Canonical Bishop’s Passport Confiscated by Macedonian Authorities

After years of persecutions, the Macedonian authorities have ended up confiscating His Beatitude Jovan’s passport on July 9, without giving any reason why. Archbishop of Ohrid and Metropolitan of Skopje, he is currently the only canonical Orthodox bishop serving in Macedonia. Under Archbishop Jovan’s leadership, the Ohrid Archbishopric separated from the schismatic Macedonian church sixteen years ago, in order to reunite with the Serbian Church. Consequently, His Beatitude was sent