Church of St. Mary Peribleptos (Ohrid)

The Church of St. Mary Peribleptos (also referred to as Saint Clement; Macedonian: Света Богородица Перивлепта) is a medieval Orthodox church from the 13th century located in the city of Ohrid, North Macedonia. It is the second cathedral of the Archbishop of Ohrid from the 15th to the 18th centuries AD. It is under the administration of the Debar-Kičevo diocese [it].^[1]

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Church of St. Mary Peribleptos
Church of St. Clement
Света Богородица Перивлепта

Church of St. Mary Peribleptos
41.114167°N 20.795278°E / 41.114167; 20.795278
Country	North Macedonia
Tradition	Eastern Orthodoxy
History
Founded	1295
Dedication	St. Mary Peribleptos
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Cultural Monument [bg]
Administration
Archdiocese	Ohrid Archdiocese
Diocese	Debar-Kičevo diocese [it]

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An inscription in Greek above the western entrance of the narthex states that the church was erected in 1295 by Byzantine aristocrat, Progon Sgur, who was probably of Albanian origin. He was a relative of Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos.^[2] A translation of the inscription states:

This divine and all-honorable temple of our all-holy Lady Theotokos Peribleptos was erected, with the assistance and expense of Sir Progon Sgur, a great patron, and his wife Madame Eudokia, in-law of our strong and holy autocrat of the Byzantines, Andronikos Palaiologos, and of his most pious wife Irene. Under the bishopric of Macarius, Most Holy Archbishop of the First Justinian and All Bulgaria.

In 1365, two additional chapels were added on the north side of the church.^[3] Following the Ottoman conquest of the Balkans and the destruction of the Church of Saints Clement and Panteleimon, the relics of the saints were moved to St. Mary Peribleptos. After the conversion of the Hagia Sophia from a church into a Mosque, the church became the cathedral for the Archbishopric of Ohrid, and after its closure in 1976, the wider Ohrid area. The church utensils [ru] were transferred from St. Sophia and the large patriarch's library, which no longer exist. Next to the church, monasteries and a patriarch's palace were built, which burned down in 1862.^[4]^[5]

The church is said to have a striking resemblance to Red Church, Vourgareli, leading many to speculate that they were built by the same architects.^[6]

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Church of St. Mary Peribleptos (Ohrid)

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