Church Macedonian Role Religious Leader See Skopje Died July 6, 1999 | Installed 4 December 1993 Term ended July 6, 1999 Name Mihail Gogov | |
Predecessor Gabriel of Ohrid and Macedonia Successor Stephen of Ohrid and Macedonia Buried Church "St. Naum of Ohrid", Radisani, Macedonia Place of burial Radishani, Macedonia (FYROM), Macedonia (FYROM) | ||
Michael (Macedonian: Архиепископ Охридски и Македонски г.г. Михаил/ Arhiepiskop Ohridski i Makedonski g.g. Mihail) was the fourth Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia and once primate of the Macedonian Orthodox Church.
Archbishop Michael was born in Novo Selo, Štip Municipality, Ottoman Empire (now Republic of 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.
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