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[[Jovan VI (Vraniskovski) of Ohrid|Archbishop Jovan]] was sentenced to 18 months of prison in June 2005 for "Instigation of ethnic, racial and religious hatred, discord and intolerance". The verdict stated the conviction relied on these three points:
# he wrote a text in a religious calendar in which he slanders the Macedonian Orthodox Church# he agreed to be appointed as an Exarch of the Ohrid Archbishopric in Macedonia, # he and participated in the ordination of the bishops Joachim and Marko and
# he officiated at a religious service in an apartment owned by his parents.