Vol.2, No 6/2 1999 pp. 271 - 275
UDC: 316.35:281.96
THE ORGANIZATION AND ACTIVITIES OF THE
MACEDONIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH
Slave Nikolovski-Katin
Skopje
Abstract. The Macedonian Orthodox Church as an autocephalous one
is a part of the Holy Ecumenical Apostolic Church. It preserves the dogmas,
canons and unity of the liturgy with the Eastern Orthodox Church and has
an unique organization of the independent management of the church activities.
It also protects the Bible, the rules of all ecumenical and indigenous
Councils, as other autocephalous orthodox churches do, and discards all
other schismatic teachings. It is steered in accordance with the Bible
the Holy Traditions, the Apostolic Rules and the Constitution of the Macedonian
Orthodox Church.
The head of the autocephalous Macedonian Orthodox Church is the Archbishop
that hold the title "Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia".
The organization and the activity of the Macedonian Orthodox Church
is also in the frames of the Constitution and the laws of the Republic
of Macedonia in order to serve the Orthodox believers of the state.
Key words: Macedonian Orthodox Church, Republic of Macedonia,
macedonian diaspora
ORGANIZACIJA I AKTIVNOSTI MAKEDONSKE PRAVOSLAVNE
CRKVE
U radu se na informativan način govori o začecima, toku i ustanovljavanju
MPC. Detaljnije se analizira njeno današnje ustrojstvo, školski sistem
i niz aktivnosti koje ostvaruje u domicilnom prostoru, posebno u dijaspori.
Ključne reči: Makedonska pravoslavna crkva, Republika Makedonija,
makedonska dijaspora
