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The Ohrid Literary School was one of the two major medieval Bulgarian
Bulgaria

The state of Bulgaria , Scientific transliteration Balgarija, officially the Republic of Bulgaria has played a significant role in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe for over fourteen centuries....
 cultural centres, along with the Preslav Literary School
Preslav Literary School

The Preslav Literary School was the first literary school in the medieval Bulgaria. It was established by Boris I of Bulgaria in 885 or 886 in Bulgaria's capital, Pliska....
 (Pliska Literary School).

The school was established in Ohrid
Ohrid

Ohrid is a city on the eastern shore of Lake Ohrid in the Republic of Macedonia. It has about 42,000 inhabitants, making it the List of cities in the Republic of Macedonia by population in the country....
 in 886 by Saint Clement of Ohrid
Clement of Ohrid

Saint Clement of Ohrid , was a medieval Bulgarians scholar and writer, the first Bulgarian archbishop and one of the seven Apostles of Bulgaria.Evidence about his life before his return from Great Moravia to Bulgaria is scarce but according to his hagiography by Theophylact of Bulgaria, Clement was born in southwestern part of the Bulgarian...
 on orders of Boris I of Bulgaria
Boris I of Bulgaria

Boris I or sometimes Boris-Mihail , also known as Bogoris was the ruler of Bulgaria 852–889. At the time of his baptism in 864, Boris was named Michael after his godfather, Emperor Michael III....
 simultaneously or shortly after the establishment of the Preslav Literary School
Preslav Literary School

The Preslav Literary School was the first literary school in the medieval Bulgaria. It was established by Boris I of Bulgaria in 885 or 886 in Bulgaria's capital, Pliska....
. After Clement
Clement of Ohrid

Saint Clement of Ohrid , was a medieval Bulgarians scholar and writer, the first Bulgarian archbishop and one of the seven Apostles of Bulgaria.Evidence about his life before his return from Great Moravia to Bulgaria is scarce but according to his hagiography by Theophylact of Bulgaria, Clement was born in southwestern part of the Bulgarian...
 was ordained bishop of Drembica (Velika) in 893, the position of head of the school was assumed by Naum of Preslav.

The Ohrid Literary School used the Glagolitic alphabet
Glagolitic alphabet

The Glagolitic alphabet , also known as Glagolitsa, is the oldest known Slavic peoples alphabet. The name was not coined until many centuries after its creation, and comes from the Old Slavic glagol? "utterance" ....
 from its establishment until the 12th century and the Cyrillic alphabet
Cyrillic alphabet

The Cyrillic alphabet is a family of alphabets, subsets of which are used by five Slavic languages national languages as well as non-Slavic . It is also used by many other languages of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Siberia and other languages in the past....
 from the end of the 9th century onwards.








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The Ohrid Literary School was one of the two major medieval Bulgarian
Bulgaria

The state of Bulgaria , Scientific transliteration Balgarija, officially the Republic of Bulgaria has played a significant role in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe for over fourteen centuries....
 cultural centres, along with the Preslav Literary School
Preslav Literary School

The Preslav Literary School was the first literary school in the medieval Bulgaria. It was established by Boris I of Bulgaria in 885 or 886 in Bulgaria's capital, Pliska....
 (Pliska Literary School).

The school was established in Ohrid
Ohrid

Ohrid is a city on the eastern shore of Lake Ohrid in the Republic of Macedonia. It has about 42,000 inhabitants, making it the List of cities in the Republic of Macedonia by population in the country....
 in 886 by Saint Clement of Ohrid
Clement of Ohrid

Saint Clement of Ohrid , was a medieval Bulgarians scholar and writer, the first Bulgarian archbishop and one of the seven Apostles of Bulgaria.Evidence about his life before his return from Great Moravia to Bulgaria is scarce but according to his hagiography by Theophylact of Bulgaria, Clement was born in southwestern part of the Bulgarian...
 on orders of Boris I of Bulgaria
Boris I of Bulgaria

Boris I or sometimes Boris-Mihail , also known as Bogoris was the ruler of Bulgaria 852–889. At the time of his baptism in 864, Boris was named Michael after his godfather, Emperor Michael III....
 simultaneously or shortly after the establishment of the Preslav Literary School
Preslav Literary School

The Preslav Literary School was the first literary school in the medieval Bulgaria. It was established by Boris I of Bulgaria in 885 or 886 in Bulgaria's capital, Pliska....
. After Clement
Clement of Ohrid

Saint Clement of Ohrid , was a medieval Bulgarians scholar and writer, the first Bulgarian archbishop and one of the seven Apostles of Bulgaria.Evidence about his life before his return from Great Moravia to Bulgaria is scarce but according to his hagiography by Theophylact of Bulgaria, Clement was born in southwestern part of the Bulgarian...
 was ordained bishop of Drembica (Velika) in 893, the position of head of the school was assumed by Naum of Preslav.

The Ohrid Literary School used the Glagolitic alphabet
Glagolitic alphabet

The Glagolitic alphabet , also known as Glagolitsa, is the oldest known Slavic peoples alphabet. The name was not coined until many centuries after its creation, and comes from the Old Slavic glagol? "utterance" ....
 from its establishment until the 12th century and the Cyrillic alphabet
Cyrillic alphabet

The Cyrillic alphabet is a family of alphabets, subsets of which are used by five Slavic languages national languages as well as non-Slavic . It is also used by many other languages of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Siberia and other languages in the past....
 from the end of the 9th century onwards.

See also

  • History of Bulgaria
    History of Bulgaria

    The History of Bulgaria as a separate country began in 681 AD. After Old Great Bulgaria disintegrating due to Khazar expansion from the east, one of the the Bulgar leaders Asparuh crossed south of the Danube, into the territory of present-day Bulgaria, and defeated the armies of the Byzantine Empire....
  • Preslav Literary School
    Preslav Literary School

    The Preslav Literary School was the first literary school in the medieval Bulgaria. It was established by Boris I of Bulgaria in 885 or 886 in Bulgaria's capital, Pliska....
  • Clement of Ohrid
    Clement of Ohrid

    Saint Clement of Ohrid , was a medieval Bulgarians scholar and writer, the first Bulgarian archbishop and one of the seven Apostles of Bulgaria.Evidence about his life before his return from Great Moravia to Bulgaria is scarce but according to his hagiography by Theophylact of Bulgaria, Clement was born in southwestern part of the Bulgarian...
  • Cyrillic alphabet
    Cyrillic alphabet

    The Cyrillic alphabet is a family of alphabets, subsets of which are used by five Slavic languages national languages as well as non-Slavic . It is also used by many other languages of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Siberia and other languages in the past....