Cathedral Church of St Sophia (11th. c), the landmark of Ohrid

Walking tour to the city of UNESCO thorough the old part of the city includes: church St Virgin Mary Perivleptos (1295) known by the frescoes with Renaissance motives (including the Icon gallery), antique theater (3rd B.C.), the complexs od Plaoshnik (archaeological site and the church of St. Clement with his grave), church St. John Caneo (14th c.) and cathedral church of St. Sophia (11th c.), landmark of the city. The tour can be extended with lunch, visiting the national workshop for handmade paper and shopping the jewelry made by famous Ohrid’s pearl.

Ohrid traditional architecture – Museum of the city of Ohrid

Also there is an opportunity for half-day and full day tours in Ohrid, which consists of two parts: walking tour and than visiting the monastery of St Naum. On our way back to Ohrid there is opportunity for visiting the Museum on water (reconstruction of Eneolithic pile-dwelling settlement).

My personal video about tradition of making ancient paper in Macedonia

Short info about Ohrid

Ohrid, the cradle of Christianity and cyrilic letter, home of more than 300 churches in the region, mostly of Byzantium period.

This is the front and the revers view of Macedonian 1000 denars (~16EUR), issue 1996 and issue 2003. Front view is taken from the church of St.Vrachi-Mali, Ohrid, early XIV century. The Icon of the Madonna Episkepsis is depicted in its true dimensions, with an image of the Christ Child in the right. The presence of tow angeles in the upper corners of the icon symbolize the depiction of the Sorrowful Virgin.  Reverse view represents detail (external additions built by Archbishop Grigorie in the 14th century) from the church of “St. Sofia” in Ohrid, originally built in X-XI centuries. This church was the seat of the Ohrid archbishopric, and contains many invaluable frescoes from XI ond XIV centuries.

Rich with prehistory and remains form antique period, such as the Ancient theatre, that what is visible currently in Ohrid, is built mainly between the 7th and 19th centuries; it has the oldest Slav monastery (St Pantelejmon) and more than 800 Byzantine-style icons dating from the 11th to the end of the 14th century. After those of the Tretiakov Gallery in Moscow, the Icon Galerry in Ohrid is considered to be the most important collection of icons in the world.

I am guiding a tour in Ohrid. In the back is the church of
St. Jovan Kaneo, 14th century (1,2).

Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region, since 1980, is listed on UNESCO heritage list. Ohrid, personally for me is one of the most adorable cities in Macedonia. This is a reportage coved by CNN about Ohrid – Macedonia’s forgotten gem.

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