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Manifesto from the Provisional Government of Macedonia in 1878 (Litochoro of Olympus)

Manifesto from the Provisional Government of Macedonia in 1878 (Litochoro of Olympus)

In 19th February of 1878, the Macedonians of Litochoro in Olympus, proud of their Greek Ethnicity, took up arms and started a revolution, in order to unite with their motherland Greece. They formed a Provisional Government of Macedonia, under the presidency of Evangelos Korovangos. They appealed to Greece and the European Powers to make their dream true and unite with their motherland Greece. All […]

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On the trail of Alexander the Great

On the trail of Alexander the Great

As local politicians in Athens bicker over the placement of a statue of Alexander the Great in front of City Hall on Kotzia Square, and the residents of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’s capital Skopje gaze upon their own 24-meter effigy of the Macedonian warrior, the regions of Pella, Imathia and Pieria in northern Greece have teamed up in […]

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Tempi Theatre inaugurated, with Aeschylus’ ‘The Choephori’.

The Tempi Theatre in the region of Omolios, central Greece, opened to the public with Aeschylus’ “The Choephori” (meaning “The Libation Bearers”), the second part of the”Oresteia” trilogy, performed by the Thessaly Theatre Group. Aeschylus (ca. 525 B.C.) is regarded “the father of Ancient Greek tragedy”. He has written between 50 and 90 plays, but only six of them still […]

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The Birth of a Clone State

Excellent article by Mr. Georgios Gialtouridis The Birth of a Clone State Part II The term clone is derived from κλών (klon), the Greek word for twig or branch, referring to the process whereby a new plant can be created from a twig. According to Herodotus’ The Histories, during the 8th century B.C. the Argeads (Αργεάδαι) migrated north […]

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Rare documents about Russia’s plans for Macedonia through History

Rare documents about Russia’s plans for Macedonia through History

Count Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatieff: The man responsible for the beginning of the ‘Macedonian Question’ that we are seeing today. The following is from pg. 27 of the book ‘ ‘Macedonian Things’ and ‘Irredentist Things’ ‘ by Chysostomos Papastavros, published in 2008 by the Local Community of Mavrochorio, Kastoria. It is a table of the 4 Irredentist Pan-Slavic Plans for Greece. Throughout history, […]

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London Times about the Greek revolution in Macedonia of 1878

London Times about the Greek revolution in Macedonia of 1878

We have seen previously the 1878 Greek revolution in Macedonia . Here are related articles by the London Times Newspapers reporting what was happening during the Greek insurrection in Macedonia. London Times 12 March 1878 London Times 22 March 1878 London Times 23 March 1878 By Christos

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1878 – Proclamation of the Temporary Government of Macedonia requesting Unification with Greece

1878 - Proclamation of the Temporary Government of Macedonia requesting Unification with Greece

THE PROCLAMATION OF THE TEMPORARY GOVERNMENT OF MACEDONIA REQUESTING UNIFICATION WITH GREECE; REVOLUTION ON MT. OLYMPUS. This proclamation shatters 3 Skopjan myths (lies) about Macedonia: Myth (Lie) #1: The name ‘Macedonia’ was not used by Greeks until after 1988. Until 1988, the area was known as ‘Northern Greece’ or ‘Northern New Territories’. As is evident in the Proclamation written in […]

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Modern historians about Macedonia - Eugene Borza

Quote: During medieval and modem times, Macedonia was known as a Balkan region inhabited by ethnic Greeks, Albanians, Vlachs, Serbs, Bulgarians, Jews, and Turks. Quote: The emergence of a Macedonian nationality is an offshoot of the joint Macedonian and Bulgarian struggle against Hellenization. With the establishment of an independent Bulgarian state and church in the 1870s, however, the conflict took […]

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