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Balkan Insight: North Macedonia leaders renew campaign for church’s independence

North Macedonia’s Prime Minister and President have dusted down old demands for the Ecumenical Patriarch to recognise the ecclesiastical independence of the Orthodox Church in their country, and finally end the dispute with the Church in Serbia over its status, Balkan Insight portal said.

Photo of Silvana Kochovska Silvana Kochovska 24 September 2020 12:06
epa08371683 Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople and of the Eastern Orthodox Church, conducts the Easter ceremony behind closed doors, to contain the spread of the Coronavirus COVID-19, at the St. George Church in Istanbul, Turkey, 19 April 2020. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on 13 April 2020, that there will be a two-day curfew on 18 and 19 April in 31 metropolitan provinces due to the ongoing pandemic of the Covid-19 disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. EPA-EFE/OZAN KOSE / POOL

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