Dr. Joseph Pејоvsky (Macedonian: Јосиф Пејовски) is the first and current Metropolitan bishop of the Diocese of Kumanovo and Osogovo of the Macedonian Orthodox Church.[1][2]
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| Metropolitan of Kumanovo and Osogovo | |
| Church | Macedonian |
| Province | Kumanovo, Kriva Palanka, Kratovo |
| Metropolis | Kumanovo |
| Diocese | Kumanovo and Osogovo |
| See | Skopje |
| Elected | September 17, 2013 |
| Installed | October 10, 2013 |
| Predecessor | none (Kiril as Metropolitan of Diocese of Polog and Kumanovo) |
| Successor | incumbent |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1977 |
| Nationality | Macedonian |
| Denomination |  Eastern Orthodoxy |
| Residence |  Kumanovo |
| Occupation | Metropolitan of MOC-OA |
| Alma mater | Skopje University |
Early life
Family
Schooling
Metropolitan Josif in 1995 enrolled at the Faculty of Theology “St Clement of Ohrid” in Skopje, where in 2000 earned a bachelor's degree with thesis topic “The Icons in the History of the Church”. In 2009, he completed his doctoral studies dissertation with the topic “Dogmatic-theological doctrine of hesychasm in the works of St John Climacus, St Symeon the New Theologian, and Gregory Palamas”.