{"id":266696,"date":"2019-12-31T00:42:08","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T22:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=266696"},"modified":"2019-12-31T00:42:08","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T22:42:08","slug":"the-week-in-pictures-december-23-29-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/the-week-in-pictures-december-23-29-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures: December 23 &#8211; 29, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We share with you this year&#8217;s last weekly selection of photos inspired by the joy of the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_266346\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-266346\" style=\"width: 1900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-266346 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ajunul-craciunului-110-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ajunul-craciunului-110-1.jpg 1900w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ajunul-craciunului-110-1-890x593.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ajunul-craciunului-110-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-266346\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clergy from the Patriarchal Cathedral proclaimed the Nativity of the Lord to His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_265999\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-265999\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-265999 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Nasterea-Domnului-142-890x593.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Nasterea-Domnului-142-890x593.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Nasterea-Domnului-142-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Nasterea-Domnului-142.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-265999\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patriarch Daniel spoke about the importance of spiritual gifts during his Christmas homily at the Patriarchal Cathedral. Photo: Basilica.ro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_266352\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-266352\" style=\"width: 1900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-266352 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Nasterea-Domnului-145-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Nasterea-Domnului-145-1.jpg 1900w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Nasterea-Domnului-145-1-890x593.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Nasterea-Domnului-145-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-266352\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deacon carrying the holy gifts during the Christmas Divine Liturgy 2019. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_266342\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-266342\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-266342 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/3-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/3-2.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/3-2-890x635.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/3-2-1024x731.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-266342\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Romanian radio host Mihai Morar received a church order on behalf of the Diocese of Maramures and Satmar. Photo: Facebook \/ Episcopia Ortodox\u0103 Rom\u00e2n\u0103 a Maramure\u0219ului \u0219i S\u0103tmarului<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_266344\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-266344\" style=\"width: 1297px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-266344 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/5-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1297\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/5-2.jpg 1297w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/5-2-890x439.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/5-2-1024x505.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-266344\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Southern Europe listening to a group of carollers. Photo: Facebook \/ R\u0103zvan Ionescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_266350\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-266350\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-266350 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Hiso-eposcopul-la-intalnire-cu-oamenii-strazii-2-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-266350\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Bishop of Hu\u0219i spent his Christmas night with homeless people in B\u00e2rlad. Photo: Vremea Nou\u0103<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_266348\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-266348\" style=\"width: 1900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-266348 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/foto-PS-Timotei-117-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/foto-PS-Timotei-117-1.jpg 1900w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/foto-PS-Timotei-117-1-890x593.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/foto-PS-Timotei-117-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-266348\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bucharest Archdiocese&#8217;s Assistant Bishop Timotei of Prahova celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral on the feast day of Saint Stephen the Protomartyr. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_266604\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-266604\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-266604 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/29decembrie19-16-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/29decembrie19-16-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/29decembrie19-16-1-890x593.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/29decembrie19-16-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-266604\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nuns from Samurc\u0103\u0219e\u0219ti Monastery singing at the chant stand on the Sunday after the Nativity of the Lord. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Follow us on Twitter: @BasilicaNews<\/p>\n<p>We would gladly include one of your photos depicting Orthodox life in our weekly selection. All you have to do is send the picture(s) you have taken to our email address [info @ basilica.ro] along with a short description. Please mention WIP (Week in Pictures) in the email subject line. Please note that every WIP article will include photos taken in the previous week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We share with you this year&#8217;s last weekly selection of photos inspired by the joy of the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ. Follow us on Twitter: @BasilicaNews We would gladly include one of your photos depicting Orthodox life in our weekly selection. All you have to do is send the picture(s) you have taken&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":266358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[878],"tags":[16410,10386,19033,53,16461,20105,16388],"class_list":["post-266696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photo-galleries","tag-basilica-photos","tag-orthodox-news","tag-orthodox-photography","tag-romanian-orthodox-church","tag-saptamana-in-imagini-en","tag-the-news-in-pictures","tag-the-week-in-pictures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}