Jovan Vraniškovski, Metropolitan Jovan of Kruševo and Demir Hisar, of the Macedonian Orthodox Church, formerly known as Jovan VI, Metropolitan of Skopje and the Archbishop of Ohrid, is the former head of the Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric (2005–2023).
Vraniškovski in 2011
Patriarch Bartholomew and Jovan in 2004
Macedonian Orthodox Church
The Macedonian Orthodox Church – Archdiocese of Ohrid, or simply the Macedonian Orthodox Church (MOC) or the Archdiocese of Ohrid (AO), is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church in North Macedonia. The Macedonian Orthodox Church claims ecclesiastical jurisdiction over North Macedonia, and is also represented in the Macedonian diaspora. The primate of the Macedonian Orthodox Church is Stefan Veljanovski, the Metropolitan of Skopje and Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia.
Letter from Initiative board addressed to Presidium of ASNOM, asking to organize an independent Macedonian Orthodox church, February 1945
Dositej Stojković, the first head of the MOC
Church of St. Sophia, Ohrid of the Archbishopric of Ohrid, which is depicted on the church's coat of arms
Archbishop Stefan (L) in Belgrade with Patriarch Porfirije (R) on 19 May 2022.