{"id":415448,"date":"2023-02-14T14:26:10","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T12:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=415448"},"modified":"2023-02-14T14:26:10","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T12:26:10","slug":"the-week-in-pictures-february-6-12-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/the-week-in-pictures-february-6-12-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures:  February 6 &#8211; 12, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Please see below the beauty of the Orthodox world captured in our weekly photo feature from Romania and around the Orthodox world: photos taken from 6 to 12 February 2023.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_415298\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-415298\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-415298 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MIR_9479-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-415298\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Chief Chaplains of NATO and Partnership for Peace member countries met in Bucharest, on February 6, 2023. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_415310\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-415310\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-415310 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/sihastria-putnei-iarna.-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1717\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-415310\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Winter landscape at the Monastery of Sih\u0103stria Putnei. Photo: Vasile Ionu\u021b<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_415300\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-415300\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-415300 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/patriarhul-porfirie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-415300\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Patriarch of Serbia continues his visit to the United States, last week in Schererville, Indiana. Photo: Serbian Patriarchate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_415314\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-415314\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-415314 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/328562549_729884291859984_5243011636742799824_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-415314\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Putna Monastery surrounded by snow on February 7, 2023. Photo: Putna Monastery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_415284\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-415284\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-415284 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/bereslavesti..jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-415284\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vigil at Berisl\u0103ve\u0219ti Monastery, in the county of V\u00e2lcea. Photo: Hieromonk Siluan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_415304\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-415304\" style=\"width: 1828px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-415304 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/san-francisco-sf-ioan-maximovici-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1828\" height=\"2560\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-415304\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A little girl \u201esitting and talking\u201d to St John Maximovici in the Cathedral of San Francisco. Photo: Protosyncellus Sofronie Bobaru<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_415371\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-415371\" style=\"width: 1536px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-415371\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/manastirea-pasarea.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-415371\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paraklesis to the Mother of God officiated at Pas\u0103rea Monastery near Bucharest, Romania, on February 9, 2023. Photo: Gabriel Drumea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_415292\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-415292\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-415292 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/hram-otetari-2023-107-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-415292\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bucharest\u2019s O\u021betari Parish holds part of Saint Charalampus\u2019 relics and it celebrated the saint&#8217;s feast day on February 10, 2023. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_415302\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-415302\" style=\"width: 2298px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-415302 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/putna-pr-spanu-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2298\" height=\"2560\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-415302\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">General view of Putna Monastery. Photo: Fr Nicu Sp\u00eenu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_415282\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-415282\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-415282 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/barbatescu-vechi-teodor-tiron-stratilat-2023-44-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-415282\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Great Martyr Theodore Stratelates\u2019 head was brought from Greece to Bucharest\u2019s Old B\u0103rb\u0103tescu Parish on February 10, 2023. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_415286\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-415286\" style=\"width: 1536px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-415286 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/catedrala-sibiu-zapada..jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1625\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-415286\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Metropolitan Cathedral of Sibiu, under a veil of snow. Photo: Adelina Ancu\u021ba<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_415369\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-415369\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-415369 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/frasinei.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-415369\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fr\u0103sinei Monastery under snow. Photo: Gabriel Drumea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_415290\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-415290\" style=\"width: 526px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-415290 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/galati.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"526\" height=\"701\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-415290\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A spectacular image of the sunrise in Galati on February 11, 2023. Photo: Facebook \/ Maria Dima M\u0103ndi\u021b\u0103<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_415312\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-415312\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-415312 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/tulcea.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-415312\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">His Grace Visarion blessed the new bell at the Visterna Branch of the Enisala Parish on February 12, 2023. Photo: Diocese of Tulcea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_415306\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-415306\" style=\"width: 1407px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-415306 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Sf-meletie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1407\" height=\"939\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-415306\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bucharest\u2019s community of the hearing impaired celebrated their spiritual patron, Saint Meletius, on February 12, 2023. Photo: Iulian \u021augui<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_415296\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-415296\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-415296 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/manastirea-parepa-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-415296\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Parepa Monastery, in the Archdiocese of Bucharest, under immaculate white snow. Photo: Hieromonk Benedict Rusu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_415280\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-415280\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-415280 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/arhierei-maramures-rohia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"607\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-415280\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Divine Liturgy celebrated by the local hierarch at \u201cSaint Anne\u201d Monastery in Rohia, the county of Maramure\u0219, in northern Romania, on February 12, 2023. Photo: Diocese of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_415294\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-415294\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-415294 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/manastirea-necula.-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-415294\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nicula Monastery in the county of Cluj, Transylvania. Photo: Vasile-Narcis Ciobanu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_415288\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-415288\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-415288 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fratauti-pomenire-iraclie-porumbescu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-415288\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fr Iraclie Porumbescu was commemorated in Fr\u0103t\u0103u\u021bii Noi, Suceava county, on February 12, 2023. Photo: Archdiocese of Suceava and R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last week\u2019s 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\/Cocspdlo8Hl\/?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\/Cocspdlo8Hl\/?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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