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Saint Jovan Bigorski Monastery – Rostushe, North Macedonia – Atlas Obscura

St. John the Baptist's forearm is housed in this remote 11th-century monastery. THE BIGORSKI MONASTERY IS A historic Orthodox monastery located in the western part of North Macedonia, nestled in the mountains of the Mavrovo National Park. Founded in 1020,…

Events

A reminiscence: 20 years since the re-consecration of the Bigorski Church

Twenty years ago, on this day, day of commemorating St. Martyr Hierotheus of Athens and our Most Revered Father Paul the Simple, happened the holy re-consecration of the Bigorski church dedicated to the Holy Forerunner and Baptist St. John. Three…

Announcements

The website of Bigorski available in English

  Beloved friends, It is with great joy that we announce, as we promised after the publishing of the Greek language version of our website, that the English version is all set and ready, with God's help. Sharing is caring.…

Announcements

The volume “Bigorski Monastery. 20 Years Jubilee of Revived Monasticism” in digital version

Dear friends, We inform you that recently we published on our website the English version of the volume "Bigorski Monastery. 20 Years Jubilee of Revived Monasticism" - a large work in which you can read more about the Monastery, its…

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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…