Nathanael Ohridski

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Metropolitan Nathanael of Ohrid (1820-1906)
Metropolitan Nathanael of Ohrid (1820-1906)

Nathanael of Ohrid or Nathanael of Plovdiv, born Nesho Stanov Boykiev; Bulgarian: Натанаил Охридски; Macedonian: Натанаил Охридски) (26 October 1820, near Skopje, Ottoman Empire - 18 September 1906, Plovdiv, Bulgaria) was a Bulgarian[1] cleric, writer and revolutionary, one of the first supporters of literature in modern Bulgarian (as opposed to Church Slavonic) and one of the early figures of the Bulgarian National Revival. He was also one of the leaders in the Kresna-Razlog Uprising. Nathanael is considered Macedonian in the Republic of Macedonia.

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  1. ^ A letter from Nathanail, Bishop of Ohrid, to I. S. Aksakov on the need to preserve the Bulgarian people's national integrity.July 24th, 1878 [1]

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  • Енциклопедия "Българската възрожденска интелигенция. Учители, свещеници, монаси, висши духовници, художници, лекари, аптекари, писатели, издатели, книжари, търговци, военни..."(Съставители: проф. д-р Николай Генчев, Красимира Даскалова), С. 1988, с. 446-447
  • Натанаил Охридски - Борба за България, ISBN: 954071432X Веска Топалова, Издател:УИ "Св. Климент Охридски", 2003.[2]

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Kresna-Razlog Uprising

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