Post by ilinden on Jan 10, 2006 19:09:58 GMT -5
Subject: When I was born in Aegean Macedonia
When I was born in Aegean Macedonia my godfather gave me my Macedonian
name. My parents were Macedonian and knew only the Macedonian language.
The Macedonian church was abolished by the Ottoman Turks in 1767 under
the influence of the Greek Patriarch in Constantinople (Byzantium)
(Istanbul).
Since the occupation by the Greki in 1913 they opened up Greek churches
and baptized the Macedonian babies with Greek names without the consent
of the parents. My father tried to register my birth with my Macedonian
name and the clerk who was a Macedonian told my father that he is not
allowed to put a Macedonian name on the papers. My father had no choice
and told the clerk never in my life am I going to use that Greek name
for my son. Since the Greek occupation in Aegean Macedonia, on
Macedonian land, Macedonians are not allowed to have anything that is
even remotely Macedonian!
So when I got older the Greki gave me a Greek ID, and a Greek passport.
I was 21 years old when I had to get a passport and told the Greek
authorities that I do not want to use a Greek name as my own since my
godfather gave a Macedonian name and I am Macedonian. He said if you
want a passport keep quiet otherwise you are going to end up with no
passport.
And so when I came to live in Canada, in the democratic country of
Canada, I put my original Macedonian first and last name. Also, I have
my Macedonian passport from the Republic of Macedonia not from Aegean
Macedonia.
This is a very sad story regarding what happens to the Macedonians in
Aegean Macedonia. Even now-a-days you are not allowed to baptize a baby
in Aegean Macedonia with a Macedonian name. In Aegean Macedonia no
Macedonian churches, no Macedonian schools, no Macedonian television, no
Macedonian newspaper and no human rights. You cannot get your
inheritance using your Macedonian name. People who tell me that in
Greece there exists democracy, they are full of lies.
Ilinden the Macedonian
When I was born in Aegean Macedonia my godfather gave me my Macedonian
name. My parents were Macedonian and knew only the Macedonian language.
The Macedonian church was abolished by the Ottoman Turks in 1767 under
the influence of the Greek Patriarch in Constantinople (Byzantium)
(Istanbul).
Since the occupation by the Greki in 1913 they opened up Greek churches
and baptized the Macedonian babies with Greek names without the consent
of the parents. My father tried to register my birth with my Macedonian
name and the clerk who was a Macedonian told my father that he is not
allowed to put a Macedonian name on the papers. My father had no choice
and told the clerk never in my life am I going to use that Greek name
for my son. Since the Greek occupation in Aegean Macedonia, on
Macedonian land, Macedonians are not allowed to have anything that is
even remotely Macedonian!
So when I got older the Greki gave me a Greek ID, and a Greek passport.
I was 21 years old when I had to get a passport and told the Greek
authorities that I do not want to use a Greek name as my own since my
godfather gave a Macedonian name and I am Macedonian. He said if you
want a passport keep quiet otherwise you are going to end up with no
passport.
And so when I came to live in Canada, in the democratic country of
Canada, I put my original Macedonian first and last name. Also, I have
my Macedonian passport from the Republic of Macedonia not from Aegean
Macedonia.
This is a very sad story regarding what happens to the Macedonians in
Aegean Macedonia. Even now-a-days you are not allowed to baptize a baby
in Aegean Macedonia with a Macedonian name. In Aegean Macedonia no
Macedonian churches, no Macedonian schools, no Macedonian television, no
Macedonian newspaper and no human rights. You cannot get your
inheritance using your Macedonian name. People who tell me that in
Greece there exists democracy, they are full of lies.
Ilinden the Macedonian