Joseph of Kumanovo and Osogovo

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]

Joseph

M.D.
Metropolitan of Kumanovo and Osogovo
ChurchMacedonian
ProvinceKumanovo, Kriva Palanka, Kratovo
MetropolisKumanovo
DioceseKumanovo and Osogovo
SeeSkopje
ElectedSeptember 17, 2013
InstalledOctober 10, 2013
Predecessornone (Kiril as Metropolitan of Diocese of Polog and Kumanovo)
Successorincumbent
Personal details
Born1977
Prilep
Yugoslavia
NationalityMacedonian
Denomination Eastern Orthodoxy
Residence Kumanovo
OccupationMetropolitan of MOC-OA
Alma materSkopje University

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. Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
  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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