According to the established practice of Orthodox liturgical tradition, following each major feast of the Lord or the Theotokos, a commemoration is made for the saints who directly or indirectly participated in the salvific events connected with the feast. Similarly,…
Sermon of His Grace, Bishop Partenij of Antania, delivered during the Vespers Service at the Church of the Holy Theotokos in the village of Rostusha, at the “Opening of the Doors” before its consecration, on July 16/29, 2023 In the…
Св. Јован Дебранин - Бигорскиот, Архиепископ Охридски Rejoice ye, pastor of Ohrid, and most holy hermit of the Bigorski Monastery! Rejoice ye have founded it for eternity, most blessed John, appraisal of Debar! (Megalynarion to St. John of Debar, Archbishop…
With an angelic-like celebration and heavenly glory, as if in the heights of paradise, our sanctuary celebrated the Feast of the greatest among the Prophets, the Voice of the Word of God, who lived for the love and glory of…
Rejoice ye, pastor of Ohrid, and most holy hermit of the Bigorski Monastery! Rejoice ye have founded it for eternity, most blessed John, appraisal of Debar! (Megalynarion to St. John of Debar, Archbishop of Ohrid) The prayerful rejoicing in the…
The gathering was magnificent but the occasion for it even more elevated: thousand years since the founding of the Holy and God-celebrated Ohrid Archbishopric, whose autocephaly has been renewed today in the image of the Macedonian Orthodox Church, the Church…
