† B A R T H O L O M E W BY THE MERCY OF GOD ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE–NEW ROMEAND ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH GRACE, PEACE, AND MERCYUNTO THE ENTIRE PLENITUDE OF THE CHURCHFROM THE FASHIONER OF ALL CREATION OUR LORD AND GOD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST * * * Most Reverend and Right Reverend Brother…
After the sacred night filled with prayer, psalmody, and the ineffable joy of the monastic birth of three new brothers, today the feast of the Beheading of the Honourable Head of the Holy and Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord, John, attained its most sublime and natural fulfilment—in the Holy Divine Eucharist. For…
We experience the memory and presence of Christ’s saints as a heavenly visitation, as a grace-filled touch of eternity upon our transient life. But Saint John the Baptist… For Bigorski, he is something even more! He is not merely the saint to whom the Monastery is dedicated, nor merely the heavenly intercessor of this ancient…
Bigorski Monastery "St John the Baptist" What the oxygen for the body is, that is the liberty for the human soul. The more self-awareness a nation has, the more it cherishes its freedom. (Iv. S) September 8th, 1991 proclaimed to the entire world the truth that Macedonia is worthy of the gift of freedom and…
There are nights when time seems no longer to be measured by hours, but begins instead to be measured by prayer; nights when the earthly withdraws before the heavenly, and the human heart, freed at least for a moment from the noise of all that passes away, senses that it stands before another reality –…
Homily by His Eminence Bishop Parthenius of Antania, for the feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Godmother, delivered at the Divine Liturgy in the Prechista Monastery in Kichevo, after the reading of the Holy Gospel, on August 15/28 2026 the year of the Savior In the name of the Father and of the…
Under the vast heavenly vault of Deshat, where the majestic Krchin like a steadfast sentinel rises above the picturesque Reka; there where the deep night leaves its mystical mantle so that in the early morning it clothes itself in gentle light; where the mountain silence speaks in its recognizable language; where every upward step becomes…
A Historic Event in the Garden of the Theotokos Amid the sacred hesychia of the Garden of the Theotokos, where time seems to lose its customary course and is transformed into an unceasing expectation of, yet also an encounter with, eternity, last night, at the Koutloumousian Skete of the Holy and Glorious Great-Martyr and Healer…
With profound emotion, spiritual joy, and gratitude to the all-good and bountiful God, our beloved Elder and Abbot, His Grace Bishop Parthenius of Antania, accompanied by several members of the Bigorski Brotherhood, is spending these days on pilgrimage to the Holy Mountain of Athos – the blessed Garden of the Most Holy Theotokos and the…
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 Efimia of the Monastery of “Saint George the Victorious” in Rajčica successfully defended her second master’s thesis. The thesis, defended at the Saint Clement of Ohrid Orthodox Faculty of Theology in Skopje, 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…
