Michael (Macedonian: Архиепископ Охридски и Македонски г.г. Михаил, romanized: Arhiepiskop Ohridski i Makedonski g.g. Mihail) was the fourth Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia and once primate of the Macedonian Orthodox Church.
Michael | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia | |
| Church | Macedonian |
| See | Skopje |
| Installed | 4 December 1993 |
| Term ended | 6 July 1999 |
| Predecessor | Gabriel of Ohrid and Macedonia |
| Successor | Stephen of Ohrid and Macedonia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1912 Novo Selo, Ottoman Empire (now North Macedonia) |
| Died | 6 July 1999 Skopje, Macedonia (now North Macedonia) |
| Buried | Church "St. Naum of Ohrid", Radišani, North Macedonia |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox Church |
Archbishop Michael was born in Novo Selo, Ottoman Empire (present-day North Macedonia) in 1912. He had been a longstanding professor and dean at the theological faculty of the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje before being elected as the leader of the Macedonian Orthodox Church on December 4, 1993.
Archbishop Michael died on July 6, 1999, and is remembered for his great oratory.