At the northern borders of Greece and in between Albania, Serbia and Bulgaria there is in present day the country of Skopje, internationally known as FYROM (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia). This country tries to join the E.U. and wants to be called Macedonia! Although at first sight the idea seems ridiculous to those that know history, the very fact that the country was recognized by the US government by that name forces us to make a historical reference to the birth of this state pattern in order to give an answer to our Skopjian “friends” so that they understand their original ancestry and they stop deluding themselves thinking they are the descendants of Alexander the Great…
The idea of the “Macedonian nation” is much older than one would think. It was created about a hundred years ago by the Bulgarian propaganda. The Ottoman empire was crumbling in the 19th century and the states of the Balkans were trying to secure, each for itself, her lands. Bulgaria, after the Treaty of Berlin (1878[Β.Θ.1] ) was seeking to liberate those Bulgarians that were living in Macedonia and Thrace, so she could expand territorially. For this reason the BMORK (Balgarski Makedono-odrinski Revolocioni Komiteri = Bulgarian Macedono-Edirne Revolution Organizations) were founded. In 1896 the charter of the Bulgarian Macedon-Odriso Revolution Organisation is accepted and the organization, known as ΒΜΟΡΟ, becomes legitimate. They fought for the political autonomy of Macedonia and Thrace.
The 20th century changed the political set on the Balkan Peninsula. During the Balkan Wars the greek army liberated 80% of the lands that comprised historical Macedonia (the remaining 20% was shared by Bulgaria and the United Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenians) and the population exchange, after the Asia Minor Catastrophe, with the re-settlement of about 700,000 greek refugees in N. Greece strengthened the presence of the greek element in the area so that it reached 90% of its population!
In 1921 the Bulgarian leader of the communists V. Kolarov in the 3rd Conference of the Balkan Communist Federation (BCF) in Moscow again raised the issue of the autonomy of Macedonia, where all three parts of the region would be included, greek, bulgarian and yugoslavian. The decision was positive! The 5th Conference of BCF voted for the autodetermination of Macedonia, in thoughts that the state would enter a communist confederation in the Balkans.
WW2 initially changed the situation in favour of the Bulgarians, since they tried to bulgarize -or better put, de-hellenize- Macedonia, as the occupying force. The defeat of the Axis however destroyed their plans.
In 1945 commander Tito turned the United Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenians into a federation. And so was created the Socialistic Federal Republic of Macedonia, comprised by the Socialistic Republics of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Slovenia, Montenegro and “People’s Federal Republic of Macedonia”.
This decision was obviously not favoured by Serbia, since South Serbia would be taken, but not in the best interests of Bulgaria as well as Greece, as that state sought to annex all parts of Macedonia they controlled.
Despite the efforts of Tito and the bulgarian leader Dimitrov, Bulgaria’s “Macedonia” and “Macedonia’s” Bulgaria were never merged due to disagreements. After this failure the “Macedonia” of the Bulgarians was used as leverage for yugoslavic pressure and demands against Greece and Bulgaria, «because the “Macedonians” of Vardarska[Β.Θ.2] , after the foundation of a “Macedonian” state, became self-proclaimed defenders of the “Macedonian minorities” in the two neighbouring countries»[Β.Θ.3] !!! With this move Tito succeeded in making Yugoslavia a main contender of Macedonia, since creating this state pattern nourished a “Macedonian” conscience systematically. «…a political nomenclature […] tried to mould into the local population an artificial Macedonian conscience, fabricating history and transforming a slavic dialect, akin to bulgarian, to “macedonian”…»[Β.Θ.4] . So the unheard-of occurs: we have a fake national turnabout, as within the boundaries of the Yugoslavian Republic a confederate state is created, for a people that actually does not exist!!![Β.Θ.5]
After the collapse of Yugoslavia at the beginning of the past decade, Skopje became an independent country and tried to present themselves internationally as “Macedonia”! But the use of this name constitutes a clear-cut «usurpation of Hellenic history», but also a national threat against the territorial integrity of Greece, as it shows greek Macedonia as its undelivered homeland…
The plans of the Skopjan state however are very likely to be overthrown from within, since the so-called “macedonian” state consists of 20% Albanians rapidly increasing, 60% bulgarian-speakers and also Serbs, Greeks, Gypsies, Turks etc. All available means are called upon so that the particularities of these various peoples are suppressed and they are mashed into the so-called “macedonian” nation: language, literature, history, folklore, government organizations, even the Church, that seceded from the mother-Serbian one!!! If, however, Greece mainly and Bulgaria secondly pay due attention to the issue, then the reversal of the, adverse indeed, situation is only a matter of time.
[Β.Θ.1]The year when Bulgaria won her freedom from the Ottoman yoke.
