With gratitude to God, the Lover of Mankind, Who continually calls us to translate our faith into works of love, today the second regional summer blood donation drive was successfully held at our sacred Bigorski Monastery under the motto: Give Blood – Save a Life! This noble and compassionate undertaking took place with the blessing…
After the many-hour vigil, when the night flowed into morning and the rays of the sun were already embracing the summit of Bistra, with great honor and respect, before the beginning of the Divine Liturgy, we also welcomed our esteemed Metropolitan of Debar and Kičevo, George, who arrived together with the Abbot of the Monastery…
There is a night in which the wilderness speaks. There is a birth after which aged lips, silenced for months, are opened once again — not merely to speak, but to sing praise. Such is this night: the night on which our holy Bigorski Monastery celebrates its solemn feast — the Nativity of the honorable…
Response address by His Excellency Mr. Alkiviadis Stefanis, Civil Governor of Mount Athos, Archon of the Great Church of Christ and of the Patriarchate of Alexandria, before the beginning of the vigil for the Nativity of the Honorable Forerunner, at Bigorski, on July 6, 2026. Your Grace, Bishop of Antania, holy Abbot of the Sacred…
Address by His Grace Bishop Parthenius of Antania, Abbot of the Sacred Bigorski Monastery, before the beginning of the all-night vigil in commemoration of the Nativity of the Honorable Forerunner, on June 23/July 6, in the year of our Lord 2026. Your Excellency, esteemed Civil Governor of Mount Athos and Archon of the Great Church…
ВFrom 22 to 26 June, Skopje hosted the Fourth World Conference on Religious Dialogue and Cooperation, which this year was dedicated to the highly relevant and complex theme: “Religion as a Weapon of War: Past, Present and Future.” The official opening of the Conference took place on 22 June at the Museum of the Macedonian…
On 9 June of this year, with the blessing of her Elder, His Grace Bishop Partenij of Antania, Nun Efimija of the Monastery of “Saint George the Victorious” in Rajčica successfully defended her second master’s thesis, this time at the Orthodox Theological Faculty “Saint Clement of Ohrid” in Skopje. The thesis is entitled: “Religious Education…
On 2 June, at the Theological Faculty in Lefkosia, Cyprus, the Tenth International Congress of the Society of Oriental Liturgy was solemnly opened. This prestigious event brought together some of the most eminent liturgical scholars from around the world, whose presentations covered a broad spectrum of topics related to the various liturgical traditions: The Cypriot…
In the quiet and compunctionate eve of Pentecost, when all creation seems to stand in reverent trembling before the descent of the Holy Spirit, the Holy Church lovingly calls us to remember those who before us have crossed the threshold of time and entered into the mystery of eternity. The Soul Saturday before Pentecost is…
Today, the Queen of all cities lays down the crown of the earthly kingdom, offered to torment, the gift of Constantine is purified by fire, the City of the Mother of God, and from the hands of the Creator of ages, receives a radiant crown of eternal glory, the house of the saints and the…
In the blessed beauty of May, as the Sacred Bigorski Monastery breathes in the calm of prayerful silence, this year once again the Monastery of the Honourable Forerunner, with the blessing of our venerable Elder and Abbot, Bishop Partenij of Antania, became a home of youthful joy, of colour, line, form, and the pure wonder…
The Ascension of Christ is a feast of ineffable joy and hope, a day on which the Church contemplates the glorified Lord, Who, by His Ascension, did not withdraw Himself from the world, but raised our human nature into heavenly glory. In the Person of the God-man Christ, man for the first time sat at…
Today, on the joyful Sunday of the Holy Myrrh-bearing Women, our beloved Elder, His Grace Bishop Partenij of Antanis, celebrated a hierarchical Divine Liturgy at the ancient Church of the Holy Apostle James (Chiesa di San Jacopo Soprarno), located in the very heart of Florence, on the banks of the River Arno. Concelebrating with His…
Yesterday, on April 25, our beloved Elder, His Grace Bishop Partenij of Antaniа, together with members of the brotherhood, was granted the blessing of a cordial reception by His Eminence Metropolitan Polykarpos of Italy and Southern Europe. The meeting took place at the offices of his seat at the Orthodox Cathedral Church in Venice, dedicated…
On the occasion of the radiant Paschal celebrations, with the blessing of our Elder, His Grace Bishop Parthenius of Antania, today our brother, Archimandrite Dositheus, visited our dear friends and fellow citizens of Debar, bringing them a Paschal egg — a symbol of life, victory, and the hope that the Resurrection of Christ bestows upon…
Today the Lord enters Jerusalem – Life among mortals – humbly mounted upon a donkey, while the people receive Him with palm branches and cries: “Hosanna! Blessed is He Who comes in the Name of the Lord!” And this entrance – humble, meek, upon a creature that no one would imagine bearing the immortal King…
If the first Sunday of Great Lent, the Sunday of Orthodoxy, showed us that, through the Incarnation, God became visible and that His image can be depicted in an icon, then the second Sunday reveals something even deeper: that this same God not only became visible, but that His uncreated light is also accessible, tangible,…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yxnFwYjPDk There is something profoundly consoling in the fact that the first week of Great Lent ends with a miracle. Not with some poor human achievement, not with some negligible merit of our own, but with the miracle of a Saint who, even after death, cares for the people of God. The Saturday of Saint…
When, in the Friday twilight silence of the church at Bigorski Monastery, the final echo of penitential Clean Friday faded away, another hymn took its place – more solemn, fresher, filled with pure thanksgiving and filial trust. The brethren and the faithful stood upright with dignity, for this is precisely what the Akathist signifies: not…
Friday. The end of the first week. And when this evening the sun sets behind Mount Bistra, we shall be able to say: we have passed through. With God’s help, with prayer, with intense struggle and patience. The first week of Great Lent – the strictest and most demanding – is behind us. Yet not…
