Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia Mr. Mr. Michael was the fourth Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia

Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia

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 and once primate

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 of the Macedonian Orthodox Church

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Archbishop Michael was born in Novo Selo, Štip Municipality

Štip municipality

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, Ottoman Empire

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 (now Republic of Macedonia

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) in 1912. He had been a longstanding professor and dean at the theological faculty of the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje

Skopje

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 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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