The Ecclesiastical library has some interesting historical documents involving certain areas in Macedonia. This is the Firmani of Sultan Mahmut in 1815 about the nomination of Veniamin as new bishop of Kozani and Servion. More interesting the turkish firmani mentions some of his duties in reference to the Greek populations of Kozani and Servion. The original Firmani of Sultan Mahmut: […]

Among other Greeks, Macedonians had an active role in the Greek Reolution. Here is a small list with the most distinguished Macedonian patriots who participated actively in Filike Etairia (“Φιλική Εταιρεία”)  1. Ouzounidis Michael Trader from Thessalonica, lived also in Odessa. He was initiated in Filike Etairia in Moscow by N. Skoufas on 7th Sep. 1815. He was one of the […]

  Macedonia, while under the rule of the Ottoman empire, was mainly inhabited by Greeks, Turks and Bulgars. There was also a significant Jewish population in the city of Thessaloniki most of whom arrived there from Spain in the late 15th century. Macedonians [the ethnic Greek population of Macedonia] expected to be liberated and join the newly founded Greek state as […]