Monastery of Saint Naum
Lakeside monastery founded in 905, with a frescoed domed church above the springs of the Crn Drim.
The Monastery of Saint Naum stands on a bluff at the southern end of Lake Ohrid, close to the Albanian border and about thirty kilometres from Ohrid town. It was founded in 905 by Naum, a disciple of Cyril and Methodius and a colleague of Clement of Ohrid, who taught here and was buried in the church. The monastery became one of the earliest centres of Slavonic letters and learning in the region, and pilgrims still come to the tomb in the south chapel.
The present church of the Holy Archangels is a late medieval rebuilding on the tenth-century foundations, a compact domed cross-in-square with a later narthex and belfry. Its walls carry painted cycles of the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries, and a carved iconostasis stands before the sanctuary. The wooded grounds hold a bell tower, monastic lodgings and a colony of peacocks, and a path leads down to the springs of the Crn Drim, where boats take visitors between the pools.
Highlights
- Founded in 905 by Saint Naum, whose tomb lies in the church
- Painted cycles from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries
- Bluff-top site with wide views over Lake Ohrid
- Springs of the Crn Drim and boat trips below the monastery
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