Republic of Macedonia
The majority (64.7%) of the population belongs to the Macedonian Orthodox Church (which declared autocephaly in 1968, that is still not recognised by the Serbian and other Eastern Orthodox Churches, although the Archbishop's Council of the Serbian Orthodox Church, with Decision No. 06/1959, has recognised the autonomy of the Macedonian Orthodox Church [48] Muslims comprise 33.3% of the population and other Christian denominations comprise 0.37%. The remainder (1.63%) is recorded as "unspecified" in the 2002 national census.[49] Most of the native Albanians, Turks and Bosniaks are Muslims, as are a minority of the country's ethnic Macedonian population, known as Macedonian Muslims. Altogether, there are more than 1200 churches and 400 mosques in the country. The Orthodox and Islamic religious communities have secondary religion schools in Skopje. There is an Orthodox theological college in the capital. Macedonia has the largest proportion of Muslims of any country in Europe after Turkey, Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Orthodox
The Macedonian Orthodox Church is the dominant church in the country. It has 10 provinces (seven in the country and three abroad), 10 bishops, and about 350 priests. Macedonians, who are the majority of the population, are generally Orthodox Christians. A total of 30,000 people are baptised in all the provinces every year. The church has issues with the Serbian Orthodox Church after the separation and self-declaration of autocephaly (not recognised by any other Orthodox church) in 1967. However, the Archbishop's Council of the Serbian Orthodox Church, with Decision No. 06/1959, has recognised the autonomy (self-dependence) of the Macedonian Orthodox Church). After the negotiations between the two churches were suspended, the Serbian Orthodox Church recognised a group led by Zoran Vraniškovski (also known as Archbishop Jovan of Ohrid, a former Macedonian church bishop, as the Archbishop of Ohrid. The reaction of the Macedonian Orthodox Church was to cut off all relations with the clergy of the Ohrid Archbishopric and to prevent bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church from entering the Republic of Macedonia. Bishop Jovan was jailed for 18 months for "defaming the Macedonian Orthodox church and harming the religious feelings of local citizens" by distributing Serbian Orthodox church calendars and pamphlets.[50]
Catholicism
The Macedonian Byzantine Catholic Church has approximately 11,000 adherents in the Republic. The Church was established in 1918, and is made up mostly of converts to Catholicism and their descendants. The Church is of the Byzantine Rite and is in communion with the Roman and Eastern Catholic Churches. Its liturgical worship is performed in Macedonian.
Protestant Christianity
There is a small Protestant community. The most famous Protestant in the country is the former president Boris Trajkovski. He was from the Methodist Community, which is the largest and oldest Protestant Church in the Republic, dating back to the late nineteenth century. Since the 1980s the small Protestant community has grown, partly through new confidence and partly with outside missionary help.
Gallery
 Lake Ohrid viewed from the Church of St. John at Kaneo |
 National park Pelister |
 The city of Bitola |
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 Mount Korab – The highest mountain in the country |
 St. Panteleimon church near Skopje |
 The city of Bitola |
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 The city of Ohrid located on the shores of Lake Ohrid |
 Ancient aqueduct near Skopje |
 Morodvis (Crkvište - Morobisdon) archaeological site near Kocani |
 Holy Trinity Orthodox church in Radoviš |
See also
- Macedonia (terminology)
- ethnic Macedonians
- Communications in the Republic of Macedonia
- Foreign relations of the Republic of Macedonia
- Military of the Republic of Macedonia
- Transportation in the Republic of Macedonia
- Socialist Republic of Macedonia
- Public holidays in the Republic of Macedonia
Notes and references
- ^ a b Britannica, Macedonia, Retrieved on 2007-06-18.
- ^ [1] The population of Macedonia
- ^ UN Resolutions #817 of April 7 and #845 of June 18 of 1993
- ^ Note on Yugoslavia. Retrieved on 2008-05-10. "By resolution A/RES/47/225 of 8 April 1993, the General Assembly decided to admit as a Member of the United Nations the State being provisionally referred to for all purposes within the United Nations as "The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" pending settlement of the difference that had arisen over its name."
