Macedonia-Ohrid 1999
From The Bulgarian National Television has been organized small trip of tree days to Macedonia.It was full bus of people all with different interests and very interesting indeed.
There was mimes and also tailors and chefs in restaurants.We have started
our trip from "Aleksander Nevski" cathedral in Sofia.From 11 o'clock we have started our trip to the Eastern European religious mecca Ohrid.
Macedonia its Orthodox country but also there is quite allot of Muslims.
The town its full of churches and rock monasteries around the town.After brief scandal at the bus all of us got separated really,
and get along by themselves to visit the town.The hotel that we was in was very basic but clean.
They did not include any food or at least I cant remember.
Ohrid its very small town situated on a lake and has lovely white traditional style houses with wooden balconies.Once Macedonia has been Bulgarian territory.
The Macedonian language its most closest to the Bulgarian.
It is a famous destination for Bulgarian travelers and also there is quite allot of Serbians and Albanians also.Mow a days after Macedonia was separated from Former republic of Yugoslavia has been independent country and also fighting the enter the European Union soon.
I have traveled to there with small group of people for 3 days. On the way back to Bulgaria we have visited also towns of Prilep,Struga and Skopje the capital of Macedonia.The hotel was very basic and it did not offer lots of things.It was Easter that we went to celebrate at one o clock at the churches.
We did not staid at the hotel very long but most of it visited the local pubs.They was crowded.We have visited many places such as monastery
Saint Sofia and "Saint Pathalemon" and also "Saint Jovan" monastery.There is believe that who is passing trough this place will be relived from the old sins.
We have visited "Saint Naum" monastery and also the Bulgarian King Samuel.
The lake its deep and ancient , perhaps as old as five million years. There's few lakes as old as that. It's the deepest in the Balkans, and if you placed the Eiffel Tower at its deepest point, once the world's tallest structure, its tallest point would just poke out above the water. The lake is so big, deep and isolated that it has its own weather system. Storms come in and sit above the lake, trapped in by the mountains that surround it, and rumble back and forth across the dark blue wine.
The lake serves three major settlements, the Macedonian towns of Ohrid and Struga, and the Albanian town of Pogradec. You can, however, take all kinds of boat rides out onto the water,but we did not do it.The bars and restaurants are quite nice and not very expensive.
I have watched so many Macedonian movies recently such as Loto Loto.
There was mimes and also tailors and chefs in restaurants.We have started
our trip from "Aleksander Nevski" cathedral in Sofia.From 11 o'clock we have started our trip to the Eastern European religious mecca Ohrid.
Macedonia its Orthodox country but also there is quite allot of Muslims.
The town its full of churches and rock monasteries around the town.After brief scandal at the bus all of us got separated really,
and get along by themselves to visit the town.The hotel that we was in was very basic but clean.
They did not include any food or at least I cant remember.
Ohrid its very small town situated on a lake and has lovely white traditional style houses with wooden balconies.Once Macedonia has been Bulgarian territory.
The Macedonian language its most closest to the Bulgarian.
It is a famous destination for Bulgarian travelers and also there is quite allot of Serbians and Albanians also.Mow a days after Macedonia was separated from Former republic of Yugoslavia has been independent country and also fighting the enter the European Union soon.
I have traveled to there with small group of people for 3 days. On the way back to Bulgaria we have visited also towns of Prilep,Struga and Skopje the capital of Macedonia.The hotel was very basic and it did not offer lots of things.It was Easter that we went to celebrate at one o clock at the churches.
We did not staid at the hotel very long but most of it visited the local pubs.They was crowded.We have visited many places such as monastery
Saint Sofia and "Saint Pathalemon" and also "Saint Jovan" monastery.There is believe that who is passing trough this place will be relived from the old sins.
We have visited "Saint Naum" monastery and also the Bulgarian King Samuel.
The lake its deep and ancient , perhaps as old as five million years. There's few lakes as old as that. It's the deepest in the Balkans, and if you placed the Eiffel Tower at its deepest point, once the world's tallest structure, its tallest point would just poke out above the water. The lake is so big, deep and isolated that it has its own weather system. Storms come in and sit above the lake, trapped in by the mountains that surround it, and rumble back and forth across the dark blue wine.
The lake serves three major settlements, the Macedonian towns of Ohrid and Struga, and the Albanian town of Pogradec. You can, however, take all kinds of boat rides out onto the water,but we did not do it.The bars and restaurants are quite nice and not very expensive.
I have watched so many Macedonian movies recently such as Loto Loto.
