Bulgaria claims Clement of Ohrid - without a single fresco in their churches

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 After the recent political events, we had to write a topic to match. 

It is no secret that a large part of the official history of Bulgaria is based on actors from Macedonian history, for centuries Bulgaria has been anxious to usurp and take over Macedonian history. Now the Macedonian prime minister Zaev seems to have been brought to the point of making concessions to the Bulgarians - this is how Macedonian history books are to be rewritten.

Clement of Ohrid

Therefore we want to show an example of how Bulgaria is taking over Macedonian history. Here is the example of the holy Kliment (Clement) from Ohrid. To do this, we first opened the Bulgarian Wikipedia page and read right at the beginning: "Kliment is a Bulgarian scholar, the first episcope and preacher of the old Bulgarian language". We take this as the official opinion of Bulgarian history, or better, to say, propaganda.

Kliment was born around 840, the Bulgarian Empire spread over Macedonian soil from 837. It was not until 864 that the Bulgarian Knjaz Boris I declared Christianity an official religion. During this time Kliment took part in the mission led by St. Methodius in the Great Moravian Empire, after a short time in prison Kliment was expelled from Moravia in 885 and then sought refuge in the First Bulgarian Empire. Boris I, now crowned tsar, and his successor, Tsar Simeon I, entrusted the two monks from Macedonia with instructing future Bulgarian clerics in the country that had just been converted to Christianity. So they got the order in 886 to found a school in Ohrid, it was the first university for the Slavic speakers.

The two had been given an important task by the new "Slavic" Tsar of the empire founded by Proto-Bulgarians: after the adoption of Christianity, Greek, which had been introduced by Byzantine missionaries, was the official church language in Bulgaria. The masses were read in Greek. In order to push back the Byzantine influence on his former khanate, Boris I was very interested in the establishment of the Slavic language in worship.

After a dispute with Tsar Simeon I, Kliment was appointed bishop of the remote place Drembica (today Velika on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast; according to a different theory, however, Belica near Struga, which is much closer) in 893, which was like an exile. Kliment later regained the ruler's favor and became Archbishop of Ohrid. He founded the Pantaleimon monastery in Varoš, now a district of Ohrid. After his death in 916 he was buried in the church of St. Pantaleimon near Ohrid.

And in Ohrid Kliment was and is still venerated as a saint, as well as in the catchment area of the later Archdiocese of Ohrid. The Archbishopric of Ohrid comprised dioceses from Macedonia, Thessaly, Epirus, Albania, Duklja, Travunia, Zachlumien, Raszien, Bosnia, Syrmien and Moesien.

Saints in the Orthodox world are depicted on icons (fresco), including Clement von Ohrid. One comes across an interesting detail on the map entitled "The sacred landscape of Saint Clement of Ohrid as reflected in his frescos". The map was created by Michael Breier and Mihailo Popovic in 2015, with the reference: University of Vienna, Department for Geography and Regional Reserach.

The sacred landscape of Saint Clement of Ohrid as reflected in his frescos

Places with churches are marked on the map, on which the holy Kliment is depicted. The highest density of icons/fresco with his image can be found on the territory of today's Republic of Macedonia. Two churches each can be identified in Kosovo and in what is now northern Greece, one in Serbia. On the other hand, not a single church in Bulgaria that bears a fresco or icon of Kliment, even though Kliment is venerated there as a saint, institutions and educational institutions bear his name, countless streets, squares, clubs, organizations, etc. are named after him in Bulgaria!

Welcome to the world of Bulgarian history writing!

Deutsche Übersetzung hier: Bulgarien beansprucht Kliment von Ohrid - ohne eine einzige Ikone in ihren Kirchen

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