully listened to the Christmas carol concert offered at the National Cathedral Chapel in Bucharest. 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