A day of complete purification and salvation shines today with mighty heavenly light. The joy of the angels and the celestial song overwhelms the earthly beings. Man becomes one with God in an indissoluble union of love and glory. A…
The Blessing of Saint Gregory Palamas, the Miracle-Worker of Thessaloniki, which abundantly pours upon us during the second week of the Honorable Fast, traditionally attracts many God-loving souls to the heavenly palace of the Victor. This year was no different.…
As we live through the first days of fasting, intensified prayer, and self-reflection during the Holy Forty Days, today, at the first Divine Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts, our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ has deemed us worthy to…
In our Holy Bigorski Monastery, which has as its patron the great St. John the Baptist, Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptizer, the traditional all-night vigil is held on the day called Epiphany. At this moving vigil, faithful from the surrounding villages…
How can we not praise and glorify the Most Holy Theotokos, through whom the greatest mysteries of God’s plan for the salvation of man were carried out? Today, as a three-year-old child, she is brought into the Temple at Jerusalem…
A homily by His Grace, Bishop Partenij of Antania, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Bigorski, on the Feast of the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple, given at Divine Liturgy at the Monastery of the Most…
