Monastery of Saint Naum

The Monastery of Saint Naum (Macedonian: Манастир „Свети Наум“) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in North Macedonia, named after the medieval Saint Naum who founded it. It is situated along Lake Ohrid, 29 kilometres (18 mi) south of the city of Ohrid.

The Lake Ohrid area, including St Naum, is one of the most popular tourist destinations in North Macedonia.

History

The monastery was established in the Bulgarian Empire in 905 by St Naum of Ohrid himself. St Naum is also buried in the church.

Since the 16th century, a Greek school had functioned in the monastery. The area where the monastery of St Naum (Albanian: Manastiri „Shën Naum“) lies belonged to Albania for a short period from 1912 until June 28, 1925, when Zog of Albania ceded it to Yugoslavia as a result of negotiations between Albania and Yugoslavia and as a gesture of goodwill.

In the arts

Rebecca West devoted a chapter of Black Lamb and Grey Falcon to her visit to Sveti Naum, which occurred in 1937.

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Ismail Alacaoğlu
4 May 2017
This place left me speechless, it was so peaceful altough it was crowded when we were there. You should absolutely take a boat trip on this beautiful, cyristal clean spring.
Leon Tiggelman
17 August 2016
Natural wonder and important impressive historical monestry. A must see when in the area lake Ohrid.
Erkan Mehmed Ali
4 July 2016
This place was very bad back in 2008. But now it has improved a lot and it is very tourist friendly. A must see place.
Ahmet Elmas
20 September 2016
Ohriye 20 km...Mutlak görün güzel bir yer. Gölün kaynağı buradan geliyor. Manzara ve fotoğraf için çok uygun. Yemek yiyebilirsiniz kahve içebilirsiniz, alışveriş yapabilirsiniz.
Tolga Alp
6 September 2017
Mükemmel ortam, Ohrid gole kaynak sağlayan tatlı su kaynağında sandal sefası yapınız. Yemekleri güzel, açık alanda güzel yemekleri tadin. Turistik kalabalık mekan, gol kıyısında keyif paha bicilmez.
Elif
13 May 2016
Sveti Naum gördüğüm en güzel doğaya sahip yer. Suyun durgunluğu, temizliği, kuşların cıvıltısı, tavus kuşlarının renkleri.. Gelip saatlerce oturmalık, doğaya doymalık bir yer..
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