According to the 2006 census, 62,295 citizens of

North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Yugoslavia. It ...

reside in

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, irrespective of ethnicity.2006 figures
They are concentrated mainly in

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within ci ...

Hannover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...

and Stuttgart.

Organisation and religion

Macedonians in

are predominantly Eastern Orthodox Christians, and are mostly organised within the framework of the

Macedonian Orthodox Church The Macedonian Orthodox Church – Archdiocese of Ohrid (MOC-AO; mk, Македонска православна црква – Охридска архиепископија), or simply the Macedonian Orthodox Church (MOC) or the Archdiocese o ...

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

. The MPCOs have their own churches where many Macedonians gather for Ilinden,

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and

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. The biggest are: *''MPCO-" Sv.Kliment Ohridski"'' from

*''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 ...

*''MPCO-" Sv. Atanasie"'' from Nürnberg *''MPCO-" Sv.Nikola"'' from

Ingolstadt Ingolstadt (, Austro-Bavarian: ) is an independent city on the Danube in Upper Bavaria with 139,553 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2022). Around half a million people live in the metropolitan area. Ingolstadt is the second largest city in Upper Ba ...

*''MPCO-" Sv.Kiril i Metodij"'' from Stuttgart *''MPCO-" Sv.Troica"'' from München *''MPCO-" Sv.Dimitrija"'' from Aalen *''MPCO-" Sveti Kiril i Metodij" from Dortmund'' The MPCO's encourage the

, traditional Macedonian folklore and customs from the motherland. They also encourage the upkeep of Macedonian heritage, language and traditions in

. Other Christian minority groups in the Macedonian German community include

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, a few

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and some Protestants. Smaller numbers of Macedonians are

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who may or may not adhere to every aspect of Islam, 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

Notable Macedonians from Germany

* Igor Kirov - Dancer and choreographer from

Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its na ...

* Aleksandar Kondinski - Distinguished fellow of the

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currently affiliated with the

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(

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)''Kondinski's personal website''
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Oka Nikolov Orhej "Oka" Nikolov (; mk, Орхеј "Ока" Николов ; born 25 May 1974) is a retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He serves as assistant coach for Los Angeles FC in Major League Soccer. He spent nineteen seasons ...

- Soccer player *

Alexander Veljanov Alexander Veljanov (Macedonian: ''Александар Вељанов'', ) is a Macedonian singer. He became famous through singing in the darkwave band Deine Lakaien which he founded with Ernst Horn in 1985. Biography Veljanov studied theatre ...

- 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

Ethnic groups in Germany

Organisation and religion

Sport

Notable Macedonians from Germany

See also

References

External links