[Β.Θ.2]Modern day Skopje
[Β.Θ.3]Dimitrios V. Gonis, History of the orthodox Slavic churches of Bulgaria and Serbia, Athens, Armos Publications, page 264
[Β.Θ.4]Sarantis I. Kargakow, History of the Hellenic World and the Greater Area, Athens 2004, Gutenberg Publications, 2nd volume , page 588
[Β.Θ.5] Dimitrios V. Gonis, History of the orthodox Slavic churches of Bulgaria and Serbia, Athens, Armos Publications, page 278
Panagiotis Foukas / Παναγιώτης Φούκας
The idea of the “Macedonian nation” is much older than one would think. It was created about a hundred years ago by the Bulgarian propaganda. The Ottoman empire was crumbling in the 19th century and the states of the Balkans were trying to secure, each for itself, her lands. Bulgaria, after the Treaty of Berlin (1878[Β.Θ.1] ) was seeking to liberate those Bulgarians that were living in Macedonia and Thrace, so she could expand territorially. For this reason the BMORK (Balgarski Makedono-odrinski Revolocioni Komiteri = Bulgarian Macedono-Edirne Revolution Organizations) were founded. In 1896 the charter of the Bulgarian Macedon-Odriso Revolution Organisation is accepted and the organization, known as ΒΜΟΡΟ, becomes legitimate. They fought for the political autonomy of Macedonia and Thrace.
The 20th century changed the political set on the Balkan Peninsula. During the Balkan Wars the greek army liberated 80% of the lands that comprised historical Macedonia (the remaining 20% was shared by Bulgaria and the United Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenians) and the population exchange, after the Asia Minor Catastrophe, with the re-settlement of about 700,000 greek refugees in N. Greece strengthened the presence of the greek element in the area so that it reached 90% of its population!
In 1921 the Bulgarian leader of the communists V. Kolarov in the 3rd Conference of the Balkan Communist Federation (BCF) in Moscow again raised the issue of the autonomy of Macedonia, where all three parts of the region would be included, greek, bulgarian and yugoslavian. The decision was positive! The 5th Conference of BCF voted for the autodetermination of Macedonia, in thoughts that the state would enter a communist confederation in the Balkans.
WW2 initially changed the situation in favour of the Bulgarians, since they tried to bulgarize -or better put, de-hellenize- Macedonia, as the occupying force. The defeat of the Axis however destroyed their plans.
In 1945 commander Tito turned the United Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenians into a federation. And so was created the Socialistic Federal Republic of Macedonia, comprised by the Socialistic Republics of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Slovenia, Montenegro and “People’s Federal Republic of Macedonia”.
This decision was obviously not favoured by Serbia, since South Serbia would be taken, but not in the best interests of Bulgaria as well as Greece, as that state sought to annex all parts of Macedonia they controlled.
Despite the efforts of Tito and the bulgarian leader Dimitrov, Bulgaria’s “Macedonia” and “Macedonia’s” Bulgaria were never merged due to disagreements. After this failure the “Macedonia” of the Bulgarians was used as leverage for yugoslavic pressure and demands against Greece and Bulgaria, «because the “Macedonians” of Vardarska[Β.Θ.2] , after the foundation of a “Macedonian” state, became self-proclaimed defenders of the “Macedonian minorities” in the two neighbouring countries»[Β.Θ.3] !!! With this move Tito succeeded in making Yugoslavia a main contender of Macedonia, since creating this state pattern nourished a “Macedonian” conscience systematically. «…a political nomenclature […] tried to mould into the local population an artificial Macedonian conscience, fabricating history and transforming a slavic dialect, akin to bulgarian, to “macedonian”…»[Β.Θ.4] . So the unheard-of occurs: we have a fake national turnabout, as within the boundaries of the Yugoslavian Republic a confederate state is created, for a people that actually does not exist!!![Β.Θ.5]
After the collapse of Yugoslavia at the beginning of the past decade, Skopje became an independent country and tried to present themselves internationally as “Macedonia”! But the use of this name constitutes a clear-cut «usurpation of Hellenic history», but also a national threat against the territorial integrity of Greece, as it shows greek Macedonia as its undelivered homeland…
The plans of the Skopjan state however are very likely to be overthrown from within, since the so-called “macedonian” state consists of 20% Albanians rapidly increasing, 60% bulgarian-speakers and also Serbs, Greeks, Gypsies, Turks etc. All available means are called upon so that the particularities of these various peoples are suppressed and they are mashed into the so-called “macedonian” nation: language, literature, history, folklore, government organizations, even the Church, that seceded from the mother-Serbian one!!! If, however, Greece mainly and Bulgaria secondly pay due attention to the issue, then the reversal of the, adverse indeed, situation is only a matter of time.
[Β.Θ.1]The year when Bulgaria won her freedom from the Ottoman yoke.
[Β.Θ.2]Modern day Skopje
[Β.Θ.3]Dimitrios V. Gonis, History of the orthodox Slavic churches of Bulgaria and Serbia, Athens, Armos Publications, page 264
[Β.Θ.4]Sarantis I. Kargakow, History of the Hellenic World and the Greater Area, Athens 2004, Gutenberg Publications, 2nd volume , page 588
[Β.Θ.5] Dimitrios V. Gonis, History of the orthodox Slavic churches of Bulgaria and Serbia, Athens, Armos Publications, page 278
Panagiotis Foukas / Παναγιώτης Φούκας
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