According to the 2006 census, 62,295 citizens of North Macedonia reside in Germany, irrespective of ethnicity.2006 figures
They are concentrated mainly in Bavaria, Berlin, Hannover and

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...

Organisation and religion

Macedonians in Germany are predominantly

Eastern Orthodox Christian Eastern Orthodoxy, also known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity, is one of the three main branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholicism and Protestantism. Like the Pentarchy of the first millennium, the mainstream (or "canonical") ...

s, and are mostly organised within the framework of the Macedonian Orthodox Church or the MPCO. Most of these organizations were formed in the early 1990s. The original church community was formed in Hamburg around 1980, and soon after six other MPCO's were established in Germany. The MPCOs have their own churches where many Macedonians gather for Ilinden, Easter and Christmas. The biggest are: *''MPCO-" Sv.Kliment Ohridski"'' from Berlin *''MPCO-" Sveti Spas"'' from

Laatzen Laatzen is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated directly south of Hanover. Division of the town In 1964, the municipalities of Laatzen (nowadays about 22,000 inhabitants) and Grasdorf (3,500 inh.) were merge ...

/ Hannover *''MPCO-" Sv. Atanasie"'' from

Nürnberg Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ci ...

*''MPCO-" Sv.Nikola"'' from Ingolstadt *''MPCO-" Sv.Kiril i Metodij"'' from

*''MPCO-" Sv.Troica"'' from

München Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

*''MPCO-" Sv.Dimitrija"'' from

Aalen Aalen () is a former Free Imperial City located in the eastern part of the German state of Baden-Württemberg, about east of Stuttgart and north of Ulm. It is the seat of the Ostalbkreis district and is its largest town. It is also the large ...

*''MPCO-" Sveti Kiril i Metodij" from

Dortmund Dortmund (; Westphalian nds, Düörpm ; la, Tremonia) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the eighth-largest city of Germany, with a population of 588,250 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the la ...

'' The MPCO's encourage the Macedonian Orthodox Church, traditional Macedonian folklore and customs from the motherland. They also encourage the upkeep of

Macedonian Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia. Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to: People Modern * Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North M ...

heritage, language and traditions in Germany. Other Christian minority groups in the Macedonian German community include Greek Catholics, Eastern Catholics, a few

Uniates The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also called the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches, Eastern Rite Catholicism, or simply the Eastern Churches, are 23 Eastern Christian autonomous ('' sui iuris'') particular churches of t ...

and some

Protestants Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century against what its followers perceived to b ...

. Smaller numbers of Macedonians are Muslims who may or may not adhere to every aspect of

Islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...

, and many more could be nonreligious/irreligious and agnostic/secularist.

Sport

There are several Macedonian sports clubs in Germany. The best known is probably ''FK Makedonija 1970'' from Berlin

Notable Macedonians from Germany

* Igor Kirov - Dancer and choreographer from Frankfurt am Main * Aleksandar Kondinski - Distinguished fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation currently affiliated with the University of Cambridge ( Cambridge)''Kondinski's personal website''
/ref> * Oka Nikolov - Soccer player * Alexander Veljanov - Singer, songwriter

References

External links

German-Macedonian Society web site Macedonian Honor Consulat in Germany Macedonian Orthodox Church in Europe
{{Portal bar, Germany, North Macedonia Germany Ethnic groups in Germany

Organisation and religion

Sport

Notable Macedonians from Germany

See also

References

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