{"id":463020,"date":"2024-01-16T19:44:56","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T17:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=463020"},"modified":"2024-01-16T19:44:56","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T17:44:56","slug":"the-week-in-pictures-january-8-14-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/the-week-in-pictures-january-8-14-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures: January 8-14, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>We invite you to a virtual journey through last week, when falling snow took us back to the words of the psalmist: &#8220;Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_462414\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-462414\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-462414 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/husi-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/husi-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/husi-890x668.jpeg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/husi-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/husi-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/husi-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-462414\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The courtyard of the Diocesan Cathedral in Hu\u0219i, Romania, dressed in wintery bright white on January 9, 2024. Photo credit: Laura Draghiciu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_462412\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-462412\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-462412 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/calapodesti-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/calapodesti-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/calapodesti-890x843.jpeg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/calapodesti-1024x970.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/calapodesti-1536x1455.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/calapodesti-2048x1941.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-462412\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image from the &#8220;St. Antipas of Calapode\u0219ti&#8221; Chapel at Dervent Monastery, Romania. Photo credit: Protosincellus Sofronie Bobaru<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_462426\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-462426\" style=\"width: 6082px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-462426\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/putna-dealul-crucii.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"6082\" height=\"9126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/putna-dealul-crucii.jpeg 6082w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/putna-dealul-crucii-593x890.jpeg 593w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/putna-dealul-crucii-682x1024.jpeg 682w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-462426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A winter day at Putna with Cross Hill in the background, on January 9, 2024. Photo credit: Aurelian Avram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_462513\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-462513\" style=\"width: 1764px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-462513 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/catedrla-patriarhala.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1764\" height=\"954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/catedrla-patriarhala.jpg 1764w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/catedrla-patriarhala-890x481.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/catedrla-patriarhala-1024x554.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/catedrla-patriarhala-1536x831.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-462513\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunset over the Patriarchate Hill in Bucharest, Romania. Photo credit: Olivia B\u00eerdici<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_462424\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-462424\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-462424\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/bucovina-foto-lucian-sveduneac.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"540\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-462424\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Winter in fairytale Bukovina, Romania, on January 10, 2024. Photo credit: Facebook \/ Dorin Lucian Sveduneac<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_462526\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-462526\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-462526\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/paraclisul-episcopal-al-europei-de-nord.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/paraclisul-episcopal-al-europei-de-nord.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/paraclisul-episcopal-al-europei-de-nord-890x593.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/paraclisul-episcopal-al-europei-de-nord-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/paraclisul-episcopal-al-europei-de-nord-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-462526\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The chapel of the Romanian Orthodox Diocesan Centre in Stockholm, Sweden, on January 10, 2024. Photo credit: Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Northern Europe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_462242\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-462242\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-462242\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hram-manastirea-christiana-sfantul-antipa-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hram-manastirea-christiana-sfantul-antipa-2.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hram-manastirea-christiana-sfantul-antipa-2-890x593.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hram-manastirea-christiana-sfantul-antipa-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-462242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The main church of Bucharest&#8217;s Christiana Monastery seen in the sunshine on January 10, 2023. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca Emanuela Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_462168\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-462168\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-462168 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hram-Domnita-Balasa-2024-113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hram-Domnita-Balasa-2024-113.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hram-Domnita-Balasa-2024-113-890x593.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hram-Domnita-Balasa-2024-113-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-462168\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Domni\u021ba B\u0103la\u0219a Church in Bucharest, Romania, celebrated one of its patron saints on January 10, 2024: Holy Hierarch Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_462431\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-462431\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-462431\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/taietura-pietrei.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/taietura-pietrei.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/taietura-pietrei-890x668.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/taietura-pietrei-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/taietura-pietrei-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-462431\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Piatra T\u0103ieturii Monastery, Romania, on January 10, 2024. Photo credit: Facebook \/ M\u0103n\u0103stirea Piatra T\u0103ieturii<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_462433\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-462433\" style=\"width: 1300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-462433\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/biserici-si-manastiri-din-iasi-zapada-10-ian-2024-foto-silviu-cluci-wm_0320.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/biserici-si-manastiri-din-iasi-zapada-10-ian-2024-foto-silviu-cluci-wm_0320.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/biserici-si-manastiri-din-iasi-zapada-10-ian-2024-foto-silviu-cluci-wm_0320-890x594.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/biserici-si-manastiri-din-iasi-zapada-10-ian-2024-foto-silviu-cluci-wm_0320-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-462433\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The &#8220;Holy Three Hierarchs&#8221; Monastery in Ia\u0219i, Romania, on January 10, 2024. Photo credit: Doxologia \/ Fr. Silviu Cluci<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_462509\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-462509\" style=\"width: 526px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-462509 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Catedrala-din-Timisoara.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"526\" height=\"701\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-462509\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Orthodox Cathedral in Timi\u0219oara, Romania, seen from a drone, on January 12, 2024. Foto credit: Facebook \/ Adrian Bodas Photographer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_462511\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-462511\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-462511 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/catedrala-patriarha-ninsoare.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/catedrala-patriarha-ninsoare.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/catedrala-patriarha-ninsoare-890x668.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/catedrala-patriarha-ninsoare-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/catedrala-patriarha-ninsoare-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-462511\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A thin layer of snow settled on Bucharest&#8217;s Patriarchate Hill on January 12, 2024. Photo credit: Archim. Andrei Anghel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_462515\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-462515\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-462515 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/culorile-ortodoxiei-expozitie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"512\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-462515\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo exhibition &#8220;Colours of Orthodoxy&#8221; held in Poland. Photo credit: Fr. Piotr Makal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_462517\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-462517\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-462517 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/georgia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/georgia.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/georgia-890x562.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/georgia-1024x647.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/georgia-1536x970.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-462517\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An image from Tbilisi, Georgia, on January 11, 2024. Photo credit: Facebook \/ Shermazana<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_462519\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-462519\" style=\"width: 512px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-462519 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Patriarhul-ecumenic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"640\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-462519\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in a moment of prayer. Photo credit: Facebook \/ Nikos-Giorgos Papachristou<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_462524\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-462524\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-462524\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/manastirea-nicula.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/manastirea-nicula.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/manastirea-nicula-890x668.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/manastirea-nicula-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/manastirea-nicula-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-462524\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nicula Monastery in Cluj County, Romania, on January 14, 2024. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj \/ Darius Echim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_462529\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-462529\" style=\"width: 526px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-462529\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/scara-foisor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"526\" height=\"701\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-462529\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elder Sofian Boghiu&#8217;s staircase with pavilion from his native village of Cucone\u0219tii Vechi, Moldova. Photo credit: Facebook \/ Fr. Mihail Bort\u0103<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last week\u2019s most-liked Instagram post:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C11jp-oL16j\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C11jp-oL16j\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Basilica.ro (@basilica.ro)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Do you want to be featured in our weekly selection of photos?<\/h2>\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 [foto @ 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<p>Follow us on Twitter:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BasilicaNews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@BasilicaNews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We invite you to a virtual journey through last week, when falling snow took us back to the words of the psalmist: &#8220;Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow&#8221;. 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