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…
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 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…
