Macedonian Orthodox Church

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The Macedonian Orthodox Church is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Christian church based in North Macedonia, known for its use of Church Slavonic and Macedonian in liturgy and its modern assertion of independence from the Serbian Orthodox Church.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Orthodox Church
autocephalous church
claimsSuccessionFrom Archbishopric of Ohrid
communionStatus in communion with other Eastern Orthodox Churches
country North Macedonia
declaredAutocephalyAt Ohrid
declaredAutocephalyInYear 1967
denomination Eastern Orthodox Church
followsChristology Chalcedonian
governanceForm episcopal polity
hasClergyType bishops
deacons
priests
hasClericalCelibacyRule bishops chosen from monastics
hasClericalMarriageRule parish priests may be married before ordination
hasDiocesesIn Australia
Europe
North America
North Macedonia
hasHistoricalConnectionTo Archbishopric of Ohrid
hasHolyOrders threefold ministry
hasMonasticTradition yes
hasRite Byzantine Rite
headquartersLocation Skopje
leaderTitle Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia
Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia and of North Macedonia
liturgicalLanguage Church Slavonic
Macedonian
mainCathedral Cathedral of the Ascension of Jesus in Skopje
orientation Eastern Orthodox
primaryLanguageOfFaithful Macedonian
primarySee Skopje
recognitionStatusBefore2022 not widely recognized as autocephalous
recognizedAsAutocephalousBy Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
Serbian Orthodox Church
several other local Orthodox Churches
recognizedAsAutonomousBy Serbian Orthodox Church
region Balkans
religion Eastern Orthodoxy
sacramentalTheology seven sacraments
selfDeclaredAutocephalyFrom Serbian Orthodox Church
separatedFrom Serbian Orthodox Church
territorialJurisdiction Macedonian diaspora
North Macedonia
theologyTradition Eastern Orthodox theology
typeOfOrganization religious organization
usesAlphabet Cyrillic
usesCalendar Julian calendar
Revised Julian calendar
usesScripture Bible

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Church Slavonic usedBy Macedonian Orthodox Church
Macedonians majorChurch Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric
linked to: Macedonian Orthodox Church
Saint Clement of Ohrid veneratedIn Macedonian Orthodox Church
Slavic Orthodox Churches includesChurch Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric
linked to: Macedonian Orthodox Church
Church of St. Panteleimon at Plaošnik denomination Macedonian Orthodox Church
Kriva Palanka diocese Macedonian Orthodox Church
Osogovo Monastery denomination Macedonian Orthodox Church
Church of St. John at Kaneo religiousAffiliation Macedonian Orthodox Church
Church of St. Clement and St. Panteleimon at Plaošnik denomination Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric
linked to: Macedonian Orthodox Church
Monastery of Saint Naum religiousAffiliation Macedonian Orthodox Church
Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia denomination Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric
linked to: Macedonian Orthodox Church
Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia seeAlso Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric
linked to: Macedonian Orthodox Church
Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia jurisdiction Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric
linked to: Macedonian Orthodox Church
Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia responsibility church administration of the Macedonian Orthodox Church
linked to: Macedonian Orthodox Church
Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia church Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric
linked to: Macedonian Orthodox Church
Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia isHeadOf Holy Synod of the Macedonian Orthodox Church
linked to: Macedonian Orthodox Church
Archbishopric of Ohrid followedBy Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric
linked to: Macedonian Orthodox Church
Cathedral of the Ascension of Jesus in Skopje denomination Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric
linked to: Macedonian Orthodox Church
Cathedral of the Ascension of Jesus in Skopje function cathedral church of the Macedonian Orthodox Church
linked to: Macedonian Orthodox Church
Cathedral of the Ascension of Jesus in Skopje isCathedralOf Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric
linked to: Macedonian Orthodox Church
Cathedral of the Ascension of Jesus in Skopje isCathedralOf Archdiocese of Skopje of the Macedonian Orthodox Church
linked to: Macedonian Orthodox Church
Cathedral of the Ascension of Jesus in Skopje governingBody Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric
linked to: Macedonian Orthodox Church
Cathedral of the Ascension of Jesus in Skopje category Macedonian Orthodox churches
linked to: Macedonian Orthodox Church
Cathedral of the Ascension of Jesus in Skopje associatedWith Orthodox Christian community in Skopje
linked to: Macedonian Orthodox Church
Islamic Religious Community of North Macedonia cooperatesWith Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric
linked to: Macedonian Orthodox Church
Thomastown hasReligiousCommunity Macedonian Orthodox community
linked to: Macedonian Orthodox Church
historic center of Skopje contains Macedonian Orthodox churches
linked to: Macedonian Orthodox Church