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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Ohrid Literary School   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The school was established in Ohrid in 886 by Saint Clement of Ohrid simultaneously or shortly after the establishment of the Preslav Literary School.
After Clement was ordained bishop of Drembica (Velika) in 893, the position of head of the school was assumed by Naum of Preslav.
The Ohrid Literary School used the Glagolytic alphabet from its establishment until the 12th century and the Cyrillic alphabet from the end of the 9th century onwards.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ohrid-Literary-School   (570 words)

  
 Clement of Ohrid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
While Naum of Preslav stayed in Pliska working on the foundation of the Pliska Literary School, Clement was sent by Boris to Ohrid in Kutmichevitza with the commission to organise the teaching of Old Church Slavonic there.
Saint Clement of Ohrid was one of the most prolific and important writers in Old Bulgarian (the Bulgarian version/redaction of Old Church Slavonic).
Clement also translated the Flower Triode containing church songs sung from Easter to Pentecost and is believed to be the author of the Holy Service and the Life of St Clement, the Roman Pope, as well as of the oldest service dedicated to St Cyril and St Methodius.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clement_of_Ohrid   (594 words)

  
 St. Clement of Ohrid
The principle written testimonies to Clement's life are his hagiography known as Comprehensive, by Archbishop Theophilact of Ohrid, written at the end of the 11th century, and the Prologue by Demetrius Chomatianus, an Ohrid archbishop of the l3th century.
Clement was appointed to a peripheral province of the state, the Velicka bishopric.
Ohrid was thenceforth a spring of new water, a fast-flowing stream which flowed unchecked through Macedonia and merged, as a constituent part, into the vast sea of Slavonic and Byzantine culture.
www.mymacedonia.net /language/clement.htm   (1159 words)

  
 Macedonia FAQ: Ohrid
The ancient city of Ohrid, situated along the coast of the magnificent Lake Ohrid, is undoubtedly the most beautiful and most attractive Macedonian town, a pearl of old architecture and a treasury of valuable cultural and historical monuments.
The ancient name of Ohrid was Lychnydos, based on an ancient stone inscription that was found that reported of King Philip's II take-over of the city in 353 BC; the earliest evidence of the current name of the town is from 879.
The cathedral was the seat of the Archbishopric of Ohrid for several centuries and is the oldest surviving church in Ohrid.
faq.macedonia.org /travel/cities/ohrid.html   (2324 words)

  
 SAINT CLEMENT AND SAINT NAUM, History of Ohrid
In Ohrid region Christianity was inaugurated as the official religion as early as IV century AD Since the first part of IV century the town of Lychnidos became an episcopal centre.
After a short stay on the Bulgarian court, in 886 Clement (of Ohrid) was sent to Macedonia on a mission of importance for the state.
The solid bonds of Clement and Naum with this region are evident from the fact that both were buried in the Monasteries built by themselves on the shore of Lake Ohrid.
www.ohrid.org.mk /eng/istorija/kliment.htm   (422 words)

  
 Sv. Pantelejmon - Imaret
The Archbishop of Ohrid Theophilact (XII century), and Dimitrius Homatian (XIII century), Clement of Ohrid's biographers, rather realistically describe his hospital where the healing was rendered free of charge, by means of hypnosis, various teas, and herbal elixirs - without the use of magic.
Clement of Ohrid is also deemed as the first Slavonic composer and music teacher.
On 10 September 1966, the 1050th anniversary of Clement of Ohrid's death was marked by grand celebrations in Ohrid.
www.soros.org.mk /konkurs/076/angver/imaret.html   (640 words)

  
 The Cultural History of Macedonia
Clement was, in fact, the author of a large body of sermons, prayers, hymns and other psalmodic songs in honor of Jesus Christ, the Holy Virgin, John the Baptist and other Christian figures.
Ohrid Fortress is considered to be the oldest and best-preserved fortress in Macedonia; Roman historians mention Ohrid as a town of fortresses, but the remaining ruins visible today chiefly belong to fortifications erected by Samuil.
The houses of Ohrid and Krushevo are particularly note-worthy.
www.unet.com.mk /mian/cultural.htm   (4611 words)

