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2 unusual facts about Clement of Ohrid


Clement of Ohrid

The first modern Bulgarian university, Sofia University, was named after Clement upon its foundation in 1888.

Progonos Sgouros

which later came to be known as St. Clement after Saint Clement of Ohrid.


Ohrid Literary School

After Clement was ordained bishop of Drembica (Velika) in 893, the position of head of the school was assumed by Naum of Preslav.

St. Clement of Ohrid Macedonian Orthodox Cathedral, Toronto

On 7 August 1962, members of the United Macedonians Organization held a meeting in the King Edward Hotel in Toronto and the decision was made to build a new church in the Thorncliffe Park neighbourhood which will bear the name of the medieval Saint Clement of Ohrid.


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St. Clement of Ohrid Macedonian Orthodox Cathedral, Toronto

Clement of Ohrid (Macedonian: Св. Климент Охридски) in Toronto, Ontario, is the first Macedonian Orthodox Church in Canada and one of the oldest in the American-Canadian Diocese.

Stephen of Ohrid and Macedonia

In 1969, he enrolled in the Macedonian Orthodox Theological Seminary of St. Clement of Ohrid in Dračevo, where he graduated in 1974.