Clement of Ohrid

Description: (The First Bishop of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church Who Inspired Slavs to Follow Christianity)
Clement of Ohrid was a medieval Bulgarian saint, scholar, writer, and apostle to the Slavs. He played a key role in promoting the Glagolitic and Cyrillic scripts among Christianized Slavs, establishing the Ohrid Literary School, and becoming the first bishop of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. His mission was crucial in shaping the identity of the Slavs in present-day Macedonia and he is highly venerated as a prominent saint in modern Bulgaria and North Macedonia.

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Born In Macedonia Greece
Died on July 27, 916
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