The church of St. Sofia - Ohrid - Macedonia

The church of St. Sofia is one of the largest medieval churches on this territory. For a long time it was the cathedral church ("Great Church") of the Ohrid Archiepiscopate whose ecclesiastical authority covered the territories up to the river Danube to the north, the Albanian coast to the west, and the Bay of Thessalonica to the east. The church was probably used as a cathedral way back in the past, in the period of the Czar Samuel who, in the late X century, moved his throne from Prespa to Ohrid. The other assumption is that there used to be another church on the same site during the reign of the Macedonian Czar Samuel, and that later on this church was ruined for unknown reasons. The date of the construction of that church is uncertain because there are no inscriptions that help reveal it. It is also mentioned that today's church was either built or restored during the period of the Archbishop Leo who was on the throne of the Church in the period between 1035-1056. His esteemed ecclesiastical principal became a donor of the painting decorations in the church of St. Sofia. Credit to: youtube.com/mkrtv *www.ohrid.org.mk/eng/crkvi/sv_sofija.htm *www.exploringmacedonia.com *www.macedonialovesyou.com ...For more videos go to: *mk.promo: tinyurl.com/3jxv9a *mk.ancient/aegean: tinyurl.com/53d6b2 *mk.music: tinyurl.com/4hmtdj *tose.proeski: tinyurl.com/5kngbt

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