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Our father among the [[saint]]s '''Clement of OhridOchrid''' was a ninth century [[missionary]] to Moravia and [[disciple]] of Ss. [[Cyril and Methodius]] who became Bishop of Ochrid (sometimes rendered "Ohrid"). His [[feast day]] is [[July 27]]. He is also commemorated on [[November 25]].
==Life==
The early life of St. Clement is largely unknown. According to his hagiography by [[Theophylact of OhridOchrid]], Clement was born in southwestern part of the [[w:Bulgarian_Empire|Bulgarian Empire]], in the region then known as [[w:Kutmichevitsa
|Kutmichevitsa]]<ref>The entry of the Slavs into Christendom: an introduction to the medieval history of the Slavs, A. P. Vlasto, CUP Archive, 1970, ISBN 0-521-07459-2, p. 169.</ref>. He was a member of the group of missionary [[priest]]s that included [[Naum of Preslav|Naum]], Sava, Gorazd, and Angelar who supported the [[Cyril and Methodius|Apostles to the Slavs]] evangelizing in middle Europe. Having rejected German missionaries from the Western Church who required the use of Latin as the liturgical language, Prince [[Rastislav of Moravia|Rastislav of Great Moravia]] requested Constantinople to send missionaries who could preach the Word of [[God]] in the Slavonic language. Arriving in Moravia as [[asceticism|ascetics]] led by Cyril and Methodius, Clement and his fellow missionaries evangelized the Slavic tribes in the Slavonic language, using the Glagolitic alphabet devised by Cyril.
St. Clement was the first hierarch of Bulgaria to serve, preach, and write in the Slavonic language. To this end he systematically prepared [[clergy]] from among the Slavic people. He labored for the glory of God into his old age. When his strength began to fail, and he was unable to fulfill his responsibilities in the [[cathedral]], he asked Tsar Simeon to let him retire. But, Simeon urged him to continue his episcopal duties, to which Clement agreed.
Later, Clement left for Ohrid Ochrid in Macedonia where he founded a [[monastery]]. There, he continued his translation activities and translated important parts of the [[Pentecostarion]] into Slavic. During 916, St. Clement became seriously ill and departed to the Lord. His body was placed in a coffin that he made with his own hands and was buried in the Monastery of St. Panteleimon which he founded at Ohrid.
Of the other members of his missionary group, the [[relics]] of Ss. Gorazd and Angelar rest near Berat in Albania, while the relics St. Naum are in the monastery bearing his name, near Lake OhridOchrid.
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