  
 St. Clement's monastery "St. Pantheleimon"
Clement's monastery "St. Pantheleimon" is located at Plaosnik (known as Imaret during the Turks), southwards from the Samuel Fortress.
Clement of Ohrid, its patron and protector, arrived to Devol, Ohrid, and Glavenica persuaded by the Bulgarian Prince Boris.
Thus, during the period of the Ohrid Archbishop Prohor in the first half of XVI century, the monastery of St. Clement was restored.
www.ohrid.org.mk /eng/crkvi/pantelej.htm   (321 words)

  
 stages   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The Ohrid Fortress is one of the largest mediaeval fortifications to be preserved in the Republic of Macedonia.
In the letters of Theophilact, Bichopof Ohrid, there are several pieces of information about the appearance and the life of Ohrid towards the end of the 11th and at the beginning of the 12th century when it was a large mediaeval town.
Here, St. Clement of Ohrid, the first writer from among the Macedonian Slavs, wrote his literary composition including the “Words in Praise of St. Cyril”, a masterpiece of mediaeval Slavonic prose.
www.ohridsummer.com.mk /stages.htm   (513 words)

  
 Saint Naum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
According to the hagiography of Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius by Saint Clement of Ohrid, Naum took part in their mission to Great Moravia and in 867 or 868 became a priest in Rome.
The same or the following year Naum reached Bulgaria together with Clement of Ohrid, Sava, Angelarius and maybe Gorazd (according to other sources, Gorazd was already dead by that time).
After Clement was ordained bishop of Drembica (Velika) in 893, Naum continued Clement’s work at the Ohrid Literary School.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Naum_of_Preslav   (226 words)

  
 Clement founds the Ohrid Literary School
As to the life of Nahum, Clement's companion and brother-in-faith, it is most thoroughly, though still scantily, dealt with in his two Slavonic Hagiographies which remained unknown until the end of the last century.
Both Clement and Nahum were buried in the tombs which they themselves had built in the churches they bequested: Nahum in the year 910, and Clement six years later, in 916.
The manuscripts from Clement's language tradition, with their illuminations, vignettes and initials and their linguistic structure undoubtedly originate from the tradition of Cyril and Methodius.
www.mymacedonia.net /language/school.htm   (1149 words)

  
 OHRID AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
Clement became the patron saint and protector of Ohrid.
The spiritual center used to have more than 300 churches where a lot of work was done, leaving many traces within the Byzantine art and the Renaissance in many domains like: the literature, the icon painting, the fresco painting, the architecture, the music etc. The fresco painting dominates in many churches being a priceless treasure.
The modern town of Ohrid, is nowadays a spiritual, cultural and tourist center in Macedonia.
www.ohrid.org.mk /eng/index.htm   (640 words)

  
 Ohrid
Ohrid (native: Охрид) is located on the northeastern shore of Lake Ohrid.
On a nearby hilltop is a quadrangular building, the Imaret, a Turkish mosque and inn, built on the foundations of the Monastery of St. Panteleimon (9th century), associated with St. Clement, the first Macedonian bishop of Ohrid.
Clement opened the first Macedonian school of higher learning, wrote the earliest works of Macedonian literature, and, with St. Naum, translated the Scriptures from Greek into Macedonian.
www.macedoniancities.com /ohrid.asp   (134 words)

  
 Crkvata Sv. Pantelejmon, Klimentoviot univerzitet, Ohrid, Republika Makedonija
Clement, the first writer among the Macedonian Slavs, composed his literature creations among who is the master piece of the medieval Slavic literature: "Good words of Kiril".
Here was the hospital that both of Clements biographers, Teophilact in the 12th and Chomatijan 13th century write about, where healing was made without the use of magic, but by suggestion and hypnosis, and the sick received potions and teas from various plants.
With the archaeological research in 1965, the fact that Clement restored an abandoned monastery with the form of a shamrock with three leaves was confirmed.
www.culture.org.mk /eSVPANTKLIMUNIV.HTM   (515 words)

