The interview was published in: 360 Degrees Sister Ephimia is part of the large monastic family of the Macedonian Orthodox Church–Ohrid Archbishopric. The monastery in Rajčica is renowned for the handcrafted production of liturgical items and, for more than a decade, of Christmas Nativity caves, which have become a symbol of the celebration of Christmas…
The question of introducing religious education in public schools in the Republic of North Macedonia has been a long-standing and unresolved issue, revealing fundamental challenges in the understanding and application of secularism within a post-communist context. An analysis of this controversy suggests that certain segments of the elite and of the public, in their unsubstantiated…
A Conversation with Sister Efimija of the Bigorski Monastery on Monasticism, Spirituality, and the Contemporary European Cultural Scene During the Paschal season, Sister Efimija from the Orthodox Bigorski Monastery in North Macedonia spent several weeks in Vienna on a research residency. She was a guest in the oasis of our abbey. In the following interview,…
Dedicated to Biljana Vasilevska-Trajkoska (†2024) At the close of the past year, 2024, the 30th anniversary of Before the Rain, the opus magnum of Milcho Manchevski, was commemorated with due attention and honor. This cinematic masterpiece gifted the world a profoundly moving and prophetic testimony of time, space, and the interwoven currents of human life.…
Introductory Remarks The second half of the 19th century was marked by immense progress in science and industrialization, as well as the continuous secularization of life and thought. Realism, positivism, Darwinism, Marxism, and liberalism reacted against the romantic, religious, and metaphysical interpretations of nature and society, focusing instead on an empirical worldview that surpassed the…
Address by Archimandrite Cyril Bigorski at the first interfaith forum in Debar on the topic: “The Family: Pillar of Love and Social Development,” held on November 9, 2024, the Year of the Savior. Honorable attendees, It is with profound honor and joy that we gather today in this renowned and noble city of Debar, a…
