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Epistles

Patriarchal Message for the Beginning of the Ecclesiastical Year and the Solemn Day of Prayers for Natural Environment (September 1, 2023)

† 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 GRACE, PEACE AND MERCY FROM THE MAKER OF ALL CREATION OUR LORD GOD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST * * * Most reverend brother Hierarchs and beloved children…

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Patriarchal Encyclical for Holy Pascha 2023

† 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 the Grace, Peace and Mercy of Christ Risen in Glory be with you All * * * Most honorable brother Hierarchs, Dearly beloved children, Having arrived…

Spiritual subjects

The Trap of Overthinking

We all create scenarios in our heads, don't we? Similarly, we all have our own thoughts. Of course, thoughts come and go, while these scenarios are usually linked to our psyche, perhaps with our experiences in the womb, our genes, our environment, etc. Reasoning is a bit more complex and usually harder to change, while…

Sermons of Bishop Parthenius

God is with us, but are we with Him?

A homily by His Grace Bishop Partenij of Antania, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Bigorski, given on the Sunday before the Nativity of Christ, January 1, 2023 In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Man’s ultimate purpose is to be in union with God. Since he…

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Patriarchal Encyclical for Christmas 2022

Taken and published by: The Ecumenical Patriarchate + B A R T H O L O M E W BY GOD’S MERCY, ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE-NEW ROME AND ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH TO ALL THE PLENITUDE OF THE CHURCH GRACE, MERCY AND PEACE FROM THE SAVIOR CHRIST BORN IN BETHLEHEM Most honorable brother hierarchs, Beloved children in the…

Sermons of Bishop Parthenius

The Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple reveals to us the purpose of our existence

A homily by His Grace, Bishop Partenij of Antania, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Bigorski, on the Feast of the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple, given at Divine Liturgy at the Monastery of the Most Holy Theotokos near Kičevo, on December 4th in the Year of Our Lord 2022. In…