Tears, emotion, hope, humble joy and patience characterized the lives of Romanians during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Given the special conditions in which the Church’s services took place in the last three months, the Basilica News Agency organized a photography contest entitled “The Life of the Church in Times of Pandemic.”
Out of over 400 participants, the five members of the jury chose three winning photos.
These three obtained the highest scores after the evaluation, but there are other expressive images that we expose in a virtual gallery.
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