Saint Klement was on of the best scholars of brothers Cyril and Metody.St. Clement is the most gifted scholar of the Holy Brothers Cyril and Methodius, apostoles of the Slavs. St. Clement’s monastery “St. Plaoshnik” is located at Plaoshink. This monastery is the oldest Slavic monument of culture. It was the center of Slavonic literacy and culture and the seat of the first Slavonic university. In the 15thcentury the Turks converted the church of St. Pantelejmon into mosque. In the 2000, the new archeological excavations revealed the tombs of monks and other rich findings: gold-plated vestments, crosses, icons, relics of the St. Clements`s monastery and Roman coppers.
Rock churches have been built and many other places in the Bulgarian lands , including in the area of Lake Ohrid . Three such churches are located near the modern border between Macedonia and Albania , on the western shore of Lake Ohrid . They are carved in the rocks 20 km west of Struga , between the villages and Kalishte Radodzha .
Churches bear the names " Archangel ", " St. Athanasius " and "St. Mary" . The most popular and visited of the three is the church "Virgin Mary" , trapped inside the famous modern hotel " Pearl " on the shore of Lake Ohrid . Interesting architectural idea is sinking into the rocks and part of the buildings of the hotel complex , which creates a unique atmosphere. The restaurant " Pearls " are embedded and visible limestone cliffs with their living forms and pleasant tones of ocher . And in one of the side wings of the hotel " Pearl " are stairs and modern entrance to the church "St. Mary" . It is assumed that the rock church "Virgin Mary" is carved in the rock during the XIV- XV centuries. On the east is built with solid brick wall visible part of the temple, which now dominates the hotel building . New hall leading to the nave of the church . In the eastern part of the wall is recessed apse to the right of which is the entrance , to the left of it is shaped proskomidiynata niche. The church is rich frescoes scenes cover each space carved into the rock walls and ceiling , and among them are ornaments. In the apse is written image " Mary - Shirshaya heaven" and the right of it - the image of St. Simeon the Stylite . In proskomidiynata niche scene " Christ in the grave ." At the height of the arch is located image of Christ Pantocrator in the glow stick from the symbols of the evangelists . This image is part of the scene " Ascension " as it continues on the upper east side with the image of the apostles and Mary attending the event and raised their heads up . Right south wall is the scene " Last Supper " and the north wall of the left in a specially shaped niche images of Slavic educators Cyril and Methodius and St. Kliment Ohridski , highly revered by the local population . On the west wall is located stage " Transfiguration of Christ" and under it - ornaments and hangings with rich decoration. Upper registers of the north and south walls are busy with a frieze of saints and saints and Christological cycle chronologically and lasting from one wall to the other - " Christmas ", " Candlemas ", " Baptism of Christ ", " Resurrection of Lazarus " " Entry into Jerusalem ", " The Crucifixion ," " Descent into hell " . Among them are its logical place scenes " Transfiguration " and " Ascension" , located respectively on the east and west wall . |
Prilep town was founded on the ruins of the ancient city of Styberra, first a town in Macedonian and later incorporated into the Roman Empire. Styberra, though razed by the Goths in 268, remained partly inhabited. The town was first mentioned as Prilep in 1014, as the place where Tsar Samuil allegedly had a heart attack upon seeing thousands of his soldiers had been blinded by the Byzantines after the Battle of Kleidion. Byzantium lost it to the Second Bulgarian Empire, but later retook it. Prilep was acquired in 1334 by Serbian King Dušan and after 1365 the town belonged to King Vukašin, co-ruler of Dušan's son, Tzar Stefan Uroš V. After the death of Vukašin in 1371, Prilep was ruled by his son Marko. In 1395 it was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire, of which it remained a part of until 1913, when it entered into the Kingdom of Serbia. From 1918 to 1941 Prilep was part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and from 1944 to 1991 the town belonged to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, as part of its constituent Socialist Republic of Macedonia. Since 1991 the town has been part of the Republic of Macedonia.
Skopije
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Its not a pretty place really and when we have visited was very dusty and neglected at least the suburbs of it.Nowadays has been
reconstructed and the center of the city its renovate with some statues in very Roman style,but we have not seen this.
We have sped just several hours in there just looking around and we have not visited any places or museums.
The modern name of Skopje is assumed that dates back to testify in Antiquity Latin name of the city Skupi (Latin: Scupi), city-fortress of Thracian origin .. The etymology of the name is that it derives from the Greek word spectroscopy, which means tower, observatory, because of the location of the city.
