Po redaktohet Skopje (paragraf)

===Religion===
[[File:Presveta Bogordica od Skopje 4.JPG|thumb|The church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary.]]
Religious affiliation is diverse: Macedonians, Serbs, and Aromanians are mainly Orthodox, with the majority affiliated to the [[Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric|Macedonian Orthodox Church]]; Turks are almost entirely Muslim; those of Albanian ethnicity are largely Muslim, although Skopje also has a sizeable [[Roman Catholic]] Albanian minority, into which [[Mother Teresa]] was born; the Roma (Gypsies) represent a mixture (in almost equal numbers) of Muslim and Orthodox religious heritage.<ref>{{Cite book |author=Hugh Poulton |title=Who are the Macedonians? |publisher=C. Hurst & Co. Publishers Ltd |year=2000 |isbn=978-1850655343 |page=130}}</ref>

According to the 2002 census, 68.5% of the population of Skopje belonged to the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]], while 28.6% belonged to [[Islam]]. The city also had Catholic (0.5%) and [[Protestant]] (0.04%) minorities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stat.gov.mk/Publikacii/knigaX.pdf |title=Census |year=2002 |publisher=State Statistical Office of the Republic of Macedonia |access-date=26 October 2012}}</ref> The Catholics are served by the Latin [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Skopje|bishopric of Skopje]], in which is also vested the [[Byzantine Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Macedonia]].

Until [[World War II]], Skopje had a significant Jewish minority which mainly descended from Spanish [[Sephardi Jews|Sephardis]] who had escaped the [[Inquisition]]. The community comprised 2,424 members in 1939 (representing about 3% of the city population), but most of them were deported and killed by [[Nazis]]. After the war, most of the survivors settled in Israel.<ref name="Mark Avrum Ehrlich 2009 980"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.europeanjewishfund.org/index.php?/communities/macedonia/ |title=Jewish Community in Macedonia |publisher=European Jewish Fund |access-date=28 February 2011}}</ref> Today the city has around 200 Jewish inhabitants (about 0.04% of the population).

Because of its 520-year Ottoman past, and the fact that many of its inhabitants today are Muslims, Skopje has more mosques than churches. Religious communities often complain about the lack of infrastructure and new places of worship are often built.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.novamakedonija.com.mk/NewsDetal.asp?vest=92612947288&id=14&setIzdanie=22689 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228024309/http://www.novamakedonija.com.mk/NewsDetal.asp?vest=92612947288&id=14&setIzdanie=22689 |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 December 2013 |title=Во Скопје има 27 џамии и 15 цркви |date=26 September 2012 |publisher=Nova Makedonija |author=Sanja Jancevska |access-date=26 October 2012}}</ref> Skopje is the seat of many Macedonian religious organizations, such as the [[Macedonian Orthodox Church]] and the Islamic Religious Union of Macedonia. It has an Orthodox cathedral and seminary, several [[madrasah]]s, a Roman Catholic cathedral and a synagogue.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mcms.powweb.com/MSM/eng/pdf/adresar-na-verski-zaednici-ENGL.pdf |title=Address Book of the Religious Communities |publisher=Macedonian Centre for International Cooperation |access-date=26 October 2012}}</ref>