Tag: Macedonians

There Apostle Paul had a vision that night. He saw a Macedonian standing in front of him who asked him: Come over to Macedonia and help us! This is a passage in the Bible from Luke's Acts of the Apostles....

Polyaenus called himself a Macedonian … and made a clear distinction between Macedonians and Greeks! He lived in Rome but obviously he was very aware of his Macedonian origins. Probably for purpose to (mis-)use the “fame of Alexander” for...

"During his imprisonment he gave an interview for the London Times, in which he explains that the Macedonians are a separate nation, to distinguish them from the Bulgarian or Serbian"

After the establishment of the Principality of Bulgaria in 1878, many Macedonians emigrated to the new state, creating the Macedonian emigration community in Bulgaria. According to the League of Nations, the total number of Macedonian emigrants in Bulgaria from 1878...

One of the biggest recent misconceptions regarding the Macedonians is about to be resolved today - the alleged antiquisation of Macedonia.

A 1972 CIA report testifies the suppression of Macedonians in Bulgaria. As can be seen from the document, the current policy of the neighboring country of Macedonia is a legacy of "the Bulgarian communist regime". We should not forget that...

There are attempts in modern times to present few pro-Bulgarian streams and factions in the Macedonian struggle for freedom as a global picture of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO, Macedonian: VMRO). However, this is just another poor attempt to...

Greece, Macedonia, and...the King of Yavan!

In his work "The Languages of the New Europe" from 1928, French linguist Meillet leaves a thesis that is truly correct from today's perspective: "Politics will decide the future of the Macedonian language". How right he was, one would have...

The New York Times reported about the Macedonian uprising in 1903