Atanasius ⅰ – Archbishop of the Ohrid Archbishopric (second half of ⅹⅴⅰ – start of ⅹⅴⅰⅰ c.). After the arrival of the Archbishop’s throne, he was activated for release from the power of the Ottoman state with the help of Western European rulers. In the beginning of 1596 Established a relationship with Venice that did not show interest. The same year he traveled to Naples, with the Spanish VICCAL to win Spain for the planned liberation uprising. With a little help, the Archbishop in August in Himara, a seaside area under his church power, raised an uprising, but the expected military engagement of Spain. In autumn 1897 He traveled to Rome. The Vatican conditioned the support with the acceptance union. Archbishop Atanasius was in Austria (1598 and early 1599), from which he received only financial assistance. In the beginning of 1600 He returned to Macedonia, in Ohrid. He traveled to Russia (1604) to seek support for the release of Orthodox in his church. Russia has not shown interest. He again turned to Western Europe (1613, 1614 and 1615) to win Spain. European big states remained uninterested. Lit.: M. Minoski, liberation movements and uprisings in Macedonia (1564-1615), Skopje, 1972; Nikola Milev, Ohrid Patriarch Atanasija and wandering in Chuzubin (1597-1615), “Notice of the Historical Assessment,” C, Sofia, 1922. M. Min.
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Кириличен напис АТАНАСИЈ Ⅰ архиепископ на Охридската архиепископија