The Macedonian [sic] Australian Pride Facebook Page

Our friends at Macedonian [sic] Australian Pride have sent their love via Facebook to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs this Julian-calendar Christmas Eve (6th January). Why? Because apparently a Russian graphic labelling the northern Greek administrative regions of Western, Central, and Eastern Macedonia (and Thrace) with their actual names constitutes Russian recognition of these regions as territories of FYROM.

It's posts like these and the comments that follow that make us laugh and realize that the Yugoslavs really don't have any arguments or facts to back their claims. 

For example, apparently only the ancient kingdom of Macedonia had a monarch. Other Greek-speaking regions had prime ministers and presidents, as they were democracies. Guess that means King Leonidas of Sparta (the 300) was not a king after all. 

Another example is the name Thessaloniki, which was apparently invented only last century. Guess that means St. Paul's two letters to the Thessalonians found in the New Testament need to be renamed. And while we're at it, we may as well rewrite the history books so that the world knows King Philip II never had a daughter called Thessaloniki...

As noted in a previous post, Melbourne Macedonian has no intention of engaging in round-the-clock online warfare with the various Yugoslav-run pages on social media sites.

However, if we see something we deem to be incorrect or deceiving, out of line with history or lacking sheer common sense, we will respond.