During the Great Migration and accommodation in these places the Slavic tribes name apparently undergoes little change during the time of the Bulgarian state retains its name Skopje. With the arrival of the Ottoman Turks city name is modified to Yuskyup even overwhelming near Bulgarian naselenie centuries to continue using the name of Skopje. Among Albanians city enjoys Shkupi name (sometimes Shkup. After World War I and the entry of Skopje in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia) is a Serbian imposed form of the name of the city Skoplye (Serbian: Skopљe) this continued until 1941 After the city became part of the Kingdom of Bulgaria (1941-1944) is returned.
Skopje is located in the northern part of the Republic of Macedonia along the banks of the Vardar River. South of the city is squeezed from the slopes of the mountain water, and from the north - from the hills of Skopje Crna Gora. Not the general area of the city on the Vardar River valley has imposed its layout and expansion mainly in the west and especially east wherever extends the Skopje area. Located in the Vardar fault zone, which is subject to significant seismic activity.
Important for Skopje dam River Fever called Matka Lake, located southwest of the city.
Only in urban areas of Skopje population is significantly less reason for this is that some of the urban municipalities have joined nearby villages, and the municipality of Saraj is entirely rural in its territory does not include urban neighborhoods.
The first mention of Skopje at the Egyptian geographer Claudius Ptolemy in the ancient name of the city - Skupi. The town was founded in the III century BC .. In 164 BC conquered by Rome and became the principal city of Dardania area inhabited mainly by the tribe Dardanians. In 84 or 85 years from BC Emperor Domitian Flavia colony founded Aelita Skupi that develops later in a big city.
In ancient times the village was called eunuchs by Roman writers and Skupi Byzantine. The ancient city was destroyed in 518 years earthquake. Emperor Justinian I restored the city and includes the Archbishop Justiniana Prima, whose successor is the Bulgarian Archbishopric of Ohrid. In the winter of 593/594 he was again destroyed, this time by the Slavs.
Ages [edit
During the IX-X century e in the composition of the First Bulgarian Empire. In 980, the Roman king resided in Skopje, which is the capital of the country to 992 Since the fall of Bulgaria under Byzantine rule in 1018 for a while Skopje is the center of the Byzantine theme (katepanstvo) Bulgaria. During the 11-13 century, the city was the seat of one of the dioceses of the Ohrid Archbishopric. [8] In the middle of the XIII century was the center of lands of a boyar Constantin Quiet Alan from 1257 to 1277 is a Bulgarian king. From the late 13th century, Skopje was part of the medieval Serbian state of Nemanjić. During King Stefan Dušan Dušan is the capital of empire.
During the Renaissance Bulgarian community in Skopje is among the brightest in Bulgaria. Bulgarians in the town were the first to vehemently oppose the Patriarchate of Constantinople and raised the question of their own schools to teach their native Bulgarian language, a more in 1833 Skopje and Samokov are the first cities to have put a request Bulgarian priests . In 1832 a priest Dimitar Butler, vicar of the Skopje Diocese, nominated by the Bulgarian population to be appointed as bishop, but the Patriarchate refused. At that time in Skopje already has significant Bulgarian population, some of which with a good income, which helps to lift the school and church activities. Back in 1836 or in 1837 opened the first Bulgarian municipal school in Skopje. The school was placed in a house near the church "Virgin Mary" and the first teacher was placed monk Paul Harvey Bigor monastery.
In 1845 Russian Slavonic scholar Viktor Grigorovich wrote about Skopje:
Later be built a new school building more spacious and comfortable, and a teacher in 1848 has attracted one of the titans of the Renaissance School case veleshanina Jordan Hadzhikonstantinov-Dzhinot. Dzhinot himself exalted patriot type of Rakovski, which is a great admirer to his grave in Skopje teacher for many years and created real age there. Dzhinot introduced in school "Lankasterskata method" that something previously done and in Veles in 1840 fierce patriotism Dzhinot reach genuine Bulgarian fanaticism and it immediately made a bad impression of the Skopje Metropolitan Greek origin. Years, however, taking a strong position to the Ottoman authorities, Bulgarian leaders defend Dzhinot. Engaged case is given to Phanariots remove Dzhinot from school work until the height of the Crimean War (1853-1859). To close a Bulgarian school, however, word was out and soon teacher's Stoyan Kostov from Vranje, a student of Najden Guerov. In 1895 Bulgarian school was reconstructed as Pedagogical Bulgarian school.
After a plebiscite in 1874 in Skopje and the county was appointed bishop of the Bulgarian Exarchate as 8131 Christian houses vote positively, but only 567 Christian houses voted against and want to remain under the rule of the Constantinople Patriarchate
King Peter I of Yugoslavia comes in Skopje in Balkan War
Station in Skopje around 1912 when replacing the plate with a name written on this Ottoman Serbian
On October 25, 1912 twenty days following the announcement of the Balkan War Moravian division of the Serbian army entered Skopje. From 1913 the town was officially joined to the Kingdom of Serbia.
