Original sentence: After the fall of the First Bulgarian empire the Emperor Basil II acknowledged the autocephalous status of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and by virtue of special royal decrees set up its boundaries, dioceses, property and other privileges.Around 990  Ohrid became the seat of the Bulgarian Patriarchate after the Byzantines burnt the capital Preslav and the subsequent moves of the Patriarch to Aridaia, Edessa and Prespa.The Archibishopric was seated in Ohrid in the Byzantine theme of Bulgaria and was established in 1019 by lowering the rank of the autocephalous Bulgarian Patriarchate and its subjugation to the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Constantinople.The work of the holy Apostle Paul and the holy emperor Justinian I was continued by the holy brothers Methodius and Cyril and their disciples Saint Naum of Preslav and Clement of Ohrid with the help of of the current Bulgarian ruler knyaz Boris
Edited sentence: After the fall of Samuel's state, the Ohrid Archdiocese was reduced to a lower rank of church hierarchy and it existed as such for eight centuries.In the second half of the 10th century, within the borders of Samuel's state, the autocephalous Ohrid Archdiocese was established with the rank of patriarchate, on the foundations of Justiniana Prima.The work of the holy Apostle Paul and the holy emperor Justinian I was continued by the holy brothers Methodius and Cyril and their disciples Saints Clement and Naum of Ohrid