{"id":345904,"date":"2021-12-14T14:20:49","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T12:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=345904"},"modified":"2021-12-14T17:47:05","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T15:47:05","slug":"the-week-in-pictures-december-6-12-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/the-week-in-pictures-december-6-12-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures: December 6 – 12, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

The week between December 6 and 12 was blessed by three saints: Holy Hierarchs Nicholas and Spyridon and Holy Martyr Philothea. Please see below how they were celebrated.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Procession with the icon of St. Nicholas in Piraeus, Greece. Photo: Orthodoxia News Agency<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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His Grace Bishop Justin lit candles at the graves at Rohia Monastery’s Cemetery. Photo: Diocese of\u00a0 Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Mother holding her daughter during the Divine Liturgy at “St. Paraskeva \u2013 Drumul Taberei” Church. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Young subdeacon at the patronal feast of the Theology Faculty in Cluj. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj, Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103laj \/ Darius Echim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pilgrims pray at Curtea de Arge\u0219 Monastery, honouring St. Philothea’s relics. Photo: Archdiocese of Arge\u0219 and Muscel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Holy Martyr Catherine was celebrated, according to the unrevised calendar, in Zaleszany, Poland. Photo: Orthodox Church of Poland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Father Nectarie is building a church in Rwamagana, Rwanda. Photo: Facebook \/ Father Nectarie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Suceava Cathedral in winter. Photo: Instagram \/ Gabi Marian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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St. John the Baptist Parish reflected in water, at Boto\u0219ani, Romania. Photo: Lori Gia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Russian Protopresbyter Alexei Zlobin with his wife, Liubov. Photo: Instagram \/ Igor Palkin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Winter story tale at R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bi, in northern Romania. Photo: C\u0103t\u0103lin Urdoi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Dawn at Dervent Monastery in the county of Constan\u021ba. Photo: Protosyncellus Sofronie Bobaru<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Jerusalem Patriarch participated in the ceremony of lighting the Christmas lights at Jaffa’a Imperial Hotel. Photo: Jerusalem Patriarchate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Child venerating the icon of the Mother of God. Photo: Hieromonk Juvenalie Vasiu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Podmalinsko Monastery in Serbia covered in snow. Photo: Serbian Patriarchate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The interior of “Christ the Saviour” Cathedral in Moscow. Photo: Russian Patriarchate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Romanian vlogger Mircea Bravo who made the Chinteni Granny famous (second on the left), visited Izbuc Monastery. Photo: Facebook \/ Izbuc Monastery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Seminarians from the city of Gala\u0163i donated blood for hospitals. Photo: Archdiocese of Lower Danube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Physical loneliness, spiritual communion. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Aurelian Iftimiu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Christmas Carol Concert at the “Dormition of the Mother of God” Cathedral in Romania’s northern city of Satu Mare. Photo: Diocese of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A woman venerates the icon of Saint Spyridon at the Metropolitan Cathedral in the city of Timi\u015foara, in western Romania. Photo: Stela Pl\u0103mad\u0103<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hieroschemamonk John, Protopsaltes of Lakkoskete on Mount Athos, and Schemamonk Isaac visited Putna Monastery in northern Romania. Photo: Putna Monastery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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His Grace Bishop Ignatie of Hu\u0219i accompanied the “Christmas Gift” Caravan in the remote hamlets of his diocese. Photo: “Filantropia Ortodoxa Husi” Association<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Patronal feast of Holy Hierarch Spyridon celebrated at the saint’s home on Corfu Island, Greece. Photo: Imcorfu.gr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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His Eminence Archbishop Casian blessed the chapel of “St. Spyridon” Children Center, which is run by a parish in the city of Gala\u021bi. Photo: Archdiocese of Lower Danube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pilgrimage at St. Spyridon’s holy relics during the patronal feast of “St Spyridon the New” Cathedral in Bucharest. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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