Joseph of Kumanovo and Osogovo

Joseph
Metropolitan of Kumanovo and Osogovo
Church Macedonian
Diocese Kumanovo and Osogovo
See Skopje
Installed 2013
Predecessor none (Kiril as Metropolitan of Diocese of Polog and Kumanovo)
Successor incumbent
Personal details
Born 1977
Prilep
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
Nationality Macedonian
Denomination Eastern Orthodoxy
Residence Kumanovo
Occupation Metropolitan of MOC-OA

Dr. Joseph (Macedonian: Јосиф) is the first and current Metropolitan bishop of the Diocese of Kumanovo and Osogovo of the Macedonian Orthodox Church.[1][2]

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”.

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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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