A Descendant of Alexander the Great...

Letter to the Editor

First of all, I would like you to know that your article on "FYROM" is extremely racist and biased.

Your view of history, both ancient and modern, is COMPLETELY inaccurate. And I mean COMPLETELY. Macedonia and the Macedonians have NEVER been Greek, not during ancient times, medieval, or today.

It has been GENETICALLY proven that the Macedonians of the Republic of Macedonia are direct descendants of the ancient Macedonians, through a study conducted in Spain in 2001. Macedonia was divided in 1913, with Greece, Bulgaria, Albania and Serbia all given a share. How in God's beautiful and Holy name can you dispute this?! How can you dispute the fact that pretty much EVERY ancient historian or biographer viewed Macedonia and the Macedonians as COMPLETELY separate from the Greeks?

The Greeks themselves considered Macedonians as "foreign invaders", and a race who have NEVER been Greek. The ancient Macedonians had their own language and rich culture, and were Hellenized as time went on, not from the beginning. The world loves American culture, or fine Italian wine, or beautiful rugs from Persia, but that doesn't make everyone American or Italian or Iranian.

Macedonians enjoyed Hellenized culture, but that doesn't mean that they were Greek. Greek was spoken in other parts of the ancient world, but that doesn't mean that the whole ancient world was Greek! The VAST majority of modern day historians view the ancient Macedonians as a different ethnic group, having nothing to do with the ancient Greeks of their day.

This whole issue is to do with ONE thing: territory.
Greece, Bulgaria and Albania all have occupied Macedonian territory, and they are terrified BEYOND belief that they will lose it one day. But how can "FYROM" gain territory if it's really never been theirs? Why is Greece so afraid? Surely the Greeks ARE who they say they are, right? Wrong.

Mark my words, Greece WILL lose that territory, and her lies will be exposed once and for all. Christ the Lord is on the side of truth, the Macedonian truth - Republic of Macedonia, Agean Macedonia, Pirin Macedonia, and Mala Prespa... and one day soon will be unified, forever.

Shame on you for spreading such lies! You reap what you sow...

Daniel Mitreski