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Church of Saint Sophia, Ohrid

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of the time. The main part of the church was built in the 11th century, while external additions were built by Archbishop Gregory II in the 14th century.
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Boris Cholpanov - "Land of a global crossroads", Sofia, 1993, Bulgarian Academy of Science, page 131 (the original is in Bulgarian)
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from the 11th, 12th and 13th century, which represent some of the most significant achievements in
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The current church was built on the foundations of a metropolitan
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Eastern Europe: an introduction to the people, lands, and culture
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inscription on the exterior, seen from the rear courtyard
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demolished in the first decade of the 6th century by the
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into the region. The next church was built during the
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Affiliation
Macedonian Orthodox Church
Ohrid
North Macedonia
Middle-Byzantine
Style
Byzantine style
Holy Wisdom
Hagia Sophia (disambiguation)
Macedonian
romanized
church
Ohrid
North Macedonia
Middle Ages

Ohrid
cathedral
barbarian invasions
early Slavs
First Bulgarian Empire
conversion
Christianity
Knyaz
Boris I
Tsar Samuil
Bulgarian Patriarchate
autocephalous
Patriarchate

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