{"id":536281,"date":"2025-07-29T11:04:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T08:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=536281"},"modified":"2025-07-29T11:04:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T08:04:26","slug":"the-week-in-pictures-july-21-27-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/the-week-in-pictures-july-21-27-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures: July 21-27, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Summer is not just a time for vacations, but a blessed season \u2014 a time for growing in Christ and deepening our fellowship with one another. We invite you to explore our photo selection from July 21 to 27, 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_536207\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-536207\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-536207 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ips-iustin-tineri-tabara.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ips-iustin-tineri-tabara.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ips-iustin-tineri-tabara-890x594.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ips-iustin-tineri-tabara-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ips-iustin-tineri-tabara-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-536207\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">His Grace Bishop Iustin offered small icons to the children participating in the &#8216;Children of the Light&#8217; camp, held near the Bor\u0219a\u2013Prislop Monastery on July 21, 2025. Photo credit: Diocese of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_536207\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-536207\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-536213 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/oarta-1024x647.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/oarta-1024x647.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/oarta-890x562.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/oarta-1536x970.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/oarta.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-536207\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The monastery in Oar\u021ba de Sus, the native village of His Eminence Metropolitan Andrei of Cluj \u2013 July 21, 2025. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj \/ Darius Echim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_536229\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-536229\" style=\"width: 3000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-536229 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/prisclop.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"4000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/prisclop.jpeg 3000w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/prisclop-668x890.jpeg 668w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/prisclop-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/prisclop-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/prisclop-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-536229\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prislop Monastery in Hunedoara County &#8211; July 21, 2025. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_535479\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-535479\" style=\"width: 1900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-535479 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/patriarhul-daniel-ziua-de-nastere-te-deum-iulie-2025-15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/patriarhul-daniel-ziua-de-nastere-te-deum-iulie-2025-15.jpg 1900w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/patriarhul-daniel-ziua-de-nastere-te-deum-iulie-2025-15-890x593.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/patriarhul-daniel-ziua-de-nastere-te-deum-iulie-2025-15-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/patriarhul-daniel-ziua-de-nastere-te-deum-iulie-2025-15-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-535479\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patriarch Daniel during the Te Deum service officiated on His Beatitude\u2019s 74th birthday \u2013 July 22, 2025. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca-Emanuela Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_536231\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-536231\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-536231\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Slujire-la-Catedrala-Patriarhala.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Slujire-la-Catedrala-Patriarhala.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Slujire-la-Catedrala-Patriarhala-668x890.jpeg 668w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Slujire-la-Catedrala-Patriarhala-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Slujire-la-Catedrala-Patriarhala-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-536231\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A moment captured during the Divine Liturgy celebrated at the Patriarchal Cathedral \u2013 July 22, 2025. Photo credit: Gabriel Drumea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_535658\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-535658\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-535658 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ceremonie-palatul-patriarhiei-aniversare-patriarhul-daniel-74-ani-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ceremonie-palatul-patriarhiei-aniversare-patriarhul-daniel-74-ani-5.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ceremonie-palatul-patriarhiei-aniversare-patriarhul-daniel-74-ani-5-890x593.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ceremonie-palatul-patriarhiei-aniversare-patriarhul-daniel-74-ani-5-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-535658\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An anniversary event was held in the Europa Christiana Hall of the Patriarchal Palace on the occasion of the 74th birthday of the Patriarch of Romania \u2013 July 22, 2025. Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_536215\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-536215\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-536215 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/oasa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/oasa.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/oasa-890x593.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/oasa-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/oasa-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-536215\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hiking on Feti\u021ba Peak during the Oa\u0219a Camp \u2013 July 22, 2025. Photo credit: Oa\u0219a International Camp \/ Alexandra Nicolescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_536203\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-536203\" style=\"width: 899px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-536203 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/copil-melchisedec.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"899\" height=\"1599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/copil-melchisedec.jpg 899w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/copil-melchisedec-500x890.jpg 500w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/copil-melchisedec-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/copil-melchisedec-864x1536.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-536203\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A child presents a project about the life and ministry of Bishop Melchisedec \u0218tef\u0103nescu, in Bac\u0103u \u2013 July 26, 2025. Photo credit: Facebook \/ Iulian Antonescu Museum Complex<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_536199\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-536199\" style=\"width: 512px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-536199 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/broklin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"640\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-536199\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">His Eminence Saba, Archbishop of New York and Metropolitan of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, the successor of Saint Raphael of Brooklyn, standing beside the icon of his predecessor. Photo credit: Facebook \/ Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_536209\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-536209\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-536209 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/lumanare.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/lumanare.jpg 960w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/lumanare-890x593.jpg 890w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-536209\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A candle lit in memory of a national hero whose remains were identified after a long process \u2013 Neos Marmaras, Greece. Photo credit: Rafael Georgiadis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_536223\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-536223\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-536223 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tabara-de-vara-maramures.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tabara-de-vara-maramures.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tabara-de-vara-maramures-890x593.