Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I muri i tana whakawakanga whakamutunga
o te kawanatanga o Bulgaria i te 1018, Basil II, hei whakaatu i te wikitoria a Byzantine, i whakapumautia te Archbishopric o Ohrid ma te whakaheke i te rangatira Bulgarian ki te taumata o te archbishopric. I noho tonu te arikipihopa inaianei hei hahi motuhake, kua wehe mai i te Patriarchate o Constantinople. Heoi, ahakoa he tino motuhake te arikipihopa i roto i tetahi atu ahuatanga, ko tana rangatira i tohua e te emepara mai i te raarangi o nga kaitono e toru i tukuna mai e te runanga o te hahi o te rohe. I roto i nga "sigillia" e toru i whakaputaina i te 1020 i hoatu e Basil II nga mana nui ki te tu hou.