His Beatitude, the Archbishop of Ohrid and Metropolitan of Skopje, kyr kyr Jovan (John), after confirming several times before the public that he would voluntarily go to serve the sentence to which he was convicted, went on his way to the prison Idrizovo, near Skopje. Previously, the Court of Appeal in Bitola rejected his demand […]
Following the sentencing of His Beatitude Archbishop Jovan of Ochrid and Metropolitan of Skopje by a court in Bitola, the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church wishes to express its bitterness and shock upon this act of trampling of elementary religious and human rights.
We had hoped that the time of persecution of […]
After the illegal expelling (without a court order) of the Archbishop kyr kyr John (Jovan) from the cathedra in Veles in June 2002, as well as the expelling of the monks from four monasteries in January 2004;
after the lighting fire to the monastery in the village Nizhepole and the cutting of the hair of the […]
An article published in the Belgrade daily “Politika” on June 27, 2005, pp. 1-2, regarding the imprisonment of the canonical Archbishop of Ochrid and Metropolitan of Skopje, Kyr Jovan, entitled “Father Jovan in Idrizovo Prison” and under the byline of reporters M. Tomovski and B. Bakovic, includes a statement by Bishop Metodije of Velic of […]
His Beatitude the Archbishop of Ohrid and Metropolitan of Skopje k. k. Jovan (John) spent a total of
days in the second prison term in the prison "Idrizovo", before being released on 20th April 2007.
His Beatitude the Archbishop of Ohrid and Metropolitan of Skopje Jovan (John) spent a full amount of
days in the prison Idrizovo before he was finally released on March 3rd 2006
