Monastery of Saint Naum

The Monastery of Saint Naum (Macedonian: Манастир „Свети Наум“) is a Macedonian Orthodox monastery. It is named after the medieval Bulgarian^[1] writer and enlightener Saint Naum who founded it.^[2] The monastery is situated in North Macedonia, along Lake Ohrid, 29 kilometres (18 mi) south of the city of Ohrid, within the boundary of the village of Ljubaništa.

Monastery of Saint Naum

Monastery of Saint Naum
Location within North Macedonia
Monastery information
Order	Macedonian Orthodox
Established	905
Diocese	Diocese of Debar and Kičevo
People
Founder(s)	Saint Naum
Site
Location	Ohrid Municipality
Coordinates	40°54′50″N 20°44′25.8″E
Public access	yes

The Lake Ohrid area, including St Naum, is one of the most popular tourist destinations in North Macedonia.^[3]

History

The monastery was established in the Bulgarian Empire in 905^[4] by St Naum of Ohrid himself. St Naum is also buried in the church.

Since the 16th century, a Greek school had functioned in the monastery.^[5] The monastery had close ties with the printing house of Moscopole, a former prosperous Aromanian city now in Albania.^[6] The area where the monastery of St Naum^[7] lies belonged to Albania from 1912 until June 28, 1925, when Zog of Albania ceded it to Yugoslavia as a result of negotiations between Albania and Yugoslavia and as a gesture of goodwill.^[8]

In the arts

Rebecca West devoted a chapter of Black Lamb and Grey Falcon to her visit to Sveti Naum, which occurred in 1937.

Gallery

Exterior of Saint Naum Monastery from Lake Ohrid Lake Ohrid from the monastery A dome inside Postcard of Ohrid, Monastery of Saint Naum from 1934