On October 10, 1915, during World War I after a stubborn fight Bulgarian army forced Serbian troops from the city. In their retreat Serbs burn north of Skopje. [17] Bulgarian parts are greeted as liberators. As he wrote, General Georgi Todorov:
"The whole population came out. All the time and all threw wreaths. Houses decorated with flags and our carpets. Street ... studded with flowers. People cry. Unspeakable rapture. [18] "A View from the bazaar.
Between the two world wars terrifying information about what is happening in Macedonia and Skopje gives French spy Henry poses in his book "War is back" out of print for the first time in 1934 poses reported inhuman atrocities against the Bulgarians in Macedonia - torture humiliation, persecution and murder of Bulgarian notables. Absurd attitude royal authorities in Skopje reach deletion of all inscriptions in Bulgarian including the icons in churches and burial
reconstructed and the center of the city its renovate with some statues in very Roman style,but we have not seen this.
We have sped just several hours in there just looking around and we have not visited any places or museums.
The modern name of Skopje is assumed that dates back to testify in Antiquity Latin name of the city Skupi (Latin: Scupi), city-fortress of Thracian origin .. The etymology of the name is that it derives from the Greek word spectroscopy, which means tower, observatory, because of the location of the city.
During the Great Migration and accommodation in these places the Slavic tribes name apparently undergoes little change during the time of the Bulgarian state retains its name Skopje. With the arrival of the Ottoman Turks city name is modified to Yuskyup even overwhelming near Bulgarian naselenie centuries to continue using the name of Skopje. Among Albanians city enjoys Shkupi name (sometimes Shkup. After World War I and the entry of Skopje in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia) is a Serbian imposed form of the name of the city Skoplye (Serbian: Skopљe) this continued until 1941 After the city became part of the Kingdom of Bulgaria (1941-1944) is returned.
Skopje is located in the northern part of the Republic of Macedonia along the banks of the Vardar River. South of the city is squeezed from the slopes of the mountain water, and from the north - from the hills of Skopje Crna Gora. Not the general area of the city on the Vardar River valley has imposed its layout and expansion mainly in the west and especially east wherever extends the Skopje area. Located in the Vardar fault zone, which is subject to significant seismic activity.
Important for Skopje dam River Fever called Matka Lake, located southwest of the city.
Only in urban areas of Skopje population is significantly less reason for this is that some of the urban municipalities have joined nearby villages, and the municipality of Saraj is entirely rural in its territory does not include urban neighborhoods.
The first mention of Skopje at the Egyptian geographer Claudius Ptolemy in the ancient name of the city - Skupi. The town was founded in the III century BC .. In 164 BC conquered by Rome and became the principal city of Dardania area inhabited mainly by the tribe Dardanians. In 84 or 85 years from BC Emperor Domitian Flavia colony founded Aelita Skupi that develops later in a big city.
In ancient times the village was called eunuchs by Roman writers and Skupi Byzantine. The ancient city was destroyed in 518 years earthquake. Emperor Justinian I restored the city and includes the Archbishop Justiniana Prima, whose successor is the Bulgarian Archbishopric of Ohrid. In the winter of 593/594 he was again destroyed, this time by the Slavs.
Ages [edit
During the IX-X century e in the composition of the First Bulgarian Empire. In 980, the Roman king resided in Skopje, which is the capital of the country to 992 Since the fall of Bulgaria under Byzantine rule in 1018 for a while Skopje is the center of the Byzantine theme (katepanstvo) Bulgaria. During the 11-13 century, the city was the seat of one of the dioceses of the Ohrid Archbishopric. [8] In the middle of the XIII century was the center of lands of a boyar Constantin Quiet Alan from 1257 to 1277 is a Bulgarian king. From the late 13th century, Skopje was part of the medieval Serbian state of Nemanjić. During King Stefan Dušan Dušan is the capital of empire.
During the Renaissance Bulgarian community in Skopje is among the brightest in Bulgaria. Bulgarians in the town were the first to vehemently oppose the Patriarchate of Constantinople and raised the question of their own schools to teach their native Bulgarian language, a more in 1833 Skopje and Samokov are the first cities to have put a request Bulgarian priests . In 1832 a priest Dimitar Butler, vicar of the Skopje Diocese, nominated by the Bulgarian population to be appointed as bishop, but the Patriarchate refused. At that time in Skopje already has significant Bulgarian population, some of which with a good income, which helps to lift the school and church activities. Back in 1836 or in 1837 opened the first Bulgarian municipal school in Skopje. The school was placed in a house near the church "Virgin Mary" and the first teacher was placed monk Paul Harvey Bigor monastery.
