MITROPOLITOT KIRIL METROPOLITAN KIRIL 40 GODINI PREDANO AR HIPASTIRSKO SLU"EWE NA BOGA I NA SVOJOT MAKEDONSKI NAROD SLAVE NIKOLOVSKI - KATIN SLAVÈ NIKOLOVSKI – KATIN MITROPOLITOT KIRIL METROPOLITAN KIRIL POLO[KO-KUM A N O VS KA EPAR HIJA 1997 POLO[KO - KUMANOVSKAEPARHIJA KNIGOIZDATELSTVO MAKEDONSKAISKRA” - SKOPJE ” DIOCESE OF POLOG AND KUMANOVO MAKEDONSKA ISKRA PUBLISHING HOUSE – SKOPJE Edicija: PORTRETI Series: PORTRAITS SLAVE NIKOLOVSKI - KATIN SLAVÈ NIKOLOVSKI – KATIN MITROPOLITOT KIRIL METROPOLITAN KIRIL MONOGRAFIJA - MONOGRAPH Recenzenti / Reviewers: Mitropolit AGATANGEL Metropolitan AGATANGEL Stavre Xikov Stavre Dzikov Izdava~ki sovet: Publishing Board: Mi{ko Vasovski - Detroit Miško Vasovski - Detroit Nikola Stojanovski - Toronto Nikola Stojanovski - Toronto Vlado Carevski - Lakavana Vlado Carevski - Lackawanna Josiv Hristovski - Kolumbos Josiv Hristovski - Columbus Stiv Pliakas - Wumarket Steve Pliakas - New Market Trp~e Peov - Pert Trpče Peov - Perth Prota Kiril Velinski - Zagreb Very Reverend Kiril Velinski - Zagreb Du{an Petreski - Skopje Dušan Petreski - Skopje Prof. d-r Trajan Gocevski - Skopje Prof. Ph.D. Trajan Gocevski - Skopje Prota|akon Vi~ko Go~evski - Skopje Archdeacon Vičko Gočevski - Skopje Vladimir Nikolovski - Tetovo Vladimir Nikolovski - Tetovo Protastavrofor Dragi Stojanovski Proto-presbyter stavrophore Dragi Stojanovski - Kumanovo - Kumanovo Mane Jakovlevski - Zubovce, Gostivar Mane Jakovlevski - Zubovce, Gostivar Ivan~o Todorovski - Kriva Palanka Ivančo Todorovski - Kriva Palanka SLAVE NIKOLOVSKI - KATIN SLAVÈ NIKOLOVSKI - KATIN SODR"INA VOVED - APOSTOLSTVO VO NA[E VREME ...................................................................................................................... 8 PRV DEL - TATKOVINATA NA POTEKLOTO ...................................................................................................................... 21 VISTINATA ZA MAKEDONIJA ............................................................................................................................ 24 IZVORITE NA PISMENOSTA ............................................................................................................................. 26 PRESPA – KRSTOSNICA NA CIVILIZACII .................................................................................................. 30 CAREVDVORSKI KALEIDOSKOP ....................................................................................................................... 36 VTOR DEL - SEMEJNITE KORENI NA MITROPOLITOT KIRIL ................................................................................... 45 SEMEJNOTO STEBLO NA MITROPOLITOT KIRIL ......................................................................................... 48 RODITELITE MILICA I BOJAN I NIVNATA POSVETENOST KON BOGA I TATKOVINATA ..................... 50 VIKAREN EPISKOP TIVERIOPOLSKI ............................................................................................................ 60 DUHOVNATA MISIJA NA MITROPOLITOT VO ZEMJATA I SVETOT ............................................................. 64 TRET DEL - OSNOVOPOLO@NIK I AFIRMATOR NA MAKEDONSKATA PRAVOSLAVNA CRKVA VO DIJASPORATA .......................................................................................................................................... 67 DEJNOSTA NA MAKEDONSKATA PRAVOSLAVNA CRKVA VO PREKUOKEANSKITE ZEMJI, SO POSEBEN OSVRT VO SAD I KANADA .......................................................................................................... 72 SVE^ENI OSVETUVAWA NA MAKEDONSKI HRAMOVI [IRUM SVETOT SO ^INODEJSTVUVAWE NA MITROPOLITOT KIRIL ................................................................................. 98 AVSTRALIJA • ..................................................................................................................................................... 103 AVSTRALIJA - ZEMJA DALE^NA ....................................................................................................................... 108 KANADA • .............................................................................................................................................................. 133 KANADA - ZEMJA NA MULTIKULTURA ............................................................................................................... 136 SOEDINETITE AMERIKANSKI DR@AVI • ..................................................................................................... 147 SAD – VETENATA ZEMJA ......................................................................................................................................150 VATIKANSKI HORIZONTI ............................................................................................................................... 196 ^ETVRTI DEL - POLO[KO-KUMANOVSKATA EPARHIJA ............................................................................................. 