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Blood Given in Love – Hope and Life for Our Neighbour

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…

Conciliar Joy at Bigorski’s Feast of Saint John’s Day

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…

The Voice That Awakened Joy: A Vigil with Athonite Blessing in Honor of Saint John the Baptist

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…

Nun Efimija of Rajčica Participates in the World Conference on Religious Dialogue in Skopje

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…

Successful Defence of a Second Master’s Thesis by Nun Efimija of the Monastery in Rajčica

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…

The Tenth International Congress of the Society of Oriental Liturgy Held in Cyprus

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…