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The Macedonian Orthodox Church – Archdiocese of Ohrid (MOC-AO; Macedonian: Македонска православна црква – Охридска архиепископија), or simply the Macedonian Orthodox Church (MOC) or the Archdiocese of Ohrid (AO), is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church in North Macedonia.
In North Macedonia, the most common religion is Eastern Orthodox Christianity, practiced mainly by ethnic Macedonians, Serbians, Vlachs, and Romanis. The vast majority of the Eastern Orthodox in the country belong to the Macedonian Orthodox Church, which declared autocephaly from the Serbian Orthodox Church in 1967.
The Macedonian Orthodox Church created its first diocese in 1967 for Macedonian diaspora communities that covered Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand. [2] By 1981, the MOC split the diocese into two parts creating a diocese for Canada and the United States and another diocese for Australia and New Zealand. [2]
The Macedonian Orthodox Diocese of America and Canada (Macedonian: Американско-канадска епархија, romanized: Amerikansko-kanadska eparhija) is one of 10 dioceses of the Macedonian Orthodox Church. [1] Operating a near total of forty churches in Canada and the United States, the diocese is headed by Metropolitan Methodius.
Church in ancient (Roman and Byzantine) province of Macedonia (see: Metropolitanate of Macedonia, centered in Thessaloniki) - within Eastern Orthodoxy: Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric , an Eastern Orthodox denomination, centered in North Macedonia
Saint John the Theologian, Kaneo (Macedonian: Свети Јован Канео, Latinic: Sveti Jovan Kaneo) or simply Saint John at Kaneo is a Macedonian Orthodox church situated on the cliff over Kaneo Beach overlooking Lake Ohrid in the city of Ohrid, North Macedonia.
The Church of Saints Clement and Panteleimon (Macedonian: Црква Свети Климент и Пантелеjмон, romanized: Crkva Sveti Kliment i Pantelejmon; ) is a Byzantine church situated on Plaošnik in Ohrid, North Macedonia.
Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia (Macedonian: Архиепископ Охридски и Македонски) is the title given to the primate of the Macedonian Orthodox Church. The Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia exercises jurisdiction over Eastern Orthodox members in the Republic of North Macedonia and in exarchates in the diaspora.