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Theophylact of Ohrid (Greek Θεοφύλακτος, surname¨Ηφαιστος, Bulgarian Теофилакт Охридски, also known as ''Theophylact of Bulgaria'') (around 1055–after 1107) was a Greek archbishop of Ohrid and commentator on the Bible. ==Life== He was born most probably at Euripus, in Euboea, about the middle of the 11th century. He became a deacon at Constantinople, attained a high reputation as a scholar, and became the tutor of Constantine Ducas, son of the Emperor Michael VII, for whom he wrote ''The Education of Princes''. About 1078 he went into Bulgaria as archbishop of Achrida (modern Ohrid). Ohrid was one of the capital cities of the First Bulgarian Empire that had been conquered by the Byzantines sixty years earlier. In this demanding position in a conquered territory on the outskirts of the Byzantine Empire, he conscientiously and energetically carried out his pastoral duties over the course of the next twenty years. Although a Byzantine by upbringing and outlook, he was a diligent archpastor of the Bulgarian Church, defending its interests and autonomy (i.e. its independence from the Patriarchate of Constantinople). He acted vigorously to protect his archdiocese from the teachings of the Paulicians and Bogomils (considered heresy by the Orthodox Church). He won the respect and love of the Bulgarian people who witnessed his labors on their behalf.〔Dimitri Obolensky, ''Six Byzantine Portraits,'' Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1988, pp. 34-82.〕 In his Letters he complains much about the rude manners of the Bulgarians, and he sought to be relieved of his office, but apparently without success. "His letters from Ohrid are a valuable source for the economic, social, and political history of Bulgaria as well as Byzantine prosopography. They are filled with conventional complaints concerning Theophylact's 'barbarian' surroundings, whereas in fact he was deeply involved in local cultural development, producing an encomium of 15 martyrs of Tiberioupolis and a vita of Clement of Ohrid."〔The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium'', Oxford University Press, 1991, Vol. 3. p. 2068〕 He also wrote (in his Letters) accounts of how the constant wars between the Byzantine Empire and the Pechenegs, Magyars and Normans had destroyed most of the food of the land and caused many people to flee to the forests from the towns. His death took place after 1107. The present day Orthodox Churches of Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece, and Russia consider him to be a saint, and commemorate him on December 31.〔''The Prologue From Ochrid,'' Bp. Nikolai Velimirovic, Lazarica Press, Birmingham, England, 1985, Vol. 4, p. 393. ()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Theophylact of Ohrid」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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