Second Church-People’s Council (Ohrid, 4 – 6. 1958) – held in the cathedral of the Ohrid Archbishops “St. Sophia”, with the participation of 219 delegates of the clergy, monasticism and the Macedonian Orthodox people, renewed their ancient church – the Ohrid Archbishopric named Macedonian Orthodox Church. MOC received head, first after the abolition of the Ohrid Archbishopric in 1767. By title his Bliss Archbishop of Ohrid and Skopje and Metropolitan Macedonian Dositeus. The Council also chose two hierarchs, Clement (Nikola Trajkovski) and Naum (Tomo Dimovski) and decided that the entire church life would take place under the Constitution of the MOC and according to the canons of the Orthodox Church. At 5. ⅹ 1958 He was the enthroned First Archbishop of the renewed Ohrid Archbishopric, that is, the Macedonian Orthodox Church. On October 6, the first regular session of the Council was held, on which the first constitution of the Macedonian Orthodox Church was passed. Lit.: Slavko Dimevski, history of the Macedonian Orthodox Church, Skopje, 1989; Ratomir Grozdanoski, Stefan Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonian, Skopje, 2000; Done Ilievski, the Macedonian Orthodox priesthood in the struggle for national and church freedom, Skopje, 1987; The autocephaly of the Macedonian Orthodox Church, Skopje, 1972; Done Ilievski, Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonian Dosoli, Skopje, 1995. Rat. Gr.
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