{"id":517109,"date":"2025-02-27T18:52:35","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T16:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=517109"},"modified":"2025-02-27T18:52:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T16:52:35","slug":"the-week-in-pictures-february-17-23-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/the-week-in-pictures-february-17-23-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures: February 17 – 23, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

The snow that fell at the beginning of the week of February 17-23 was a joy and inspiration for photography enthusiasts in Romania. We invite you on a visual journey into Orthodox spirituality, embellished by the charm of winter.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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View of the “St. John the Theologian” Skete in G\u0103bud, Romania. Photo credit: Cosmin Baboi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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“St Andrew” Church in Ploie\u0219ti, Romania, on a winter night, February 17, 2025. Photo credit: Bogdan Vasilescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pilgrims from a rural parish photographed with Assistant Bishop Nectarie of Bogdania at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest on February 17, 2025. Photo credit: Bogdan Staicu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Braving the snowfall at Radu Voda Monastery in Bucharest, Romania, on February 18, 2025. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca-Emanuela Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Snowfall on Bucharest’s Patriarchate Hill on February 17, 2025. Photo credit: Protos. Serghie P\u00e2r\u0103u<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Curtea de Arge\u0219 Monastery, Romania, in winter wonderland, on February 18, 2025. Photo credit: Facebook \/ Ovidiu Vl\u0103sceanu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Winter at Bucharest’s “St George – New” Church, Romania, on February 18, 2025. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The entrance of “St Nicholas” Church – University Chapel in Bucarest, Romania, under heavy snowfall on February 18, 2025. Photo credit: Raluca-Emanuela Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Removing snow from the steps of the Kretzulescu Church in Bucharest, Romania, on February 18, 2025. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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In the snow at Comana Monastery, Romania, on February 19, 2025. Photo credit: Comana Monastery \/ Drago\u0219 Grigore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The tomb of Saint Dometie in the R\u00e2me\u021b Monastery cemetery, Romania. On February 4, at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, his canonization was proclaimed, along with 15 other Romanian spiritual fathers and confessors of the 20th century, on the occasion of the 140th anniversary of the autocephaly of the Romanian Orthodox Church (1885) and the 100th anniversary of the Romanian Patriarchate
(1925). Photo credit: Darius Echim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The cemetery of Cernica Monastery near Bucharest, Romania, dressed in snow, on February 2025. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca-Emanuela Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The baptismal font and the bell tower of the Dervent Monastery, Romania. Photo credit: Protos. Sofronie Bobaru<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Memorial Saturday at Bucharest’s “Old Merchants” Church, Romania. Photo credit: Lavinia Dr\u0103gan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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P\u0103trunsa Skete in V\u00e2lcea county, Romania, is surrounded by a fairytale landscape. Photo credit: Salvamont V\u00e2lcea \/ Mircea Lera<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Snow-white winterland at Arnota Monastery, Romania. Photo credit: Arnota Monastery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Baptism at the “Nativity of the Mother of God” Cathedral in Moine\u0219ti, Romania, on February 23, 2025. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bac\u0103u<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The first Romanian Orthodox bishop from the Romanian Orthodox Metropolis of the Americas was commemorated at the Romanian monastery in Mono, Ontario, Canada, on February 23, 2025. Photo credit: Holy Cross Orthodox Monastery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The faithful gathered in prayer at the “Sf\u00e2nta Ana” Church in Bistri\u021ba, Romania, on the Sunday of the Last Judgement, February 23, 2025. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj \/ Darius Echim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Archim. Iosif Onic\u0103 became abbot of the Sih\u0103stria Putnei Monastery in Romania on February 23, 2025. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Suceava and R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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