Zoran Vraniškovski (so-called Archbishop Jovan of Ohrid) was born on February 28, 1966 in Bitola, Republic of Macedonia where he completed primary and secondary school education. He finished his studies at the Faculty of Civil Engineering in Skopje in 1990 and enrolled the Faculty of Theology in Belgrade the same year (graduated in June, 1995) when he started his master’s studies. He is now working on his doctoral dissertation: “The Unity of the Church and the Contemporary Ecclesiological Problems”. February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Bitola is the second largest city in the Republic of Macedonia after the capital Skopje and third largest municipality after Kumanovo. ... Motto: (English: ) Anthem: (Transliteration: ) (English: ) Capital Skopje Largest city Skopje Official language(s) Macedonian 1 Government Parliamentary republic  - President Branko Crvenkovski  - Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski Independence From Yugoslavia   - Declared September 8, 1991  Area    - Total 25,333 km² (149th)   9,779 sq mi   - Water (%) 1. ... Skopje is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Macedonia, as well as the political, cultural, economical and academic centre of the country. ... Theology (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, word or reason) means reasoned discourse concerning religion, spirituality and God. ... Belgrade (Serbian: Београд/Beograd ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Serbia. ...

Vranishkovski become a monk in February 1998 and in surprisingly short time, in July 1998 was promoted into a bishop. A bishop is an ordained member of the Christian clergy who, in certain Christian churches, holds a position of authority. ...

In March 2000, he was elected to be a Bishop of Veles eparchy. As the negotiations between the Macedonian Orthodox Church and the Serbian Orthodox Church suspended (Macedonian Orthodox Church declared itself autocephalous in 1967), Vranishkovski formed a schismatic group recognized by the Serbian church as the Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric. Macedonian Orthodox Church cut-off all relations with the clergy of the group. Vranishkovski was jailed for 18 months for defaming the Macedonian Orthodox church and harming the religious feelings of local citizens. ^[1]. This article is about the god Veles, for the city in Macedonia see Veles, Macedonia Veles (Volos, Weles, Voloh) is a Slavic god, thought to be the deity of: cattle, commerce, music, the underworld. ... 1The MOC claims continuity with historical Bulgarian Archbishopric of Ohrid, an autonomous Eastern Orthodox Church under the tutelage of the Patriarch of Constantinople, which existed between 1019 and 1767, but the claims are not recognized by other Orthodox churches. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ...

The Macedonian State Religion Commission denies the group to be registered as a religious group saying that only one group may be registered for each confession and that the name was not sufficiently distinct from that of the Macedonian Orthodox Church. Macedonian church had acquired documents confirming direct involvement of the Serbian government in financing the activities of the group, seen as interference in the internal affairs of another sovereign state by the Macedonian President Crvenkovski. ^[2]. Macedonian President also rejected the request of the Head of Serbian Orthodox Church for abolition of Zoran Vranishkovski (set as a main condition for resumption of negotiations between two churches by the Serbian Patriarch). Vranishkovski is convicted about misappropriate usage of a large sum of money donated to the Macedonian Orthodox Church. ^[3]

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