{"id":508818,"date":"2024-12-09T18:42:40","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T16:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=508818"},"modified":"2024-12-09T18:42:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T16:42:40","slug":"the-week-in-pictures-december-2-8-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/the-week-in-pictures-december-2-8-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures: December 2 \u2013 8, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carol singers began to spread the good tidings about the Nativity of the Lord both in Romania and abroad. Many children also enjoyed the gentleness and kindness of St. Nicholas embodied by Santa Claus, while churches and monasteries celebrated the feast of this great miracle-worker. We invite you to visit a virtual exhibition of photos taken between December 2-8, 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Icon-painting workshop with children from Bivol\u0103rie Parish, in the county of Suceava, Romania. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Suceava and R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The remains of Holy Priest Martyr Constantine S\u00e2rbu, recently canonized by the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church, were exhumed on December 2, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca-Emanuela Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A Romanian gendarme prays using an Orthodox prayer rope during a liturgical event. Photo credit: Diocese of Tulcea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"\"A procession with the relics of Venerable George was held on December 3, 2024, at Cernica Monastery, which he renewed spiritually and materially while he was its abbot. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca-Emanuela Ene<\/p>\n

\"\"A fragment of the relics of St. John the Baptist was brought to Bucharest\u2019s \u201cSt. George-New\u201d Church and it was placed for worship next to the altar, alongside St. Nicholas\u2019s right hand from the church\u2019s patrimony, on December 4, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/p>\n

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Procession in honour of St. Nicholas, patron saint of the Romanian city of Br\u0103ila, on December 4, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Lower Danube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Patriarch Daniel with the children who participated in the “St. Nicholas among children” Concert, organized at the Patriarchal Palace on December 5, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Metropolitan of Cluj blessed the Cluj County Ambulance Service headquarters on December 5, 2024. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj \/ Darius Echim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A group of children sang at \u201cSt. Gregory Peradze\u201d Church in Warsaw, Poland, on the saint\u2019s feast day, December 6, 2024. Photo credit: Orthodox Church of Poland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A child received the Holy Communion at \u201cSt. Nicholas\u201d Church in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, on December 6, 2024. Photo credit: Bulgarian Patriarchate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The morning of the feast of St. Nicholas at Arnota Monastery in V\u00e2lcea County, Romania. Photo credit: Arnota Monastery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Litya on the eve of the feast of St. Patapius, celebrated at Dervent Monastery, Constanta County, Romania. Photo credit: Protos. Sofronie Bobaru<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Rohia Monastery in northern Romania on its winter patronal feast celebrating Holy Hierarch Nicholas, December 6, 2024. Photo credit: Diocese of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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His Grace Paisie of Sinaia celebrated the Divine Liturgy for the feast of St. Nicholas at one of Cernica Monastery’s churches on December 6, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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His Grace Chrysostom, Bishop of Bukoba and Western Tanzania, with the monastic community from C\u0103m\u00e2rzani, Romania, on December 6, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Suceva and R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The patronal feast of the Chapel of the Faculty of Theology in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, was celebrated on December 6, 2024. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The first carol singers arrived at the Romanian Orthodox Monastery in Mono, Ontario: Incognito Choir from Ottawa, the Canadian capital. Photo credit: Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Canada<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Aninoasa Monastery, dedicated to St. Nicholas, was covered in a blanket of snow on the saint\u2019s feast day, December 6, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Arge\u0219 and Muscel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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His Grace Macarie, Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Northern Europe, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Putna Monastery, Romania. Photo credit: Sabin Simota<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Archbishop Ioachim celebrated the Divine Liturgy for the patronal feast of the \u201cSt. Nicholas\u201d Cathedral in Bac\u0103u, Romania, on December 6, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bac\u0103u<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Many faithful prayed to St. Philothea at the New Archdiocesan Cathedral in Curtea de Arge\u0219, Romania, on the saint’s feast day, December 7, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Arges and Muscel \/ Cristian Gheorghe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Saints Paisie Olaru and Cleopa Ilie were commemorated at the Sih\u0103stria Monastery. Photo credit: Doxologia.ro \/ Flavius Popa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A dog in the courtyard of Cernica Monastery. Photo credit: Hierod. Nicolae Iftimiu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Church in the village of Borcut, Maramure\u0219 County, in northern Romania. Photo credit: Kalmar Zoltan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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His Grace Visarion, Bishop of Tulcea, in the parish of F\u00e2nt\u00e2na Mare, Romania, on December 7, 2024. Photo credit: Diocese of Tulcea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The traditional carol concert \u201cUp There By the Gates of Heaven\u201d organized by the Diocese of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar on December 8, 2024. Photo credit: Diocese of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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