{"id":406915,"date":"2022-12-13T17:00:56","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T15:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=406915"},"modified":"2022-12-13T17:04:42","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T15:04:42","slug":"the-week-in-pictures-december-5-11-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/the-week-in-pictures-december-5-11-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures: December 5 \u2013 11, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

Starting from the feast of St. Nicholas, carolers everywhere begin to proclaim the coming of Christ the Child. Please see below our selection of photos taken between December 5 – 11, 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Putna Monastery community celebrated Archimandrite Melchisedec Velnic on December 8, 2022, marking 30 years since he became abbot. Photo: Facebook \/ M\u0103n\u0103stirea Putna<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Archbishop Elpidophorus with an elderly nun on His Eminence’s pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Photo: GOARCH \/ @bnewmanphoto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Volunteers of the Association of Orthodox Theological Students prepare figurines to give as gifts to the participants in the charity concert “We sing carols by tradition” Photo: Facebook \/ Asocia\u021bia Studen\u021bilor Teologi Ortodoc\u0219i<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in New York City, USA, on December 6, 2022. Photo: Santiago Calatrava<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Vigil service at the church of Cormaia Monastery in the county of Bistri\u021ba-N\u0103s\u0103ud, on the eve of St. Spyridonus’ feast. Photo: Ionu\u021b Chifa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Radio Trinitas’s Joy of Stories turned 11 years old, on December 5, 2022. Photo: Radio Trinitas \/ Adriana Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Romanian carolers at the “Oh, Lord, Thou art good!” Festival of Christmas Carols, organized in the Cathedral of Segorbe, Spain. Photo: Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Spain and Portugal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Baia Mare Cathedral hosted a young Christmas carolers contest on December 8. Photo: Diocese of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Exhibition of Christian books for children in the Metropolitanate of Corfu, December 10, 2022. Photo: Orthodoxia News Agency<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I officiated the Great Vespers in the Church of St. Nicholas in Valletta, Malta, on the occasion of the feast of the Holy Hierarch, on December 5, 2022. Photo: Ecumenical Patriarchate \/ Nikos Papachristou<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Two children pay attention during the Holy Mass celebrated at Bucharest’s Church of “St. Friday – Drumul Taberei”, on December 6, 2022. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Picture of the three churches of Dervent Monastery, in the county of Constan\u021ba, Romania. Photo: Protos. Sofronie Bobaru<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Archbishop Timotei of Arad and Auxiliary Bishop Emilian of Cri\u0219ana served together on the feast of Saint Nicholas at the Archdiocesan Chapel in Arad on December 6, 2022. Photo: glasulcetatii.ro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Putna Monastery in moonlight, on December 8, 2022. Photo: Facebook \/ Relu Avram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sunshine rays embrace the freshly snow-covered nature in Tihu\u021ba Pass, the county of Bistri\u021ba-N\u0103s\u0103ud, Romania, on December 7, 2022. Photo: Facebook \/ Sorin Oni\u0219or<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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His Grace Lucian in a prayer moment at the Holy Unction officiated at V\u00e2rciorova Parishon December 9, 2022. Photo: Diocese of Caransebe\u0219<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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His Eminence Ieronim, Bishop of Dacia Felix, together with a group of students from the Faculty of Orthodox Theology of the Babe\u0219-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca and young people from the Romanian community of S\u00e2n Mihai (Lokve), Serbia. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj \/ Darius Echim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Mosaic with the icon of Holy Hier. Nicolae in Bucharest’s St George – New Church, on December 6, 2022. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The relics of Holymartyr Philothea at the new Archdiocesan Cathedral in Curtea de Arge\u0219, Romania, on December 7, 2022. Photo: Archdiocese of Arge\u0219 and Muscel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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