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So that things are clear

(On the occasion of February 21st, International Mother Language Day) Bishop Partenij, Abbot of Bigorski Monastery Throughout the course of Macedonian-Bulgarian political relations during the last few years, especially after the signing of the Agreement on Friendship, Good Neighborliness, and Cooperation between the two countries, we as a monastic community came out in support of…

On the identity

Therefore, whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every…

A reaction to the scandalous letter that the Serbian Patriarch addressed to the Ecumenical Patriarch

The recent letter of the Serbian Patriarch Mr. Irenaeus addressed to His All-Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch Mr. Mr. Bartholomew, in which he obviously attacks him with strange arguments, in many occasions inconsistent and contradictory, is bound to raise great confusion. Therefore, as a monastic brotherhood and for the sake of truth, we couldn’t restrain ourselves…

A “strange” pilgrimage to a hidden diamond of Orthodoxy

Dear readers, We are releasing a certain text which a pilgrim from Greece, a young theologian, sent to us and shared on his Facebook profile, after his recent visit to our Monastery. In this text he reveals his impressions from his stay at the Monastery Почитувани читатели, sharing with us this beautiful picture he painted…