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Services and Sacraments

The Resurrection of Christ – Holy Easter

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…

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(Video) The Glory of St. Gregory Palamas in Rajchica

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.…

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Clean Wednesday – the spiritual grandeur of the trimerion.

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…

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The Traditional Bigorski Vigil on the Epiphany

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…

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Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos celebrated in the Monastery of the Most Holy Theotokos in Kičevo

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…

Sermons of Bishop Parthenius

The Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple reveals to us the purpose of our existence

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…