In 1845 Russian Slavonic scholar Viktor Grigorovich wrote about Skopje:
Later be built a new school building more spacious and comfortable, and a teacher in 1848 has attracted one of the titans of the Renaissance School case veleshanina Jordan Hadzhikonstantinov-Dzhinot. Dzhinot himself exalted patriot type of Rakovski, which is a great admirer to his grave in Skopje teacher for many years and created real age there. Dzhinot introduced in school "Lankasterskata method" that something previously done and in Veles in 1840 fierce patriotism Dzhinot reach genuine Bulgarian fanaticism and it immediately made a bad impression of the Skopje Metropolitan Greek origin. Years, however, taking a strong position to the Ottoman authorities, Bulgarian leaders defend Dzhinot. Engaged case is given to Phanariots remove Dzhinot from school work until the height of the Crimean War (1853-1859). To close a Bulgarian school, however, word was out and soon teacher's Stoyan Kostov from Vranje, a student of Najden Guerov. In 1895 Bulgarian school was reconstructed as Pedagogical Bulgarian school.
After a plebiscite in 1874 in Skopje and the county was appointed bishop of the Bulgarian Exarchate as 8131 Christian houses vote positively, but only 567 Christian houses voted against and want to remain under the rule of the Constantinople Patriarchate
King Peter I of Yugoslavia comes in Skopje in Balkan War
Station in Skopje around 1912 when replacing the plate with a name written on this Ottoman Serbian
On October 25, 1912 twenty days following the announcement of the Balkan War Moravian division of the Serbian army entered Skopje. From 1913 the town was officially joined to the Kingdom of Serbia.
On October 10, 1915, during World War I after a stubborn fight Bulgarian army forced Serbian troops from the city. In their retreat Serbs burn north of Skopje. [17] Bulgarian parts are greeted as liberators. As he wrote, General Georgi Todorov:
"The whole population came out. All the time and all threw wreaths. Houses decorated with flags and our carpets. Street ... studded with flowers. People cry. Unspeakable rapture. [18] "A View from the bazaar.
Between the two world wars terrifying information about what is happening in Macedonia and Skopje gives French spy Henry poses in his book "War is back" out of print for the first time in 1934 poses reported inhuman atrocities against the Bulgarians in Macedonia - torture humiliation, persecution and murder of Bulgarian notables. Absurd attitude royal authorities in Skopje reach deletion of all inscriptions in Bulgarian including the icons in churches and burial
Struga is also a place of important cultural significance in the Republic of Macedonia, as it is the birthplace of the poets Konstantin and Dimitar Miladinov. The main event of the cultural life in Struga is the world's largest poetry gathering, Struga Poetry Evenings, whose laureates have included several Nobel Prize for literature winners such as Joseph Brodsky, Eugenio Montale, Pablo Neruda, Seamus Heaney, Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca and many others since 1966.
Frescoes from the rock church in the monastery of Kalishta.
There are several cultural monuments in Struga and in its vicinity such as the Monastery of Kalishta, a few kilometers away from the town center, lying on the shore of Lake Ohrid. It is believed that it dates from the 16th century, with frescoes from the 14th and the 15th centuries. Another rock church is present in the neighbouring village of Rodojda with frescoes from the 13th and 14th centuries. The Church of Sveta Bogorodica (St Mary) in Vraništa, is believed to be where Tsar Samuel was crowned.The church of St George(sombol also of England and Russia) is also located in the town; built on top of Samuel's church, it has many icons from the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries. Near the village of Radolishta, a basilica from the 4th century was discovered, with a mosaic. Struga's old architecture dates from the 18th and 19th centuries.
Frescoes from the rock church in the monastery of Kalishta.
There are several cultural monuments in Struga and in its vicinity such as the Monastery of Kalishta, a few kilometers away from the town center, lying on the shore of Lake Ohrid. It is believed that it dates from the 16th century, with frescoes from the 14th and the 15th centuries. Another rock church is present in the neighbouring village of Rodojda with frescoes from the 13th and 14th centuries. The Church of Sveta Bogorodica (St Mary) in Vraništa, is believed to be where Tsar Samuel was crowned.The church of St George(sombol also of England and Russia) is also located in the town; built on top of Samuel's church, it has many icons from the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries. Near the village of Radolishta, a basilica from the 4th century was discovered, with a mosaic. Struga's old architecture dates from the 18th and 19th centuries.