Attempts for Renewal of the Archbishopric of Ohrid through the Last Threat of the 19th Century

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Pages: 374-381

Abstract:

The article discusses the various attempts to re-establish the Archbishopric of Ohrid (Achrida) over the last three decades of the 19th century. The problem of the resurgence of the Archbishopric of Ohrid was originally placed within the framework of the Bulgarian church-national question and the movement for the establishment of a Bulgarian church independent of Patriarchy in Constantinople. After the creation of the Bulgarian Exarchate and on the suggestion of the prominent Ottoman statesman Mithad Pasha, the first solitary attempts to resume the Ohrid Archbishopric as a separate church, independent of the Patriarchate of Constantinople and the Bulgarian Exarchate, began.A very characteristic feature of the movement for revival of the Archbishopric of Ohrid during the period under consideration is that it is strongly linked to the idea of recognizing the primacy of the pope and the movement to conclude a church union with the Roman Catholic Church.This can be seen in perhaps the most significant experience in this respect – that of Metropolitan Theodosius Gologanov in 1891.

Keywords:

Archbishopric of Ohrid, Bulgarian Exarchate, church-national question, independent church, church union, Mithad Pasha, Nil Smolenski, Theodosius Gologanov

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