Third Archbishopski Church-People’s Council (Ohrid, 17-18. Ⅶ 1967) – held in the church “St. Virgin Periblepta “(” St. Clement “). The Council unanimously adopted a special resolution (17. ⅶ) with which on behalf of all clergy and the Orthodox Macedonian people the Synod announced the Macedonian Orthodox Church for autocephalous. The next day (18. 1967) a decision was made for the proclamation of the autocephaly of the Macedonian Orthodox Church, with Archbishopian dignity, with their own head, Synod, Constitution and completely independent arrangement. Two more dioceses were formed: Debar-Kicevo and US-Canadian-Australian. The Synod consists of Archbishop Dositei and Bishops Clement, Naum, Methodius and Cyril. They signed the decision on the autocephaly of the Macedonian Orthodox Church. Lit.: Slavko Dimevski, history of the Macedonian Orthodox Church, Skopje, 1989; Done Ilievski, autocephaly of the Macedonian Orthodox Church, Skopje, 1972; Ratomir Grozdanoski, Michael Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonian, Skopje, 1994. Rat. Gr.
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Кириличен напис ТРЕТ АРХИЕПИСКОПСКИ ЦРКОВНО-НАРОДЕН СОБОР