  
 Patron Saints Index: Saint Clement of Ohrid
Clement of Okbrida; Kliment Ohridski; one of the Seven Apostles of Bulgaria
He was the first Slavic writer, translated dozens of works, wrote a biography of Saints Cyril and Methodius, and founded the first Slavic university in Ohrid.
Saint Clement of Ohrid Macedonian Orthodox Cathedral, Toronto, Canada
www.catholic-forum.com /saints/saintc3h.htm   (136 words)

  
 Macedonia - Ohrid Region with its Cultural and Historical Aspect and its Natural Environment
Situated on the shores of Lake Ohrid, the town of Ohrid is one of the oldest human settlements in Europe.
Ohrid is a town in southwestern Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), located on the northeastern side of Lake Ohrid near the border with Albania.
Ohrid’s numerous historical monuments include an early Christian basilica with 5th-century mosaics, the ruins of a 10th-century citadel, and the 11th-century Saint Sofia Church.
worldheritage.heindorffhus.dk /frame-MacedoniaOhrid.htm   (576 words)

  
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The Cyrillic alphabet was created later by St. Clement of Ohrid (Ohrid is a city in the Republic of Macedonia) and not by St. Cyril.
Soon after that St. Clement of Ohrid (Ohrid is a city in the Republic of Macedonia) created the Cyrillic alphabet (named in honour of St. Cyril).
Clement was nominated a teacher in the region of Kutmichevica, which included the south-western Macedonian districts (Strumica Region), and the Ohrid Glagolitic literary school was established.
www.pbs.org /netforum/static/faceofrussia/9.html   (1032 words)

  
 MACEDONIAN ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL Sts PETER and PAUL
Saints Clement, Bishop of Ohrid, Equal of the Apostles, Naum, Sava, Gorazd and Angelar were Slavs, disciples of Sts.
Clement was a teacher while he was still in Moravia.
Clement was the first Macedonian hierarch to serve, preach and write in the Slavonic language.
www.svpetaripavle.org /new/saints/st.clement.html   (609 words)

  
 July 27: Clement of Ohrid Buried in Bulgaria
Clement of Ohrid (in what is now the Republic of Macedonia) had died just a few days earlier.
Clement was one of the five faithful disciples Cyril and Methodius had entrusted with carrying on their mission before they died.
In the tenth century, Ohrid was considered a backwater of Bulgaria.
chi.gospelcom.net /DAILYF/2002/07/daily-07-27-2002.shtml   (646 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Climent of Ohrid   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
After spending some time in jail, he was expelled from Great Moravia and in 885 or 886 reached the borders of Bulgaria together with Naum of Preslav, Sava, Angelarius and maybe Gorazd (according to other sources, Gorazd was already dead by that time).
For a period of seven years - between 886 and 893 - Clement taught the Slavonic language and the Glagolitic alphabet to some 3,500 disciples.
Saint Clement of Ohrid was one of the most prolific and important writers in
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Climent-of-Ohrid   (660 words)

  
 Sv Bogorodica Perivleptos
The church of St. Clement of Ohrid is cruciform in shape.
Thus, the church of St. Clement is appreciated as one of the highest achievements of the medieval architecture.
The portraits of Clement of Ohrid and Archbishop Constantine Cavassilus are painted on the northern wall, and on the southern the portrait of Peter the Apostle, holding the model of the church instead of the builder.
www.soros.org.mk /konkurs/076/angver/bogorodica_svkliment.html   (1469 words)

  
 Macedonia FAQ: The Life and Work of St. Naum of Ohrid
After Clement of Ohrid he was the most consistent and worthy of the pupils of the Salonica brothers Cyril and Methodius, a personality who devoted his whole being to the work of establishing Slav literacy and who was one of the founders of the Macedonian Orthodox Church.
While Bishop Clement was occupied with his duties of office in the Great Eparchy (thought to have covered the district of Kutmicevica which included, besides Ohrid, Devol and Glavinica, the towns of Kichevo, Prilep, Bitola, Prespa, Meglen, Voden, Kostur, Janina and others), Naum became the head of Clement’s university at Devol.
Ohrid was not simply an educational center nor is it just a treasury of great works of art created by human genius throughout the turbulent history of this people; Ohrid is also the place where the relics of these great Slays and Macedonians are preserved.
faq.macedonia.org /religion/sv.naum.html   (2370 words)

