Continuous renewal for the historic Bobstitsa Monastery in Korçë

The historic Monastery of Bombostitsa in Korçë is constantly being renovated, with the donations of the faithful, but also with the care of the priest in charge, Fr. Michael Sanellari. And it has become a spiritual reference point not only for the faithful of Korçë, but also for the whole of Albania.

Recently, the exterior areas of the Monastery were paved and asphalted, while interventions are constantly being made.

This monastery was one of the first places of worship to operate after the fall of the communist regime and dates back years.

From the original monastery, the catholicon (a single-aisled basilica), without any particular architectural structure, and a small building were saved, which during the period of persecution of the faith were converted into a cowshed and a warehouse respectively.

At the initiative of the late Archbishop Anastasios, in 2005 and 2006, a new four-story building was built in place of the cells for the same purpose (reception and hospitality areas), as well as a church. mechanical installations.

In 2014, the old church was demolished, only the sanctuary niche was preserved, and after five years of work (completed in 2019), the current catholicon was erected.

Monasteries and churches in Albania are a living feature of Orthodoxy, which goes back to its very essence, as they preserve as places of worship the belief that God has the initiative in the history of human salvation. And this is what the Orthodox of the neighboring country have experienced and are experiencing.

The rescue of monasteries in the neighboring country, where faith has suffered the most, is not simply a useful act or a beneficial and commendable action, but an autonomous and inalienable necessity.

The need for believers to seize their souls and lift them up in the sway of the wind, high in the sky, to gaze upon the dimension of another life and to remember the essence of faith and their destiny.

Pilgrimage to such places helps us realize, turning to ourselves, how many people are prevented from entering the Kingdom of God by our own wickedness, which we believe we are in.