Veles-Debar diocese of the Constantinople Patriarchate (ⅹⅰⅹ – 1913) – covered the territory of Veles to Debar based in Kicevo. In 1910 The Patriarchate at the helm of the diocese set the Serb Jeromonk Varnabas Rosic. From 1913 to 1915 The diocese was joined by the Belgrade Metropolis. Since the end of 1915 (after the Bulgarian occupation) until 1918 The diocese was under the jurisdiction of the Bulgarian Exarchy. From the end of 1918 to 1920 The diocese was again under Serbian church power. In 1920 The Bi-la’s diocese, and its territory was divided between the Skopje Metropolis and the Ohrid Bishopric. Lit.: Dear Kostadinovski, Vardar part of Macedonia under the jurisdiction of the Serbian Orthodox Church (1919-1941), Skopje, 1995; R. Gruji, Veles-Debar Diocese, in: The alphabetical Serbian Orthodox Church, Belgrade, 1993. Rat. Gr.
Original article in Macedonian language Cyrillic alphabet
Кириличен напис ВЕЛЕШКО-ДЕБАРСКА ЕПАРХИЈА на Цариградската патријаршија