Kiril (birth name Nikola Popovski, Macedonian Cyrillic: Никола Поповски), was Metropolitan bishop of the no longer existing Diocese of Polog and Kumanovo of Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric.
Kiril | |
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Metropolitan of Polog and Kumanovo | |
Church | Macedonian Orthodox Church |
Diocese | Polog and Kumanovo |
See | Skopje |
Installed | 1971 |
Quashed | 2013 |
Predecessor | unknown |
Successor | Joseph of Kumanovo and Osogovo Joseph of Tetovo and Gostivar |
Personal details | |
Born | 1934 |
Died | 2013[1] Skopje Macedonia (present-day North Macedonia) |
Buried | Monastery in Deljadrovci,[2] Skopje, North Macedonia |
Nationality | Macedonian |
Denomination | Eastern Orthodoxy |
Residence | Skopje |
Occupation | Metropolitan of MPC-OA |
Education
editKiril completed primary education in his native village and Theological Seminary in Prizren, in present Kosovo. In 1965 he enrolled in the Moscow Spiritual Academy, but after two years of study he came back to Macedonia and completed his studies at the Theological faculty "St. Clement of Ohrid" in Skopje.
See also
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