203 NEGOVATA DUHOVNO-NACIONALNA I CRKOVNA MISIJA VO TATKOVINATA ......................................... 212 STRUKTURA NA POLO[KO-KUMANOVSKATA EPARHIJA ............................................................................... 220 OSVETENI CRKVI OD MITROPOLITOT KIRIL VO POLO[KO-KUMANOVSKA EPARHIJA - (1971-2005 GOD.) ........................................................................ 246 HUMANITARNATA ORGANIZACIJA „MILOSRDIE“ ........................................................................................ 248 PETTI DEL - MITROPOLITOT KIRIL NIZ STRANICITE NA MEDIUMITE ........................................................... 253 BEZ MAKEDONSKATA CRKVA NEMA OPSTOJ NA NARODOT I NA DR@AVATA ............................................. 258 [ESTI DEL - ^ETIRI DECENISKO PRAZNUVAWE ..................................................................................................... 289 TVOREC NA NOVI DUHOVNI VREDNOSTI ..................................................................................................... 292 TATKOVINSKI ORDEN ZA VEKOVNOTO POSTOEWE .................................................................................... 298 BESEDA NA MITROPOLITOT KIRIL VO CRKVATA „SV. DIMITRIJA“ VO SKOPJE VO 1967 GOD. ........ 304 BESEDA NA MITROPOLITOT KIRIL VO CRKVATA „SV. KLIMENT OHRIDSKI“ NA PLAO[NIK, VO 2007 .................................................................................................................................... 310 PRODOL@ENO CRKOVNO-NACIONALNO DELO ............................................................................................ 318 SEDMI DEL - DODATOK ................................................................................................................................................... 325 MAKEDONSKIOT DUHOVEN PASTIR G. KIRIL (Mitropolit povardarski Agatangel) .................................. 328 MONOGRAFIJATA - MITROPOLIT KIRIL (Stavre Xikov) ............................................................................. 332 VELI^IETO NA DUHOVNIOT HRONOPIS ...................................................................................................... 334 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION - THE APOSTLESHIP IN OUR TIME .......................................................................................................... 9 PART I - THE LAND OF ORIGIN ........................................................................................................................................... 21 THE TRUTH ABOUT MACEDONIA ......................................................................................................................... 25 THE SOURCES OF LITERACY ............................................................................................................................... 27 PRESPA – A CROSSROADS OF CIVILIZATIONS .................................................................................................. 31 KALEIDOSCOPE OF CAREV DVOR ...................................................................................................................... 37 PART II - METROPOLITAN KIRIL’S FAMILY TREE ............................................................................................................. 45 METROPOLITAN KIRIL’S FAMILY TREE ................................................................................................................ 48 HIS PARENTS MILICA AND BOJAN AND THEIR DEVOTION TO GOD AND THEIR FATHERLAND .................... 51 THE BISHOP’S VICAR OF TIVERIOPOL ................................................................................................................ 61 METROPOLITAN’S SPIRITUAL MISSION HOME AND ABROAD .......................................................................... 65 PART III - FOUNDER AND AFFIRMER OF THE MACEDONIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN THE DIASPORA ............................................................................................................................................ 67 THE ACTIVITIESY OF THE MACEDONIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OVERSEAS, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE USA AND CANADA ........................................................................... 73 FORMAL CONSECRATION OF MACEDONIAN CHURCHES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD CONCELEBRATED BY METROPOLITAN KIRIL ..................................................................................................... 99 AUSTRALIA • ........................................................................................................................................................ 103 AUSTRALIA – A DISTANT LAND ..........................................................................................................................