Klenike, Serbia, October 31, 2024
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The third international monastic assembly opened at a monastery in southern Serbia yesterday and concludes today.
The event is being held at the 11th-century Monastery of 
“Only the One Who is a Child Can be Called a Father.” St. Prohor Pechinskii and Fr. Seraphim Rose”Only the one who is a child can be called a father. And he is a father not because of himself but because he reflects the mystery of our Heavenly Father Who loves us through His Son and in His Son.”
“>St. Prohor Pčinjski in the Vranje Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
The assembly began with a welcome address by His Eminence Metropolitan Pahomije of Vranje, chairman of the organizing committee of the St. Prohor Monastic Assembly. He also read a greeting message from the Serbian Patriarch Porfirije.
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An address from the Serbian Holy Synod was also read. Then, an introductory speech was given by Archimandrite Metodije, Abbot of the Serbian Hilandar Monastery on Mt. Athos.
The first session, titled “Restoration and Promotion of Monasticism,” was presided over by His Grace Bishop David of Dremvica, vicar of His Beatitude Archbishop Stefan of Ohrid and Macedonia.
Abbess Kirana from the Dormition of the Mother of God Monastery in the village of Sušica, near Skopje, will present her exposition on the topic “The Spiritual Father as Bearer and Indicator of God’s Will,” within the “Monastic Obedience as a Way of Knowing and Fulfilling God’s Will” section of the assembly.
The assembly, which gathered more than 100 monastics from across the world, will also discuss “The Significance of Hesychasm for Eastern Monasticism” and “Monasticism and Monasteries in Countries Where There is No Tradition of Orthodox Monasticism.”
This international monastic assembly gathered presenters from multiple countries: Serbia, Greece, North Macedonia, Russia, Romania, Montenegro, Great Britain, Argentina, and Guatemala.
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