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Sermons of Bishop Parthenius

The door of life that Saint Parthenius shows us

A sermon by His Eminence Bishop Partheniυs of Antania, delivered after the reading of the Holy Gospel, at the Divine Eucharist in honor of the memory of our holy father Parthenius of Lampsacus, on February 7/20, 2026 the year of our Lord Venerable and Honorable Fathers, Venerable Monks and Nuns, Beloved Brothers and Sisters in…

Sermons of Bishop Parthenius

The gift and the miracle of Saint Parthenius

The sermon of His Eminence Bishop of Antania, Sir Parthenius, hegumen of the Bigorski Holy Monastery, spoken at the Vespers service in honor of Saint Parthenius of Lampsakos the Miracle-Worker, on December 6/19, in the year of our Savior 2026. My beloved fathers, brothers and spiritual children, I would like, first of all, from all…

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Catechetical homily For the Opening of Holy and Great Lent (2026)

+ BARTHOLOMEW By God’s mercy Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch To the Plenitude of the Church May the grace and peace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ;and from us, prayer, blessing, and forgiveness. Most honorable brother Hierarchs and blessed children in the Lord, Filled with sacred emotion, we enter once again, by…

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Chronicle of Love – A Record of Spiritual Resurrection and Ecclesial Unity

Address by Prof. Dr. Aleksandar Spasenovski, promoter of the edition “Bigorska Chronicle – Archpastoral Quinquennium,” at the Bigorski Monastery, November 2, in the Year of Our Lord 2025 Reverend Fathers,Representatives of Sister Churches,Dignitaries,Guests of the Bigorski Monastery,Dear friends, Today we stand before a work that is a spiritual icon of an age in which the…

Sermons of Bishop Parthenius

An Apostolic Church, Apostolic Ministry – A Witness to the Love of the Cross and Resurrection

Homily by His Grace Bishop Partenij of Antania, delivered during the Divine Liturgy in honor of the Holy Chief Apostles Peter and Paul, on June 29/July 12, 2025, the Year of Our Lord In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit! My beloved, in the Symbol of Faith,…

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Patriarchal and Synodal Encyclical Issued on the Occasion of the 1700th Anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea

† B A R T H O L O M E W By God’s Mercy, Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome  and Ecumenical Patriarch * * * To the Plenitude of the Church: May God’s Grace and Peace be with you! We offer a hymn of thanks to the almighty, all-seeing, and benevolent God in Trinity, who…