Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia
- Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia
The Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia ( _mk. Архиепископ Охридски и Македонски) is the title given to the primate of the unrecognised Macedonian Orthodox Church. The Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia exercises jurisdiction over the Macedonian Orthodox Church members in the Republic of Macedonia and in exarchates in diaspora.
The current Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia is Archbishop Stephen, who was elected in 1999 following the passing of Archbishop Michael.
In 1959, the Macedonian Orthodox Church was declared as the restoration of the Archbishopric of Ohrid. The declaration was celebrated in a common liturgy by Macedonian priests and the Serbian Patriarch German in 1959 in Skopje. The Archbishop Dositheus II was enthroned as Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia, continuing in the lineage of the Archbishops of Ohrid.
In 1962, the Serbian Patriarch German and Russian Patriarch Alexius I visited the Macedonian Orthodox Church on the feast of Saints Methodius and Cyril in Ohrid. The two Patriarchs and the Macedonian Archbishop Dositheus II celebrated Holy Liturgy marking the first occasion where the leader of the Macedonian church met with heads of other Orthodox churches.
On July 19, 1967, in Ohrid, the Macedonian Orthodox Church self-declared autocephaly from the Serbian Orthodox Church, supported by the communist authorities of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, but remains unrecognised by other Orthodox churches.
List of Archbishops of Ohrid and Macedonia
"Autonomous" church (1959-1967)
"Autocephalous" church (since 1967)
ee also
*Macedonian Orthodox Church
*List of archbishops of the Archbishopric of Ohrid
External links
* [http://www.mpc.org.mk/ Official Website of the MOC] mk icon
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