Category: А13 Родољубни изјави

Very soon a man emerged from a pile of branches and came near us. He looked nervous and confused and hesitated in his speech. ‘Please,’ I said, ‘Tell us, are you Christian bandits of Turks?’ ‘Oh,’ he said ‘We are a mixture of faiths and nationalities. Among us are Bulgarians and Albanians, Serbs and Macedonians. We even have a Jew…

We Macedonians – not Serbs, not Bulgarians but simply Macedonians.

In the Kastoria kaza, delegations from the villages came to see us and declared that they wanted neither Greek nor Bulgarian teachers and priests; rather they insisted that they be Macedonians. When questioned about their nationality, they replied that they are Macedonians. These declarations, which are far from being isolated, demonstrate that the Christian population of Macedonia is fed-up with…

The Macedonians must prove to their enemies, both in the Balkans and of the Great Powers, that they are no longer a savage race.

This can be accomplished only by the Macedonian population itself, which should announce to the world that it is a separate nation, with a separate history, character and customs, and that it has nothing in common with the surrounding small states. Therefore, it follows that no one has any right to lay claim to Macedonia and it belongs to the…

I was born from my father priest Dimitar and mother Vaskresija as the seventh child of twelve children, five males and seven females. The Slavic letter I learnt from my father, Dimitar Macedonian, who is called like that because we are Macedonians, not Greeks, and his father was called Joseph the priest, and his grandfather Stojmen the priest. I took…

Macedonians barely freed themselves from the Greeks and what, now we are going to end up as Bulgars

• 1888.05.09 • Don’t fool yourself, Despot, the national spirit in Macedonia has attained such a state that Jesus Christ himself, if he were to descend from heaven, could not convince a Macedonian that he is a Bulgarian or a Serb, except for those Macedonians in whom Bulgarian propaganda has already taken root.

•  1902  • Macedonians! Remember the world’s winner, the great glory of Macedonia, the great Alexander of Macedon; remember for the brave King Samoil, the Macedonian giant, for the marvelous Marko Kral, the Slavic glory, that Macedonian blood flowed through them; those of heavenly heights watch and bless our initiated work. To show worthy descendants of their descendants: to preserve…

I am proud to be known as a Greek, but in truth I am not one. I am a Macedonian

Let them once and for all understand that Bulgarian state nationalism, for which they want to frequently be praised, from 1890 to the present, and Macedonian patriotism are two different things, and not only do they have nothing in common, but they are in direct confrontation with one another. Therefore, all the actions of the Bulgarian government, directed against the…

I am a Macedonian Nationalist and I love my mother intensely. It was only to serve her that I executed this renegade am glad I was chosen to sacrifice myself.

• 1904 • We do not want a Bulgarian Macedonia, but rather a Macedonia for the Macedonians, a Macedonia that is free from tyranny.   • 1912 • I will drink to a free and autonomous Macedonia, for which the united Balkan nations fought and suffered so much. • 1908_L’Italia all’Estro • Macedonians will free Macedonia without the interference of…

While my shoulder carries a gun, Macedonia is beyond the reach of the Bulgarian officer.   • • • We Macedonians have many enemies, and must combat them all, wherever they come from. In the first place the External Committee are our enemies. They are loyal servants of King Ferdinand, and even though they are Macedonians, do not work for…

Why are we Macedonians a separate nation? The answer to this question is, more than all others, of great political significance. It is well known how Bulgarian as well as Serbian and Greek imperialism deny the existence of the Macedonian nation. According to the first of these, the Macedonians are the ‘best part of the Bulgarian nation’. According to the…