Monastery of Saint Naum

The Monastery of Saint Naum (Cyrillic Свети Наум, Albanian Holy Evangelist Naum ) is a company founded by St. Naum at the end of the 9th century monastery near Ohrid in Macedonia. Naum is buried in the monastery. The monastery, together with the city of Ohrid, Lake Ohrid and its surroundings a UNESCO World Heritage site. It is because of its historical significance and worth seeing the most favorite tourist destinations in Macedonia.

Location

The monastery is located in the southwest of the country, on the banks of the Ohrid Lake, about 30 kilometers south of Ohrid and only a few hundred meters from the Albanian border.

History

The monastery was founded around 895 by Naum with the support of the Bulgarian Tsar Boris I and Simeon I.. After the death of Naum on December 23, 910 the monastery was dedicated in his honor and renamed.

1870 a fire destroyed the monastery down to the monastery church. The present structure was built in the period that followed. After the conquest of the region by Serbia during the Balkan War of 1912, a residence of the Serbian King and the Church of St. Ivan Vladimir was built near the monastery. From 1913 to 1925, the monastery belonged to Albania. Ahmet Zogu, who was able to stage a coup with Yugoslav assistance in December 1924 in Tirana to power, it ceded to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in gratitude for the support.

Today there is no longer the Convention and only the abbey church, a typical three-aisled domed cruciform church is still used for religious purposes.

Equipment

The interior of the church is full of frescoes depicting scenes from the life Naums and those of other Slav apostles represent. Links at the entrance to the monastery as Ktitor ( founder ) of the monastery of the Bulgarian Tsar Boris I is also shown.

In the monastery there is a hotel, and there are some restaurants open during the warmer seasons. Buses and ferries run regularly between Ohrid and Saint Naum.