HIS EMINENCE JOVAN, ARCHBISHOP OF OHRID AND METROPOLITAN OF SKOPJE:
A PRISONER FOR THE FAITH
By the St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood
When they strike the shepherd they expect the sheep to scatter,
but Church history is paradoxical—the more the Church
is persecuted, the more followers it gets.
—Archbishop Jovan
1. Introduction
On July 26, 2005, His Eminence Jovan, Archbishop of Ohrid […]
Conducted by the St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood
in November 2005
Q: Can you tell us about the early history of the Ohrid Archdiocese?
A: I am sure that, for Orthodox Christians, the Church has never been only the past. It is their present and their future. But, certainly, it is to be emphasized that the Ohrid Archbishopric […]
In great pain, we feel forced to declare that the barbarism of the government of the Republic of Macedonia, in collaboration with the schismatic MOC, conducted over the members of the Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric reached unforeseen dimensions. The prison management of the central prison Idrizovo, where His Beatitude, the Archbishop of Ohrid and Metropolitan 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
