Joseph

Metropolitan of Kumanovo and Osogovo
ChurchMacedonian
ProvinceKumanovo, Kriva Palanka, Kratovo
MetropolisKumanovo
DioceseKumanovo and Osogovo
SeeSkopje
ElectedSeptember 17, 2013
InstalledOctober 10, 2013
Predecessornone (Kiril as Metropolitan of Diocese of Polog and Kumanovo)
Successorincumbent
Personal details
Born1977
NationalityMacedonian
Denomination Eastern Orthodoxy
Residence Kumanovo
OccupationMetropolitan of MOC-OA
Alma materSkopje 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

Family

Schooling

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

Episcopal Ministry

See also

References

  1. "Митрополит". josif.mk. Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
  2. "Metropolitan". koe.mk.
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