Honorific-Prefix: | His Beatitude |
Michael | |
Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia | |
Church: | Macedonian |
See: | Skopje |
Enthroned: | 4 December 1993 |
Ended: | 6 July 1999 |
Predecessor: | Gabriel of Ohrid and Macedonia |
Successor: | Stephen of Ohrid and Macedonia |
Birth Date: | 1912 |
Birth Place: | Novo Selo, Ottoman Empire (now North Macedonia) |
Death Date: | 6 July 1999 |
Death Place: | Skopje, Macedonia (now North Macedonia) |
Buried: | Church "St. Naum of Ohrid", Radišani, North Macedonia |
Religion: | Eastern Orthodox Church |
Michael (Macedonian: Архиепископ Охридски и Македонски г.г. Михаил|translit=Arhiepiskop Ohridski i Makedonski g.g. Mihail) (20 March 1912 – 6 July 1999) was an Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia.[1] He established the first Macedonian Orthodox parish outside Yugoslavia.
Archbishop Michael was born in Novo Selo, Ottoman Empire (present-day North Macedonia) in 1912. He had been a longstanding professor and dean at the theological faculty of the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje before being elected as the leader of the Macedonian Orthodox Church on December 4, 1993.
Archbishop Michael died on July 6, 1999, and is remembered for his great oratory.