Jovan Vraniškovski
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Zoran Vraniškovski February 28, 1966 Bitola, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Macedonian |
| Education | civil engineering, theology |
| Alma mater | University of Belgrade |
| Religion | Eastern Orthodoxy |
| Church | Serbian |
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| Title | Archbishop of Ohrid |
Jovan Vraniškovski (Serbian and Macedonian: Јован Вранишковски; born 28 February 1966), numbered Jovan VI, is a Serbian Orthodox bishop, currently the head of the Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric, an autonomous church that split off from the unrecognized Macedonian Orthodox Church in 2002 to seek reunification with the Serbian Orthodox Church and the other Orthodox churches.
Zoran Vraniškovski was born in Bitola, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia. He studied at the Faculty of Civil Engineering in Skopje, graduated in 1990 and enrolled the University of Belgrade's Faculty of Orthodox Theology the same year. He graduated in June, 1995 and then started his master’s studies. As of 2008, he has also been studying for a doctoral degree, working on a doctoral dissertation on "The Unity of the Church and the Contemporary Ecclesiological Problems."
Vraniškovski was tonsured a monk with the name Jovan (John) in February 1998. Soon afterwards he was ordained a deacon and then a priest. In July 1998 was consecrated a bishop with the title Bishop of Dremvitsa and was assigned to be a vicar of the Bishop of Prespa and Pelagonia.
In March 2000, he was elected the Bishop of the diocese of Veles.
In attempt to restore its canonical status and gain recognition from the orthodox churches, the Macedonian Orthodox Church negotiated with the Serbian Orthodox Church from which it was separated since its self-declared in 1967. These negotiations lead to an agreement signed in Niš in June 2002, thus known as the Niš Agreement, which was signed by all bishops of both delegations. The bishops of the delegations of the Macedonian Orthodox Church were exposed to severe criticism for signing this agreement, and although they attempted to defend it for a short time, it was soon rejected by the Synod of MOC.
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