  
 SevenSaints
His name is mentioned only in the homily of Clement Ohridski, as well as in Tzar Boril’s Synodic of 1216, where Saint Sava is placed next to the other four disciples of the Salonika brothers.
It is known of Clement, Naoum, and Angelarius that they joined the apostles from Salonika a long time before their mission to Greater Moravia started in 863, so that they were directly committed to the translation of liturgical books into Old Bulgarian.
Clement of Ohrid “devised other representations of the letters, clearer that those devised by the wisest Cyril”.
www.omda.bg /engl/history/sedmotch.html   (740 words)

  
 Macedonia for the Macedonians
In the Ottoman state the archbishops of Ohrid, particularly in the 17th and 18th centuries, took on the role of popular leaders in the movement for liberation, carrying on talks, predominantly with Austria, concerning the formation of a state for the captive Christians, primarily the Macedonians.
In 1767, the financial difficulties of the Archbishopric of Ohrid were used as a pretext and it was discontinued by agreement of the Patriarchate of Constantinople and the Ottoman authorities.
In the cultural traditions of the Ohrid School, especially in its art, portraits of the first Slavonic educators from the 9th and 10th centuries have been created over a period of a thousand years, and many hundreds of representations of them have been preserved in churches.
www.makedonija.info /church.html   (1220 words)

  
 Evisum.com The Educational Vortal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Joseph Clement Coll (1881-1921) - An illustrated biography of Joseph Clement Coll - a master of pen and ink.
National and University Library Saint Clement of Ohrid - Graduate, postgraduate, and continuous education and supspecialization in the field of immunology.
National and University Library Saint Clement of Ohrid - Lecture notes compiled by students of the English department of the University of St. C and M - Skopje, Macedonia.
search.evisum.com /xtractor.cgi?search=Clement+Laird+Vallandigham&offset=120   (476 words)

  
 Ohrid
But the law is the crucial part of the Ohrid peace accord brokered by the West in 2001 to end seven months of fighting between state security forces and an...
The laws are the final stage in the Ohrid peace accords that ended seven months of fighting between ethnic Albanian guerrillas and government forces in 2001.
The monastery was the cathedral of the Archbishopric of Ohrid, and was earlier this year attacked by a paramilitary 'state security' unit armed with machine...
conservation.mongabay.com /Ohrid.htm   (2173 words)

  
 Welcome   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
It is the legitimate descendant of the shining Lychnidos, a town whose achievements were woven into the tapestry of a powerful ancient civilization; the town of Ohrid is indeed the cultural history of the Republic of Macedonia in miniature.
Ohrid was the most important official capital of the first Slav Macedonian State, of Samuel's empire.
And Ohrid was the centre of Macedonia's nineteenth century revival.
www.homepagez.com /kocarev/index.htm   (320 words)

  
 Ohrid
The St. Mary Most Glorious (currently, St. Kliment) Church in Ohrid (1295) has some of the finest frescoes which can be found on the territory of nowadays Republic of Macedonia.
Clement of Ohrid, and St. Konstantin Kavasila (archbishop of Ohrid).
The world-famous icon collection in the Ohrid church of St. Clement comprises some thirty medieval icons, the oldest from the 12th century.
www.b-info.com /places/Macedonia/republic/images/citiesOhridKliment.shtml   (429 words)

  
 The Archbishopric of Ohrid and The Macedonian Orthodox Church
The success of the komitopulis' uprising and the wresting of Macedonia away from Byzantine rule (the Bulgarian Empire had fallen in the meantime) demanded that ecclesiastical authority be independent of Byzantine authority and lie close to the secular authority of Samuil, both geographically and ideologically.
After the proclamation of the Serbian Patriarchate in 1346 and its expulsion from the ecumenical body, the Patriarchate in Constantinople, the archbishops of Ohrid were engaged in a process of reconciliation for the return of Serbia into the orthodox community.
Cyril and Methodius, St. Clement of Ohrid, one of the founders of Slavonic culture and literacy.
www.mymacedonia.net /religion/archbishopric.htm   (814 words)

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