Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe Volume 37 Issue 4 Special Issue on the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Declaration of the Autocephaly of the Article 8 Macedonian Orthodox Church 7-2017 Macedonian-Romanian Church Relations Ruzhica Cacanoska Ss. Cyril and Methodius University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/ree Part of the Christianity Commons, and the Eastern European Studies Commons Recommended Citation Cacanoska, Ruzhica (2017) "Macedonian-Romanian Church Relations," Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe: Vol. 37 : Iss. 4 , Article 8. Available at: https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/ree/vol37/iss4/8 This Article, Exploration, or Report is brought to you for free and open access by Digital Commons @ George Fox University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe by an authorized editor of Digital Commons @ George Fox University. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. MACEDONIAN-ROMANIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH RELATIONS By Ruzhica Cacanoska Professor Ruzhica Cacanoska, PhD. (
[email protected]) is a scientific advisor at the Institute for Sociological, Political and Juridical Research in Skopje of Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. Among her publications are “Religion in the Period of Transition,” “Public Religion,” “Historical Basis of Sociological Methodology,” and “Religious Polarization of Macedonian Modern Society.” Abstract The subject of this paper is a content analysis of the articles in the media about the Macedonian-Romanian Orthodox Church relations. According to the content analysis of the sample of articles in the media about the relations between the Macedonian Orthodox Church - the Ohrid Archbishopric (MOC-OA) and the Romanian Orthodox Church (ROC), it can be concluded that the analyzed texts are mostly informative and transmit a positive attitude.