Tag: Cyril and Methodius
News Macedonia 24.05.23 | 13:33

We celebrate May 24 – Day of the Holy brothers Cyril and Methodius

The Brothers are born in Thessaloniki to rich and respected parents, Leon and Maria. The older brother, Methodius was a prominent soldier since he was 19 years old and served for ten years in the region of river Struma among the Macedonian Slavs, defending the territory from the Bulgarian attacks. He...
Macedonia 01.12.20 | 15:48

Ss. Cyril and Methodius University calls on the Government to be careful what it signs with Bulgaria

The Ss. Cyril and Methodius University (UKIM) issued a statement condemning the negotiations with Bulgaria and the expected concessions of the Zaev regime. Macedonia’s largest university states that it supports the efforts to join the European Union, but demands respect for the Macedonian nation,...
Macedonia 15.10.20 | 13:38

In Sofia, Cyril and Methodius become Bulgarian educators, in Skopje talks about declaring Goce Delcev a Bulgarian

Today in Skopje, the joint Macedonian-Bulgarian commission discusses the national affiliation of the Macedonian great revolutionary Goce Delcev and history textbooks for 7th grade in Macedonia, and in Sofia, a discussion is underway over the renaming of the day of Slavic literacy (May 24) into the day...
Macedonia 05.10.20 | 15:50

No clear answer from Pendarovski if he will attend a joint celebration of Ss. Cyril and Methodius with Bulgaria

President Stevo Pendarovski still hasn’t decided if he will participate in the honoring of Ss. Cyril and Methodius next May in Rome. The saints are supposed to be honored jointly by Macedonia and Bulgaria on May 24, but the event was canceled this year over the coronavirus epidemic, and as for...
Macedonia 02.10.20 | 21:09

Move to declare Ss. Cyril and Methodius as Bulgarians violates prior agreement with Macedonian historians

The decision by the Bulgarian Parliament to declare Ss. Cyril and Methodius as fathers of “Bulgarian literacy” may complicate the agreement to have the 9th century saints jointly honored by Macedonia and Bulgaria. Republika was told that the agreement reached last year between the two countries...
Macedonia 14.05.20 | 12:12

Macedonia and Bulgaria call off the planned joint honoring of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Rome because of the coronavirus

The plan to hold a joint honoring of Ss. Cyril and Methodius on May 24 between Macedonia and Bulgaria will not be implemented this year, because of the coronavirus epidemic. The two countries already called off the joint honoring of Goce Delcev on the day of his death – May 4 – as tensions...
Macedonia 24.05.19 | 15:26

Mickoski calls for vision to confront the hardships faced by Macedonia

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski urged the nation to work to build a future that would be shared by all. In his letter of congratulations on the day of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Mickoski asked that the vision of the sainted brothers is used in these difficult times. We face dailys hardships and...
Macedonia 05.05.19 | 08:27

Pope Francis “erased” Cyril and Methodius from Macedonia and wrote them down in Bulgaria

Dear Sisters and Brothers of Bulgaria! With God’s help, in a few days, I will be among you. To come to Bulgaria will be for me and for my collaborators a pilgrimage in the sign of faith, of unity and of peace. In fact, your land is homeland of witnesses of the faith, since the time in which the Holy...

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