Cairo, November 10, 2026
Photo: Diocese of Delčevo and Kamenica
A hierarch of the autocephalous Macedonian Orthodox Church-Ohrid Archbishopric celebrated the Divine Liturgy in a monastery of the Patriarchate of Alexandria over the weekend.
His Grace Bishop Marko of Delčevo and Kamenica presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Monastery of the Great Martyr George in Cairo on Sunday, November 8, the MOC diocese reports.
This was, notably, the first indication of canonical recognition from Alexandria since the Macedonian Church returned to canonical communion and received autocephaly in May–June 2022. Bishop Marko was concelebrated by Archimandrite Konstnatinos from the Patriarchate.
At the end of the service, the hierarch offered his thanks to Metropolitan Savvas of Nubia for the opportunity to celebrate the Liturgy, and for the warm welcome from the brethren of the monastery.
Photo: Diocese of Delčevo and Kamenica
After the service, Bishop Marko and a pilgrimage group visited other holy sites in Cairo, including the Church of St. Nicholas where St. Nektarios of Aegina once stayed. There, they had the opportunity to venerate a portion of his relics, as well as the cell where he lived, where they still have items used by the great holy hierarch and wonderworker.
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Overall, the autocephaly of the Macedonian Church is recognized by the Churches of Russia, Poland, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Romania, and the OCA, in addition to the Serbian Church that granted it.
Meanwhile, the Churches of Constantinople, Greece, Antioch, Georgia, and Albania recognize the Macedonian Church as canonical but not autocephalous.
MOC hierarchs and clergy have also concelebrated with hierarchs and clergy from the Patriarchate of Jerusalem and now of the Patriarchate of Alexandria, though their Synods haven’t formally addressed the issue.
Thus far, there have been no known Synodal decisions from or concelebrations with hierarchs or clergy of the Church of Cyprus.
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