St. Clement, Archbishop of Ohrid

Life

Clement was a disciple of Sts. Methodius and Cyril. After the death of St. Methodius, Clement, under pressure from the Germans, departed from Moravia southward. With Gorazd, Naum, Sava, and Angelarius — all together called the Five Companions — he crossed the Danube, was received as a guest by Tsar Boris Michael, and then came to the region of Ohrid. He first founded a monastery in Belitsa, where he had his first episcopal see. Later he moved to Ohrid, whence he developed a great archpastoral and educational activity for all the surrounding area, near and far. In Ohrid St. Clement built a church to St. Panteleimon. He had many disciples who copied books in Slavonic letters for the Slavonic people. In this activity St. Naum especially aided him. He worked miracles during his lifetime, just as his relics manifest healing power to this very day. After great labor and faithful service to God, he reposed peacefully in Ohrid in the year 916. His wonderworking relics rest in the former Church of the Most Holy Theotokos, which was later named after St. Clement.