- ^ Bonk, M. R., Carlton R. A. (editors) (1997), International Acronyms, Initialisms & Abbreviations Dictionary, 4th Edition, Detroit, New York, Toronto, London: Gale Research, LCCCN 85-642206, ISBN 0-8103-7437-4, ISSN 0743-0523, Volume 1, pg. 516 and Bonk, M. R (Project Editor) (2003), International Acronyms, Initialisms & Abbreviations Dictionary, 32nd Edition, USA: Gale-Thompson Group, Volume 1, pg. 1789, ISBN 0-7876-4109-X (Part 2 D-I only)
- ^ Alongside the official long-form reference, the "FYROM" acronym is frequently used by international organizations such as the UN, the EU, the OSCE, the EBU, the IMF, the World Bank, WTO and NATO (All NATO documents referring to FYROM have to be accompanied by a footnote text 'Turkey recognises the Republic of Macedonia with its constitutional name')
- ^ United Nations Resolution 225 (1993)
- ^ See lists at Macedonia naming dispute
- ^ Encyclopaedia Britannica - Paeonia. [2]
- ^ Macedonian Center for Archaeological Research. The Ancient Kingdom of Macedonia in the Republic of Macedonia. [3]
- ^ Encyclopaedia Britannica - Scopje. [4]
- ^ The early Medieval Balkans. John Fine Jr
- ^ a b M. Glenny, "The Balkans"
- ^ Recognition of States: Annex 3
- ^ Macedonian Ministry of Environment
- ^ Limun.hr - Ahmeti accepts the invitation for dialog with Gruevski
- ^ European Commission. Background information - The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Retrieved on 2006-10-01.
- ^ European Broadcasting Union. Members' Logos. Retrieved on 2006-10-01.
- ^ International Olympic Committee. LIST OF NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEES PARTICIPATING IN THE XIX OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES IN SALT LAKE CITY. Retrieved on 2006-10-01.
- ^ North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. "The situation in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is critical". Retrieved on 2006-10-01.
- ^ "US snubs Greece over Macedonia" (HTML), BBC News Online, 4 Nov 2004. Retrieved on 2006-10-01. (English)
- ^ "Naming the solution", Kathimerini English edition, 16 September 2005
- ^ Floudas, Demetrius Andreas; "A Name for a Conflict or a Conflict for a Name? An Analysis of Greece's Dispute with FYROM”. 24 (1996) Journal of Political and Military Sociology, 285. Retrieved on 2008-02-11.
- ^ European Journal of International Law
- ^ Floudas, Demetrius Andreas; "Pardon? A Name for a Conflict? FYROM's Dispute with Greece Revisited”. in: Kourvetaris et al (eds.), The New Balkans, East European Monographs: Columbia University Press, 2002, p. 85.
- ^ EC report
- ^ EUROPA - The EU at a glance - Maps - FYROM
- ^ BBC
- ^ Bulgarian Policies on the Republic of Macedonia. Sofia: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2008. 80 pp. ISBN 978-954-92032-2-6
- ^ Macedonia Press Blames Bulgaria for Anti-Macedonian Campaign, Sofia News Agency, 03.04.2008
- ^ Copy of declaration by Prime Minister Ljubčo Georgievski
- ^ http://www.morm.gov.mk:8080/morm/en/ARM/Defence-Structure.html National Command Management
- ^ a b The World Bank
- ^ a b http://devdata.worldbank.org/AAG/mkd_aag.pdf
- ^ http://www.vlada.mk/english/News/December2006/ei8-12-2006.htm Government of the Republic of Macedonia
- ^ http://www.nuwireinvestor.com/articles/macedonias-new-flat-tax-51002.aspx Macedonia's Flat Tax
- ^ http://www.worldbank.org.mk Macedonian unemployment rate
- ^ The 2006 CIA Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mk.html CIA Factbook Macedonia
- ^ Welcome to World Bank Group
- ^ Macedonian Embassy London
- ^ http://www.mfa.gov.mk/default1.aspx?ItemID=290 Macedonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- ^ CIA World Factbook
- ^ Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Macedonia, 2002 - Book XIII, Skopje, 2005. (English, Macedonian). State Statistical Office of the Republic of Macedonia.
- ^ Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Macedonia, 2002 - Book XIII, Skopje, 2005. (English, Macedonian). State Statistical Office of the Republic of Macedonia.
- ^ Christopher Deliso, Balkanalysis.com. Macedonia's Jewish Community Commemorates the Holocaust, and Embraces the Future.
- ^ OIC
- ^ U.S. Agency for International Development
- ^ History of the Macedonian Orthodox Church
- ^ CIA World Factbook
- ^ Church Rivalry Threatens to Brim Over
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