Archbishopric of Ohrid
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The Archbishopric of Ohrid, also known as the Bulgarian Archbishopric of Ohrid
Name
The initial title of the archbishopric was simply "Bulgaria" (
"Archbishopric of Ohrid" is the most common term of reference for the see because for the duration of its existence; from 1020 to 1767, its seat was in the city of Ohrid.[4]
History
Background
Shortly after 934, the
History
Following his
Although the first appointed archbishop (John of Debar) was a Bulgarian from Kutmichevitsa, his successors, as well as the whole higher clergy, were invariably Byzantine, the most famous of them being Saint Theophylact (1078–1107).[8] The Archbishops were chosen from among the monks in Constantinople. Adrianos Komnenos, under his monastic name of John (IV) (1143–1160), was the cousin of Emperor John II Komnenos and was the first Archbishop who held the title of Archbishop of Justiniana Prima. The later archbishop John V Kamateros (1183–1216) was a former imperial clerk.
In the 13th and the first half of the 14th centuries, the territory of the Archbishopric was contested by the Byzantine Empire, the
The southward expansion of the Serbian state in the second half of the 13th century was also followed by changes in ecclesiastical jurisdiction of some sees. After the successful Serbian campaigns against the Byzantine empire in 1282–1283, cities of Skopje and Debar were annexed and local eparchies transferred to the jurisdiction of Serbian Archbishopric of Peć.[9]
Serbian expansion reached its apogee at the time of king and tsar
After the
When the last medieval
Abolition
The autocephaly of the Ohrid Archbishopric remained respected during the periods of Byzantine, Bulgarian, Serbian and Ottoman rule; the church continued to exist until its abolition in 1767, when it was abolished by the Sultan's decree, at the urging of the Greek Eastern Orthodox leaders of Istanbul, and was placed under the jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Constantinople.
Language
The
Administration
The Archbishopric of Ochrid was an
At the time of its establishment, the archbishopric comprised 32
See also
- Archbishop of Ohrid
- Charters of Emperor Basil II on the rights of the Ohrid Archbishopric
- Macedonian Orthodox Church
- Bulgarian Orthodox Church
- Serbian Orthodox Church
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ohrid
- Archbishopric of Justiniana Prima
References and notes
- ^
- T. Kamusella in The Politics of Language and Nationalism in Modern Central Europe, Springer, 2008, ISBN 0230583474, p. 276;
- Aisling Lyon, Decentralisation and the Management of Ethnic Conflict: Lessons from the Republic of Macedonia, Routledge, 2015, ISBN 1317372042, p. 24;
- R. Fraser, M. Hammond ed. Books Without Borders, Volume 1: The Cross-National Dimension in Print Culture, Springer, 2008, ISBN 0230289118, p. 41;
- H. Cox, D. Hupchick, The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of Eastern Europe, Springer, 2016, ISBN 1137048174p. 67;
- J. Rgen Nielsen, Jørgen S. Nielsen ed. Religion, Ethnicity and Contested Nationhood in the Former Ottoman Space, Brill, 2011, ISBN 9004211330,p. 234;
- John Phillips, Macedonia: Warlords and Rebels in the Balkans, I.B.Tauris, 2004, ISBN 0857714511, p. 19;
- Frederick F. Anscombe, State, Faith, and Nation in Ottoman and Post-Ottoman Lands, Cambridge University Press, 2014, ISBN 110772967X,p. 151;
- D. Hupchick, The Balkans: From Constantinople to Communism, Springer, 2002, ISBN 0312299133, p. 67;
- Chris Kostov, Contested Ethnic Identity: The Case of Macedonian Immigrants in Toronto, 1900-1996, Peter Lang, 2010, ISBN 3034301960, p. 55.
- J. Pettifer as ed., The New Macedonian Question, St Antony's Series, Springer, 1999, ISBN 0230535798, p. 8.
- T. Kamusella in The Politics of Language and Nationalism in Modern Central Europe, Springer, 2008,
- ^ Prinzing 2012, p. 363.
- ^ Prinzing 2012, pp. 363–364.
- ^ Prinzing 2012, pp. 355–356.
- ^ Prinzing 2012, p. 358.
- ^ Prinzing 2012, pp. 358–359.
- ^ Prinzing 2012, pp. 358–362.
- ISBN 978-0-8108-5846-6.
- ^ Fine 1994, pp. 261.
- ^ Ćirković 2004, pp. 63.
- ^ Fine 1994, pp. 309.
- ^ Ćirković 2004, pp. 64–65.
- ISBN 978-0-7864-0228-1. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ^ Prinzing 2012, p. 364.
- ^ Prinzing 2012, pp. 364–365.
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External links
- Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. The history of Achrida (Ohrid) according to the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913). .
- Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. History of Bulgaria and the Bulgarian Orthodox Church according to the Catholic Encyclopedia. .