Mihail Gogov
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His Beatitude Michael | |
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Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia | |
Church | Macedonian |
See | Skopje |
Installed | 4 December 1993 |
Term ended | 6 July 1999 |
Predecessor | |
Successor | Stephen of Ohrid and Macedonia |
Personal details | |
Born | 1912 , Ottoman Empire |
Died | 6 July 1999 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia (present-day North Macedonia) |
Buried | Church "St. Naum of Ohrid", Radišani, Macedonia |
Nationality | Macedonian |
Denomination | Eastern Orthodox Church |
Michael (Macedonian: Архиепископ Охридски и Македонски г.г. Михаил, romanized: Arhiepiskop Ohridski i Makedonski g.g. Mihail) was the fourth Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia and once primate of the Macedonian Orthodox Church.
Archbishop Michael was born in Novo Selo, Štip Municipality, Ottoman Empire (present-day North Macedonia) in 1912. He had been a longstanding professor and dean at the theological faculty of the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje 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.
Categories:
- 1912 births
- 1999 deaths
- People from Štip Municipality
- Archbishops of Ohrid and Macedonia
- 20th-century Eastern Orthodox archbishops
- Eastern Orthodox Christians from North Macedonia
- Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje faculty
- 20th-century people of the Ottoman Empire