Archbishop Dositheus II

Archbishop Dositheus II

Archbishop Dositheus II of Ohrid and Macedonia ( _mk. Доситеј II, "Dositej II") was the first Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia and once primate of the Macedonian Orthodox Church.

Archbishop Dositheus II, whose secular name is Dimitrija Stojkovski, was born on December 7, 1906 in the Ottoman Empire (now Republic of Macedonia) and passed away on May 20, 1981, in Skopje, Socialist Republic of Macedonia (now Republic of Macedonia).


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