{"id":410190,"date":"2023-01-02T18:30:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T16:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=410190"},"modified":"2023-01-02T18:30:27","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T16:30:27","slug":"the-week-in-pictures-december-26-2022-january-1-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/the-week-in-pictures-december-26-2022-january-1-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures: December 26, 2022 – January 1, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Orthodox believers spend the winter holidays in the family with relatives and in the big family of the Church with other believers. We invite you to see our Week <\/em><\/strong>in Pictures<\/em> feature for the last week of 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Praying old man at the Church of the Resurrection of the Lord in Braze\u0219ti, Alba county, Romania. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj \/ Ionu\u021b Chifa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Bac\u0103u Cathedral in sunset light. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Aurelian Iftimiu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Metropolitan Cathedral of Sibiu on the feast day of Holy Archdeacon and Firstmartyr Stephen. Photo: Butuc Andreea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Buciumeni Monastery in Galati County, Romania, on the third day of Christmas. Photo: Roxana Popa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Respecting an old custom, on the third day of Christmas, at Putna Monastery, after the Divine Liturgy, a carol concert takes place. Photo: Putna Monastery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The entrance to the cave where the relics of St. Patapius are kept and the church where the head of St. Epistimi is kept. Photo: Fr Ilie Prelipceanu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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On the third day of Christmas, the young people of the Diocese of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar celebrated their spiritual patron, Holy Archdeacon Stephen, who was the first martyr of the Church. Photo: Diocese of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The main tower of the National Cathedral is seen from Bucharest’s Izvor<\/em> Park. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Romanian former international football player Mihai Ne\u0219u attended the Divine Liturgy on the second day of Christmas, together with his friend, former football player George Og\u0103raru, at the Sih\u0103stria Putnei Monastery. After the accident that incapacitated him, Mihai Ne\u0219u converted to Orthodoxy and has since become an example of living in a wheelchair. He is building a social therapy centre for disabled children. Photo: Archdiocese of Suceava and R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Metropolitan of Cluj baptized a child in Mociu, Cluj county, on December 27, 2022. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj \/ Darius Echim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bishop Macarie of Northern Europe went on a pastoral visit to Romanians beyond the Arctic Circle in Norway. Photo: Diocese of Northern Europe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Patriarchate Palace seen in the morning from Bucharest’s Arsenal Hill, on 29 December 2022. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Comana Monastery and the Neajlov River bathed in sunshine, Romania, winter 2022-2023. Photo: Comana Monastery \/ Drago\u0219 Grigore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A mother holds her child in her arms during the New Year religious service officiated in the Archdiocesan Cathedral of Suceava, Romania. Photo: Archdiocese of Suceava and R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Children waiting to receive the Holy Communion at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, on January 1, 2023. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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