St. Clement Ohridski Feast

On November 25, the Bulgarian Orthodox church celebrates the day of St. Clement, archibishop Ohridski. Besides being an eminent archibishop, he was also a teacher and a writer, one of the most prominent students of the two brothers Cyril and Methodius. He founded the Ohrid Literary School. His writings were great, not only in volume, but also in significance. He is considered to be the author of around 75 cautionary and laudatory passionals, including the two extensive passionals of the brothers Cyril and Methodius. He is one of the initiators, as well as an active participant in the creation of the Cyrillic alphabet (as a more simple variant of the Glagolhic alphabet). His writings were extremely popular in all Slavonic countries. The first university in Bulgaria – Sofia University, which opened gates after Bulgaria’s liberation from the Ottoman yoke, was named after him.