Joseph of Kumanovo and Osogovo

Joseph
M.D.
Metropolitan of Kumanovo and Osogovo
Church Macedonian
Province Kumanovo, Kriva Palanka, Kratovo
Metropolis Kumanovo
Diocese Kumanovo and Osogovo
See Skopje
Elected September 17, 2013
Installed October 10, 2013
Predecessor none (Kiril as Metropolitan of Diocese of Polog and Kumanovo)
Successor incumbent
Personal details
Born 1977
Prilep
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
Nationality Macedonian
Denomination Eastern Orthodoxy
Residence Kumanovo
Occupation Metropolitan of MOC-OA
Alma mater Skopje 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]

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Митрополит". josif.mk.
  2. ↑ "Metropolitan". koe.mk.
Eastern Orthodox Church titles
Preceded by
Kiril
as Metropolitan of Polog and Kumanovo		 Metropolitan of Kumanovo and Osogovo
2013–present		 Incumbent
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