2018 marks the 1,000th anniversary of the founding of the Ohrid Archdiocese (1018) by the Byzantine emperor Basil II. The major celebration of this event by the Orthodox canonical Church in the Republic of Macedonia took place on September 29-30 in the St. John Chrysostom Monastery in Nizepolje, Bitola. Several prayer services were served. The Divine Liturgy was presided by His Beatitude Jovan, Archbishop of Ohrid and Metropolitan of Skopje.