Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric

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The Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric was formed in 2002 following a failure in negotiations between the Serbian Orthodox Church and the canonically-unconstitutional and unrecognized Macedonian Orthodox Church (MOC). Whereas the Holy Synod of the MOC rejected the so-called Niš agreement, one bishop broke ranks and agreed to form the [[Wiktionary:autonomy|autonomous]] church under the tutelage of the Patriarchate of Pec. Macedonian Orthodox Church has issues with the Serbian Orthodox Church after the separation and self-declaration of autocephaly in 1967. After the negotiations between the two churches were suspended, Serbian Orthodox Church recognized a schismatic group leaded by Zoran Vranishkovski (so-called Archbishop Jovan of Ohrid), a former Macedonian church bishop, as the Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric.

The church currently includes three high-ranking prelates:

• Metropolitan Jovan (Vranišovski) of Veles-Povardarje and Exarch of Ohrid
• Bishop Joakim (Jovčevski) of Velika and Polog-Kumanovo
• Bishop Marko (Kimev) of Dremvica and Bitola

The Archbishopric's language is Macedonian and all of its clergy are ethnic Macedonians.

Bishop Jovan was jailed for 18 months for defaming the Macedonian Orthodox church and harming the religious feelings of local citizens. [link]. The Macedonian State Religion Commission denies the group to be registered as a religious group saying that only one group may be registered for each confession and that the name was not sufficiently distinct from that of the Macedonian Orthodox Church. Macedonian church had acquired documents confirming direct involvement of the Serbian government in financing the activities of the group, seen as interference in the internal affairs of another sovereign state by the Macedonian President Crvenkovski. [link]. Macedonian President also rejected the request of the Head of Serbian Orthodox Church for abolition of Zoran Vranishkovski (set as a main condition for resumption of negotiations between two churches by the Serbian Patriarch). Vranishkovski is convicted about misappropriate usage of a large sum of money donated to the Macedonian Orthodox Church.

The Archbishopric has little support from the Christian Оrthodox population of the Republic of Macedonia, which largely prefers the Macedonian Orthodox Church.

Patriarchate of Serbia

Patriarchate

Patriarchs | Serbian Orthodox Church | Holy Serbs | Holy Synod

Churches

Temple of St. Sava | Saborna Crkva (Belgrade Cathedral Church) | St. Mark's Church | Chicago Cathedral Church

Monasteries

Patriarchate of Peć | Hilandar | Banjska | Devič | Gračanica | Kalenić | Ljubostinja | Manasija | Mileševa | Morača | Ostrog Ravanica | Savina | Sopoćani | Studenica | Tvrdoš | Visoki Dečani | Žiča | Monasteries of Fruška Gora | St. Sava (USA)

Patriarchal Saints

Saint Sava I | St. Arsenije I Sremac | Saint Danilo II | St. Sava II | St. Joanikije I | St. Jevstatije I | St. Sava III | St. Nikodim I St. Joanikije II | St. Sava IV | St. Jefrem | St. Spiridon | St. Jefrem | St. Gavrilo I

Metropolitanates

Dabro-Bosna | Montenegro and the Coastlands | Zagreb and Ljubljana | Midwestern America

Autonomous Dioceses

Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric | Archbishops of Ohrid

External links

• [Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric official page]

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