Macedonian National Holiday Saint Clemens of Ohrid 2007
08.12.2007 - Celebrating the Macedonian national holiday in the Republic of Macedonia to honour the first medieval Macedonian Bishop, scholar and writer, Saint Clemens of Ohrid/ Kliment Ohridski (ca. 840-916).
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. Both are written in Ecclesiastical Greek. 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. According to the written documents, the faithful disciples of Cyril and Methodius, the godly and righteous Clement, Nahum, Gorazd, Angelarius and Sava, were of equal learning and maturity as apostles. Methodius had been preparing Gorazd to be his successor, but destiny decided otherwise. Clement and the rest of the exiles, following the Danube via Singidunum (Belgrade) reached Pliska and the court of the Bulgarian Prince Boris-Michael. Having long wished for his own clerical elite, the latter gave the exhausted newcomers a warm welcome. After a few months Clement was appointed to Ohrid, Devol and Glavenica to preach the gospel and introduce the Slavonic alphabet to the flock there. Nahum stayed in the Monastery of St. Panteleimon near Preslav teaching the monks and instructing them in the Gospel.
Seven years later in 893, after the coronation of Simeon, Clement was summoned to Kutmicevica and to the new capital, Preslav. Simeon - one of the most educated spirits of the time, a child of the Great School - immediately summoned a council at which Clement was probably also present. It was expected that Clement would be given the position of the prince's royal counselor and assistant. This, however, did not happen. The reformation of the alphabet and the introduction of the Cyrillic (knigi - letters), apparently attenuated the relationship between the Ohrid apostle and the prince, who was later to become the Bulgarian czar. Clement was appointed to a peripheral province of the state, the Velicka bishopric. This appointment somewhat resembles a reproach, a distancing. The disagreement on the painful issue of the alphabet and Clement's opposition to the new hellenized alphabet appear to be the reasons for the alienation between Clement and the Prince Simeon over the cultural policy of the state.
The benefits were manifold. The Apostolic work continued in Ohrid. Clement was joined by Nahum. The Ohrid region became the centre of the first Slavonic University. The alphabet used was the Glagolitic. The tradition of Cyril and Methodius was preserved and continued. 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.
The role played by the founders of the first schooling in the Balkans was immense. Legends speak of 3000 students. Theophilact says that Clement preached ...in a few words... about the ecclesiastical life, the memory of the saints, the enlightenment of the soul... He translated continuously: chants, psalms, festal fragments from the Bible, moralities... Thus the Slavonic liturgy was beginning to be created.
In their beloved Ohrid, Clement and Naum built their churches on opposite sides of the lake. In the town itself Clement dedicated a shrine to the holy healer Panteleimon. At the same time, towards the end of the 9th century, by the springs of the Crn Drim river, Naum erected a monument to the archangels of the bodiless army, Gabriel and Michael. Both Clement and Naum were buried in the tombs which they themselves had built in the churches they bequested: Naum in the year 910, and Clement six years later, in 916. The belief that St. Naum in his monastery heals the mentally ill and those possessed by demons survives to this very day.
Катедрална црква Св. Софија, Охрид - Cathedral church Saint Sophia, Ohrid
Света Софија — катедрала во стариот дел на градот Охрид во југозападниот дел на Република Македонија. Посветена е на Христос како Божествена Премудрост т.е. Св. Софија. Оваа црква представува еден од најзначајните знаменитости во Македонија со нејзината средновековна архитектура и фрески.
Ова е една од најголемите средновековни цркви на овие простори. Во еден долг временски период таа била соборна црква на Охридската архиепископија, која својата црковна власт ја протегала на територијата на север од Дунав, до албанските брегови на запад и до Солунскиот Залив на исток.
Покрај нејзиното значење како знаменитост, внатрешноста на црквата и нејзиниот двор и колонада претставуваат важно место за одржување на културни збиднувања како концерти и драмски претстави.
The Church of St. Sophia (Macedonian: Црква Света Софија, Crkva Sveta Sofija) is located in the city of Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia. The church is one of the most important monuments of Macedonia, housing architecture and art from the Middle Ages.
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HISTORICAL PLACES OF MACEDONIA IN GOOGLE EARTH PART TWO ( 2/2 )
1. MOTHER TERESA'S BIRTH PLACE & MEMORIAL HOUSE,SKOPJE 41°59'37.75N 21°25'51.00E
2. MONASTERY OF SAINT NAUM,LAKE OHRID 40°54'48.93N 20°44'26.66E
3. ST.SOFIA CHURCH,OHRID 41° 6'43.36N 20°47'38.79E
4. KULA,KOCHANI 41°55'17.94N 22°24'32.60E
5. HOLY MOTHER CHURCH,KARPOSH 41° 6'50.94N 20°47'43.92E
6. KALE FORT & FLAG,SKOPJE 42° 0'2.38N 21°25'59.65E
7. CLOCK TOWER,BITOLA 41° 1'50.98N 21°20'1.93E
8. ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL,SKOPJE 41°59'54.61N 21°25'34.74E
9. XIV CENTURY CHURCH,KARPOSH 41° 6'48.75N 20°47'48.04E
10. CITY WATCH TOWER,VELES 41°42'50.67N 21°46'59.88E
11. MUSEUM,BITOLA 41° 1'25.75N 21°20'8.32E
12. MACEDONIA PARLIAMENT,SKOPJE 41°59'33.78N 21°25'56.89E
13. FLAG 41°20'45.97N 21°33'12.99E
14. TURKISH BATH,TETOVO 42° 0'22.62N 20°58'2.44E
15. ISHAK CELEBI MOSQUE,BITOLA 41° 1'55.54N 21°20'2.53E
16. CATHOLIC CHURCH,SKOPJE 41°59'41.82N 21°25'4.12E
17. BEZISTEN,SHTIP 41°44'15.23N 22°11'33.63E
18. ST.NICHOLAS CHURCH,MAVROVO 41°39'36.09N 20°44'7.64E
Bitola
Bitola (Macedonian: Битола [ˈbitɔɫa] ( ) known also by several alternative names) is a city in the southwestern part of the Republic of Macedonia. The city is an administrative, cultural, industrial, commercial, and educational centre. It is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia valley, surrounded by the Baba, Nidže and Kajmakčalan mountain ranges, 14 kilometres (9 miles) north of the Medžitlija-Níki border crossing with Greece. It is an important junction connecting the south of the Adriatic Sea with the Aegean Sea and Central Europe. It has been known since the Ottoman period as the city of the consuls, since many European countries have consulates in Bitola. According to the 2002 census, Bitola is the second largest city in the country. Bitola is also the seat of the Bitola Municipality. Bitola is one of the oldest cities on the territory of the Republic of Macedonia. It was founded as Heraclea Lyncestis in the middle of the 4th century BC by Philip II of Macedon. During the Ottoman rule the city was the last capital of Ottoman Rumelia.
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