Stephen of Ohrid and Macedonia
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His Beatitude Stephen |
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| Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia | |
| Church | Macedonian |
| See | Skopje |
| Installed | 9/ 10 October 1999 |
| Predecessor | Michael of Ohrid and Macedonia |
| Successor | incumbent |
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| Birth name | Stojan Veljanovski |
| Born | 1 May 1955 Dobruševo, Macedonia |
| Nationality | Macedonian |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox Church |
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Styles of Stephen of Ohrid and Macedonia Стефан Охридски и Македонски |
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Неговото високоосвештенство, господин господин His Beatitude |
Stephen (Macedonian: Архиепископ Охридски и Македонски г.г. Стефан/ Arhiepiskop Ohirdski i Makedonski g.g. Stefan) is the fifth Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia, metropolitan of Skopje, primate and spiritual leader of the Macedonian Orthodox Church.
Archbishop Stefan, whose secular name is Stojan Veljanovski (Стојан Вељановски), was born on May 1, 1955, in the village of Dobruševo, Mogila Municipality in southern Macedonia.
In 1969, he enrolled in the Macedonian Orthodox Theological Seminary of St. Clement of Ohrid in Dračevo, where he graduated in 1974. The same year he went on to study at the University of Belgrade Theological Faculty, graduating in 1979.
Upon his return to Macedonia, the Holy Synod of the Macedonian Orthodox Church named him a teacher at the Theological Seminary in Skopje. In 1980, he left for postgraduate studies at the Institute of St. Nicholas in Bari, Italy, which specializes in ecumenical-patristic and Greco-Byzantine studies. In 1982, he received a master's degree from this institute.
When he returned to Macedonia, Stefan became a lecturer at Skopje's St. Clement of Ohrid Theological Faculty.
He took his monastic vows at the St. Naum monastery in Ohrid on July 3, 1986, and on July 12 he was named Metropolitan of Zletovo and Strumica. Shortly thereafter he was enthroned as Bishop of Bregalnica and Štip.
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