Certainty: 1 Theophylaktos of Ohrid sent three letters of complaint soon after arrival at his see
Theophylaktos of Ohrid wrote to Adrianos Komnenos, brother of Alexios Komnenos and megas domestikos, asking him for deliverance from serving the barbarous Slavs of Ohrid. Around the same time he wrote to the epi ton deeseon (probably another office of the hypatos of the philosophers Theodoros Smyrnaios), picturing himself as an eagle forced to live in the mud with frogs. A third, shorter letter to Niketas ho tou Serron, refers his correspondent to news sent in the other two letters. [These are conventional letters home of a Constantinopolitan in exile.] Theophylakt's brother, who carried the last two letters (at least), could also be consulted about Ohrid
1093
Certainty: 1 Theophylaktos spoke of his brother Demetrios to Demetrios' teacher, Theodoros Smyrnaios
Demetrios Hephaistos, brother of Theophylaktos of Ohrid, was being educated in philosophy by Theodoros Smyrnaios. Theophylaktos wrote to Theodoros, encouraging him to continue the teaching with favoured treatment, just as Theodoros would have wanted for his own brother Paulos, when he was being taught by Theophylaktos himself
1094
Certainty: 2 Synod convened by Alexios I at Blachernai to discuss icon veneration Certainty: 2
1097
Certainty: 0 Theophylaktos wrote about his troubles to Theodoros Smyrnaios, perhaps from Pelagonia Certainty: 0
1105
Certainty: 1 Theophylaktos wrote to Nikolaos Kallikles asking for copies of medical works, specifying a carrier Certainty: 1