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The Orthodox '''[[Archdiocese]] of Ohrid''' (Macedonian: Православна Охридска Архиепископија) is an [[autonomy|autonomous]] Orthodox church whose [[primate]] is confirmed by the [[Church of Serbia]]. It was established in 2002 when [[Metropolitan]] Jovan of Veles and Povardarje, part of the canonically unrecognized [[Macedonian Orthodox Church]], accepted the Niš agreement. <ref> The '''Draft Agreement On Reestablishment Of Church Unity ("Nis Agreement")''' was signed in Nis, on [[May 17]], 2002.</ref>
On [[May 24]], 2005, during the Feast of Ss. [[Cyril and Methodius]], the [[Holy Synod|Holy Assembly]] of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church granted autonomy to the archdiocese.
The Archdiocese of Ohrid is in full [[communion]] with all other Orthodox churches.
The current Archbishop of Ohrid and Metropolitan of Skopje is [[Jovan VI (Vraniskovski) of Ohrid|Jovan (Vraniškovski)]].
==Holy Synod of bishops==
In the same manner, illegally and without a court order, the monks of four monasteries, were expelled from their monasteries, i.e. homes, in January 2004, immediately after joining the Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric.
[[Image:Destroyed temple Monastery Chrysostomos.jpg|left|thumb|400px|The destruction of the church in the monastery "Saint John Chrysostom"]]
[[Jovan VI (Vraniskovski) of Ohrid|Archbishop Jovan]] was sentenced to 18 months of prison in June 2005 for "Instigation of ethnic, racial and religious hatred, discord and intolerance". The verdict stated the conviction relied on these three points:
# he wrote a text in a religious calendar in which he slanders the Macedonian Orthodox Church# he agreed to be appointed as an Exarch of the Ohrid Archbishopric in Macedoina, # he Macedonia and participated in the ordination of the bishops Joachim and Marko and
# he officiated at a religious service in an apartment owned by his parents.
He served 220 days in prison before the Constitutional court declared the last two of the three points to be unconstitutional and his sentence was shortened to 8 months.
Archbishop Jovan was sentenced for the second time, on charges for "Embezzlement", and as a second defendant was sentenced to a higher prison term of 2 years than the first defendand defendant (who was sentenced 1 year and 3 months) in 2006. He served 256 days before being released.
The chapel "St. Nectarios of Aegina", after being broken into and vandalized on several occasions, was at the end completely demolished in July 2005, before the eyes of the police.
====Forum 18====
[http://forum18.org Forum 18] reports that '''New Religion Law perpetuates discrimination''' [http://forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=1107]
==References==
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==Sources==
* [http://mhc.org.mk Helsinki Committee for Human Rights]
* [http://www.poa-info.org/history/schism/67.html The Orthodox Word]
==See also==
[http://www.pravmir.ru/article_1203.html Православие и мир - Современные гонения на православных в Македонии]
[[Category:Jurisdictions]]
[[Category:Orthodoxy in Macedonia]]
[[fr:Archevêché d'Okhrid (Patriarcat de Serbie)]]