David (Ninov)

Born in 1972 in Skopje , where he graduated from primary and secondary school. In the Orthodox faith, he was raised by his grandmother, who later took the monastic vows with the name of Theodosius.

He received a secondary education with a cultural degree in Skopje, where he then studied classical philology at the Institute of Classical Studies at the University of Skopje .

During his studies, he was the editor of the periodical "Stremezh" ("The Aspiration"). He published several collections of his poems, some of which were translated into other languages. Received a poetic award "Mlada Struga". Since 1993 - Member of the Writers' Union of Macedonia ^{[1] [2]} . He worked in the editorial staff of the cultural programs of Macedonian television .

He interrupted his studies at the institute, and in September 1995, together with Metropolitan Naum (Ilievsky) and Hierodeacon Clement (Bozhinovsky) , who had taken the veil in Athos monastery Grigoriat , and novices Metodia Zlatanov and Metodia Ristesky settled in Eleus Monastery, located in the village of Velus, in the community, in the community, in the community, in the community, in the community, in the center of the city , in the village of Velus, and in the common environment. , Macedonia, where monastic life was thus revived ^[3] .

In 1996, he was ordained to a dynasophore and ordained to the rank of hierodeacon ; in 1997, he was tonsured to the great schema and ordained to the rank of hieromonk . He initiated the publishing activities of his monastery by becoming the editor of the periodical "Assumption", devoted to the issues of monastic life, the theology of the holy fathers .

In 1999 he was elevated to the rank of hegumen .

In January 2004, he came out of the jurisdiction of the non-canonical Macedonian Orthodox Church and was accepted into the jurisdiction of the Orthodox Ohrid Archbishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church .

During the transition, he was arrested and detained at the Bitolsky police station along with the ruler of Ohrid, John and other clerics and monks. At the same time, at the request of the schismatics, the police expelled Father David along with other monastic brethren from their monastery. On July 9 of the same year, the “ecclesiastical court” of the schismatic Macedonian Orthodox Church, together with other repentant clerics, was “deprived of dignity and monasticism” ^[4] .

He carried out the obedience of the First Secretary of the Synod of Bishops of the Ohrid Archdiocese, the editor of the official web site of the Archdiocese and the Sobornost periodical. He graduated from the Theological Faculty of Theology, Aristotle State University in Thessaloniki , Greece. At the same faculty continues graduate school in dogma.

On June 29, 2006, he was elected Vicar Bishop of Stobi , but due to the re-imprisonment of Archbishop John, his consecration was only completed a year later.

On May 13, 2007, in the Assumption Monastic Community, Archbishop John was elevated to the rank of Archimandrite ^[5] .

On June 16, 2007, at 6 pm, Archimandrite David was named Bishop of Stobsky in the Stavropegic Monastery of St. John Chrysostom in Nizhepole near Bitola ^[6] .

On June 17, 2007, his episcopal consecration took place in the same place, which was performed by: Archbishop Okhridskiy Ikov (Vytovishkovsky) , Bishop of Gornokarlovatsky Gerasim (Popovich) , Bishop of Dalmatinsky Fotiy (Sladojevich) , Bishop of Polosko-Kumanovsky Yokim (Hefn) , and the Jets (Ichk) , which will be held by the Jocs (Ikov) , which will be held by Ioacn ^[7] .

On May 1, 2008, he was appointed locum tenens of the Strumitsky Diocese.

On May 28, 2015, he became a member of the Serbian Orthodox Church Bishops' Council Commission on dialogue with representatives of the Macedonian Orthodox Church established at the same time ^[8] .

• 1992 - Semyri v Sichilo (verses)
• 1992 - Orgata kale (verses)
• 1993 - Announcement on the visochinata (verses)
• 1996 - O'Odipod (verses)
• 2004 - Kobob or Vraќa con condo

• The official blog of Bishop David
• Biography of the Stobisk of the Bishopot and the Church of the Strumichka David on the official website of the Ohrid Archdiocese
• Janko Ninov // worldcat.org

interview

• Interview of the Bishop of Stobysk David for "Orthodoxy"
• An Interview with Abbot David (Ninov), conducted by the St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood in November 2005