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Revision as of 03:08, 13 October 2005 by 209.135.108.89 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The Macedonian Archbishopric of Ohrid (Ohrid Archbishopric, Archbishopric of First Justiniana and all Bulgaria) was an autonomous Macedonian Orthodox Church under the tutelage of the Patriarch of Constantinople between 1019 and 1767, seated in Ohrid.
The archbishopric was established in 1019 by lowering of the rank of its subjugation to the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Constantinople. Although the first appointed archbishop (John of Debar) was a Macedonian Slav, his successors, as well as the whole higher clergy, were invariably Greeks, the most famous of them being Saint Theophylact of Ohrid (1078-1107). The Greek language quite early replaced Old Church Slavonic as the official language of the archbishopric. All documents and even hagiographies of Bulgarian saints, for example the hagiography of Saint Clement of Ohrid, were written in Greek. Despite this, the Slavonic liturgy was preserved on the lower levels of the Church for several centuries.
The autocephaly of the Ohrid Archbishopric remained respected during the periods of Byzantine, Bulgarian, Serbian and Ottoman rule and the church continued to exist until its abolition in 1767.
See also
- "Macedonian Orthodox Church Wants Turkey to Revoke Document Dating Back to 1767" - Focus News English
http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=123&newsid=73777&ch=0
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