Metropolitan of Kumanovo and Osogovo | |
Church | Macedonian |
Province | Kumanovo, Kriva Palanka, Kratovo |
Metropolis | Kumanovo |
Diocese | Kumanovo and Osogovo |
See | Skopje |
Elected | September 17, 2013 |
Installed | October 10, 2013 |
Predecessor | none (Kiril as Metropolitan of Diocese of Polog and Kumanovo) |
Successor | incumbent |
Personal details | |
Born | 1977 |
Nationality | Macedonian |
Denomination | ![]() |
Residence | ![]() |
Occupation | Metropolitan of MOC-OA |
Alma mater | Skopje University |
Dr. Joseph Pејоvsky (Macedonian: Јосиф Пејовски) is the first and current Metropolitan bishop of the Diocese of Kumanovo and Osogovo of the Macedonian Orthodox Church.[1][2]
Early life
[edit]Family
[edit]Schooling
[edit]Metropolitan Josif in 1995 enrolled at the Faculty of Theology “St Clement of Ohrid” in Skopje, where in 2000 earned a bachelor's degree with thesis topic “The Icons in the History of the Church”. In 2009, he completed his doctoral studies dissertation with the topic “Dogmatic-theological doctrine of hesychasm in the works of St John Climacus, St Symeon the New Theologian, and Gregory Palamas”.
Life in the Church
[edit]Episcopal Ministry
[edit]See also
[edit]- Diocese of Kumanovo and Osogovo
- List of Metropolitans of Diocese of Kumanovo and Osogovo
- Diocese of Polog and Kumanovo
- Kiril of Polog and Kumanovo
- Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric
- Kumanovo
References
[edit]- ^ "Митрополит". josif.mk. Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
- ^ "Metropolitan". koe.mk.