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Nicholas I of Ohrid

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Nicholas I of Ohrid
Archbishop of Ohrid
Native name
Νικόλαος Α΄ Οχρίδας
ChurchEastern Orthodox Church
DioceseArchbishopric of Ohrid
Installedc. 1340
Term endedc. 1350
Personal details
DenominationEastern Orthodox Christianity
ResidenceOhrid

Nicholas I of Ohrid (Greek: Νικόλαος Α΄ Οχρίδας; Bulgarian, Macedonian and Serbian: Никола I Охридски) was Eastern Orthodox Archbishop of Ohrid, from c. 1340 to c. 1350.

In 1334, the Archbishopric of Ohrid came under Serbian rule, preserving its ecclesiastical autonomy.[1] On Easter Day, 16 April 1346, the Serbian King Stefan Dušan convoked the state assembly in Skopje, attended by the Serbian Archbishop Joanikije II, Archbishop Nikolas I of Ohrid, the Bulgarian Patriarch Simeon and various religious leaders of Mount Athos. On that occasion, Serbian Archbishopric of Peć was raised to the status of a Patriarchate. The Archbishopric of Ohrid was not annexed to the Serbian Patriarchate of Peć and kept its autonomy, recognizing only the honorary seniority of the Serbian Patriarch.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Ćirković 2004, pp. 63.
  2. ^ Fine 1994, pp. 309.
  3. ^ Ćirković 2004, pp. 64–65.

Sources

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  • Ćirković, Sima (2004). The Serbs. Malden: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 9781405142915.
  • Fine, John Van Antwerp Jr. (1994) [1987]. The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0472082604.
Religious titles
Preceded by Archbishop of Ohrid
1346
Succeeded by