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2 unusual facts about Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric


Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric

The main issue of dispute mainly revolves around the church's autocephaly, although there are some other minor issues including Macedonia's Serb Orthodox minority (according to the last census, there are 40,000 citizens of the country declared as Serbs) and the question of some hundreds of Serb Orthodox shrines from the medieval Nemanjić period.

Ohrid Archbishopric

Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric, formed in 1967 by a former Serbian Orthodox clergyman, however it is not recognized by any other autocephalous church.



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