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tabara-de-vara-maramures-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tabara-de-vara-maramures-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-536223\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Painting workshop at the Summer School of the &#8216;Saint Joseph the Confessor&#8217; Parish in Sighetu Marma\u021biei \u2013 July 24, 2025. Photo credit: Diocese of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_536225\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-536225\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-536225 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tabara-nemtisor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tabara-nemtisor.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tabara-nemtisor-890x501.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tabara-nemtisor-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tabara-nemtisor-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-536225\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The symbol &#8216;Jesus Christ \u2013 Conqueror&#8217; formed by the participants and volunteers of the Nem\u021bi\u0219or Camp \u2013 July 26, 2025. Photo credit: Facebook \/ Nem\u021bi\u0219or Camp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_536219\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-536219\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-536219 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ps-teofil-hirotonie-giurgeni.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ps-teofil-hirotonie-giurgeni.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ps-teofil-hirotonie-giurgeni-890x593.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ps-teofil-hirotonie-giurgeni-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ps-teofil-hirotonie-giurgeni-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-536219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">His Grace Assistant Bishop Teofil of Trotu\u0219 ordained a priest at the Archdiocesan Cathedral in Roman \u2013 July 26, 2025. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bac\u0103u<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_536221\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-536221\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-536221 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sf-ioanichie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sf-ioanichie.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sf-ioanichie-890x668.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sf-ioanichie-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sf-ioanichie-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-536221\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Saint Joannicius the New of Muscel was commemorated at Negru Vod\u0103 Monastery \u2013 July 26, 2025. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Arge\u0219 and Muscel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_536205\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-536205\" style=\"width: 2700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-536205 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img-9204547.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2700\" height=\"2023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img-9204547.jpg 2700w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img-9204547-890x667.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img-9204547-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img-9204547-1536x1151.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img-9204547-2048x1534.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-536205\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patriarch Porfirije kisses the hand of an infant \u2013 July 27, 2025. Photo credit: Serbian Patriarchate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_536211\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-536211\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-536211 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/maramures.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/maramures.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/maramures-890x594.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/maramures-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/maramures-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-536211\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Young people carrying icons and church flags at the Church of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel in Valea Stejarului, Maramure\u0219 County \u2013 July 27, 2025. Photo credit: Diocese of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_536201\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-536201\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-536201 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/copii-suceava.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/copii-suceava.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/copii-suceava-890x593.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/copii-suceava-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/copii-suceava-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-536201\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two children receiving antidoron at the Cathedral in Suceava \u2013 July 27, 2025. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Suceava and R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_536197\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-536197\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-536197 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/bacau.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/bacau.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/bacau-890x593.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/bacau-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/bacau-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-536197\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Faithful women attending the service at Saint Demetrius Cathedral in Bac\u0103u \u2013 July 27, 2025. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bac\u0103u<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_536217\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-536217\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-536217 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ps-macarie-si-adrian-stefanescu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ps-macarie-si-adrian-stefanescu.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ps-macarie-si-adrian-stefanescu-890x593.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ps-macarie-si-adrian-stefanescu-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ps-macarie-si-adrian-stefanescu-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-536217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Romanian Bishop of Northern Europe, alongside Adrian \u0218tef\u0103nescu, who cycled thousands of kilometres from Norway through Sweden to the capital of Denmark, as part of an impressive charitable mission. Photo credit: Diocese of Northern Europe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_536227\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-536227\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-536227 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/transfagarasan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/transfagarasan.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/transfagarasan-890x593.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/transfagarasan-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/transfagarasan-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-536227\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patronal feast of the skete on the Transf\u0103g\u0103r\u0103\u0219an, dedicated to Saint Panteleimon \u2013 July 27, 2025. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Arge\u0219 and Muscel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_536239\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-536239\" style=\"width: 1536px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-536239\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/darvari.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/darvari.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/darvari-668x890.jpeg 668w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/darvari-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/darvari-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-536239\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blessing during the Sacrament of Holy Unction at Darvari Skete \u2013 July 27, 2025. 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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.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that every WIP article will include photos taken in the previous week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BasilicaNews\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-495171\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-889x148.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"889\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-889x148.gif 889w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-1024x171.gif 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-1536x256.gif 1536w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-2048x341.gif 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summer is not just a time for vacations, but a blessed season \u2014 a time for growing in Christ and deepening our fellowship with one another. 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