Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia

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The Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia (Macedonian: 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 Orthodox Church 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.

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[edit] List of Archbishops of Ohrid and Macedonia

[edit] "Autonomous" church (1959-1967)

Name Start of Reign End of Reign Birth Name Title
Dositheus II
Dositej II		 1958 1967 Dimitrija Stojkovski Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia

[edit] "Autocephalous" church (since 1967)

Name Start of Reign End of Reign Birth Name Title
Dositheus II
Dositej II		 1967 1981 Dimitrija Stojkovski Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia
Angelarios
Angelarij		 1981 1986 Cvetko Krstevski Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia
Gabriel II
Gavril II		 1986 1992 Gjorgji Milošev Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia
Michael
Mihail		 1993 1999 Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia
Stephen
Stefan		 1999 current Stojan Veljanovski Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia

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