Leo of Ohrid
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Leo of Ohrid was a leading 11th century churchman and advocate of the Eastern Orthodox view.
He is first noted as holding a position in the Hagia Sophia
. In 1037 he was consecrated as autocephalous archbishop of "the whole of Bulgaria
", becoming the first Archbishop of Ohrid. Under Leo's auspices in Ohrid was erected the new seat of the Bulgarian archbishops - the cathedral church of St. Sophia.
He presented various ecclesiastical arguments against the western Church. One of his differences with the Western Church was their eating of meat with blood which he felt violated Acts 15:20. His writings were very important in the debates leading up to the schism between the Orthodox and Catholic churches.
He is first noted as holding a position in the Hagia Sophia
Hagia Sophia
Hagia Sophia is a former Orthodox patriarchal basilica, later a mosque, and now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey...
. In 1037 he was consecrated as autocephalous archbishop of "the whole of Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
", becoming the first Archbishop of Ohrid. Under Leo's auspices in Ohrid was erected the new seat of the Bulgarian archbishops - the cathedral church of St. Sophia.
He presented various ecclesiastical arguments against the western Church. One of his differences with the Western Church was their eating of meat with blood which he felt violated Acts 15:20. His writings were very important in the debates leading up to the schism between the Orthodox and Catholic churches.