Ознака:Love

Sermons of Bishop Parthenius

The Love That is Crucified – The Mystery of the Cross

A Sermon by His Grace, Bishop Partenij of Antania, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Bigorski, delivered during the Divine Liturgy on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross in Rajcica, following the reading of the…

Spiritual subjects

No one can reach God without going through people first

We will find happiness when we secretly love all people. It is then that we will feel loved by everyone. No one can reach God without first going through people. Hence, let us love and sacrifice for all unconditionally, without…

Sermons of Bishop Parthenius

Envy Is the Gravest Blindness

Sermon of His Grace, Bishop Partenij of Antania, Abbot of the Sacred Bigorski Monastery, Delivered on the Sunday of the Man Born Blind, during the Divine Liturgy following the Gospel reading, on May 21, 2023 In the name of the…

Services and Sacraments

Sunday before the Nativity of Christ

While Adam’s nature was created in the image and likeness of God, he was nevertheless led astray by the enemy of mankind, the devil, into falling into apostasy. In blaspheming the Good God, Adam inflicted an existential injury and mortal…

Sermons of Bishop Parthenius

God is with us, but are we with Him?

A homily by His Grace Bishop Partenij of Antania, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Bigorski, given on the Sunday before the Nativity of Christ, January 1, 2023 In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of…

Spiritual subjects

Why Do Christians Lose Love?

Christianity is the religion of love. God reveals Himself to the world as Love. Christianity is sacrificial love. Here, God establishes the principle of eternal existence through love, by offering Himself as a sacrifice. Before this mystery—God’s crucifixion for the…