{"id":405159,"date":"2022-12-05T19:45:47","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T17:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=405159"},"modified":"2022-12-05T19:45:47","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T17:45:47","slug":"the-week-in-pictures-november-28-december-5-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/the-week-in-pictures-november-28-december-5-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures: November 28 &#8211; December 5, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The feast of the Holy Apostle Andrew and the National Day of Romania were the most important events between November 28 and December 4, 2022. Please see below our latest Week in Pictures feature.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_405078\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-405078\" style=\"width: 1287px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-405078 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/tudor-calin-foto.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1287\" height=\"2048\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-405078\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A moment of prayer at the Church of the Assumption of the Mother of God in C\u00e2mpia Turzii. Photo: Facebook \/ Tudor C\u0103lin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_405070\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-405070\" style=\"width: 1536px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-405070 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/sofian-brasoveanul.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-405070\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Romanian church in Mannheim, Germany. Photo: Facebook \/ Sofian Bra\u0219oveanul<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_405094\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-405094\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-405094\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/sf-stefan-cel-nou-atelier-icoane.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"900\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-405094\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo from a painter&#8217;s studio, taken on the day of St Stephen the New, defender of holy icons. Photo: Twitter \/ Shayne Swenson Icons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_405096\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-405096\" style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-405096\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/corul-bisericii-buna-vestire..jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-405096\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children from the choir of the &#8220;Buna Vestire&#8221; &#8211; Belu Church in Bucharest, dressed in traditional clothes, performed a Christmas carol concert. Photo: Georgiana B\u0103r\u00eec\u0103<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_405038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-405038\" style=\"width: 1536px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-405038 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/monah-toaca-comana.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-405038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A monk plays the semantron at Comana Monastery. Photo: Comana Monastery \/ Drago\u0219 Grigore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_405068\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-405068\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-405068 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Sf-ap-Andrei-paraclisul-catedralei-nationale-138.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-405068\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The holy relics of the Holy Apostle Andrew were brought at the National Cathedral Chapel on November 30, 2022. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_405040\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-405040\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-405040 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/patriarhia-ecumenica-sarbatoarea-sf-andrei.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-405040\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Holy Apostle Andrew was celebrated at the Ecumenical Patriarchate, on November 30, 2022. . Photo: Ecumenical Patriarchate \/ Nikos Papachristou<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_405052\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-405052\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-405052 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/pestera-sf-Andrei.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1068\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-405052\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thousands of pilgrims went to the Cave of Holy Apostle Andrew, patron saint of Romania, on the saint&#8217;s feast day, November 30, 2022. Photo: Archdiocese of Tomis \/ Diac. Vali V\u0103d\u0103noiu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_405056\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-405056\" style=\"width: 2278px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-405056 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/sf-andrei-saguna-sibiu..jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2278\" height=\"1668\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-405056\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The feast of Holy Hierarch Andrei Saguna at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Sibiu, Romania, 30 November 2022. Photo: Vasile Ionu\u021b<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_405048\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-405048\" style=\"width: 1900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-405048 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/patriarhul-daniel-te-deum-1-decembrie-2022-22-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1267\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-405048\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">National Day <em>Te Deum<\/em> service at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca-Emanuela Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_405074\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-405074\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-405074 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/te-deum-suceava.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-405074\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Romania&#8217;s National Day celebrated in Suceava on December 1, 2022. Photo: Archdiocese of Suceava and R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_405034\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-405034\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-405034 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/cluj-ziua-nationala.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-405034\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Romania&#8217;s National Day was celebrated in Cluj-Napoca, at the heart of Transylvania, on December 1, 2022. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj \/ Darius Echim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_405036\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-405036\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-405036 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/maramures-ziua-nationala.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-405036\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bishop Justin of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar was among the faithful of Gro\u0219i Parish, on the National Day. of Romania. Photo: Diocese of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_405030\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-405030\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-405030 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/atos-suceava-biciclete-zi-nationala..jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-405030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Suceava Orthodox Youth Association (ATOS) on bicycles, with the Romanian flag on their shoulders, on the National Day of Romania, December 1, 2022. Photo: Facebook \/ ATOS Suceava<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_405064\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-405064\" style=\"width: 1267px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-405064 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/sfantul-gheorghe-cernica-2022-47-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1267\" height=\"1900\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-405064\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A child reads the Life and Acatyst of St. George of Cernica at the saint&#8217;s monastery near Bucharest, Romania, on December 2, 2022. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca-Emanuela Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_405044\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-405044\" style=\"width: 1536px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-405044 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/patriarhia-ierusalimul.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-405044\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Entrance of the Virgin Mary into the Church was celebrated at the Jerusalem Patriarchate. Photo: Facebook \/ Patriarhia Ierusalimului<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_405032\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-405032\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-405032 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/catedrala-timisoara.-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-405032\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Metropolitan Cathedral in Timisoara on the first Sunday of December 2022. Photo: Stela Pl\u0103mad\u0103<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_405060\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-405060\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-405060 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/sf-varvara-mina-targul-ocna.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-405060\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Great-martyr Barbara honored at the Church of T\u00e2rgu Ocna salt mine, 240-meters underground, on Saturday, December 3, 2002. Photo: Archdiocese of Roman and Bac\u0103u<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last week&#8217;s most liked Instagram post:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/ClqSe_ksYeB\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/ClqSe_ksYeB\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Basilica.ro (@basilica.ro)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Do you want to be featured in our weekly selection of photos?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>We would gladly include one of your photos depicting Orthodox life in our weekly selection. 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