Serbian Church opening first monastery in Slovenia

Novo Mesto, Slovenia, August 24, 2021

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Plans to open the first Orthodox monastery in Slovenia are well underway.

The official Instagram account of His Holiness Patriarch Porfirije of the Serbian Orthodox Church reports:

We are extremely happy. We bought property for the first Orthodox monastery in Slovenia, near Novo Mesto. I dedicate it to the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos. Wonderful landscapes, wonderful nuns, wonderful people… A blessing for warm-hearted Slovenia.

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Slovenia is under the Serbian Orthodox Metropolis of Zagreb and Ljubljana, which Pat. Porfirije headed from May 2014 until his enthronement as Patriarch in February of this year. There are currently four active monasteries in the diocese, all in Croatia.

As of 2019, Orthodox Christians made up 3.7% of the population of Slovenia, with the overwhelming majority (72.1%) professing Roman Catholicism.

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8/24/2021

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Comments
Rdr Daniel8/24/2021 4:13 pm
Very good, I'm glad to see Orthodox monasticism in Slovenia. One small point although its common in most Orthodox countries to refer to male and female monasteries as just monasteries, standard English requires convent for female monasteries. This makes it a lot easier for prospective monks and nuns too (not to mention overnight guests), the hours I (and no doubt many others) have waisted looking at monasteries that turn out to be convents could be a lot better spent :-)
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