Το μεγαλομανές σχέδιο «Σκόπια 2014»           Με την τεράστιου κόστους και κιτς αισθητικής ανάπλαση της πόλης, ο κ. Γκρούεφσκι προκαλεί πολιτική και εθνοτική κρίση Ο εθνικιστικός παροξυσμός του Νίκολα Γκρουέφσκι αποτυπώνεται εικαστικά στο κέντρο της πόλης των Σκοπίων. Γιγαντιαία αγάλματα του Μεγάλου Αλεξάνδρου, ηρώων του «μακεδονικού» έθνους -τους οποίους όμως διεκδικεί και η Βουλγαρία- αλλά και […]

The monument in Kiev MOSCOW July 28 (Itar-Tass) – Russia is marking for the first time in its history the Day of Baptizing of Kievan Rus – a new ‘commemorative date’ that has been established to commemorate the Grand Duke Vladimir, who adopted Eastern Orthodox Christianity as the official religion of the early medieval duchy of Rus. “The establishing of […]

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Thessalonicean Brothers Cyril and Methodius International Sources on Saints Cyril and Methodius being Greeks. 1. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05: (Cyril and Methodius, Saints) 869 and 884, respectively, GREEK missionaries, brothers, called Apostles to the Slavs and fathers of Slavonic literature. 2. Encyclopedia Britannica, a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information: Saints Cyril and Methodius: The emperor […]

Οι Θεσσαλονικείς αδελφοί Ισαπόστολοι Κύριλλος και Μεθόδιος Η Ελληνικότητα των Θεσσαλονικέων Αδερφών, Κυρίλλου και Μεθοδίου μέσα από την Διεθνή Βιβλιογραφία. 1. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05: (Cyril and Methodius, Saints) 869 and 884, respectively, GREEK missionaries, brothers, called Apostles to the Slavs and fathers of Slavonic literature. 2. Encyclopedia Britannica, a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information: […]

Christianization of Bulgaria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Christianization of Bulgaria was the process of converting 9th-century medieval Bulgaria to Christianity. Contents   1.1 Initial setbacks 1 Background 2 Byzantine demand 3 Reasons for the Christianization 4 Reaction 5 Choice between Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism 6 Result 7 See also 8 Notes 9 References    Background When Khan Boris […]

From the wonderful book of Richard West “Tito and the rise and fall of Yugoslavia” we cant but notice that there were no “Ethnic macedonians” but a mixture of Greeks, slavs, albanians and avars. The Greek monks Cyril and Methodius brought the Cyrillic script to Serbs, Bulgarians and Russians while in the major battles of Balkans there was no mention […]

1. Comparative history of Slavic Literatures by Dmitrij Cizevskij ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————- 2. A History of the Greek Language: From Its Origins to the Present By Francisco Rodríguez Adrados page 265 ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————–  3. East Central Europe in the Middle Ages, 1000-1500 By Jean W. Sedlar, page 144 ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————- 4. Central eastern Europe Crucible of World Wars edited by Joseph Slabey Rouček  page 62 […]