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''Makedoniya'' ( bg, Македония, originally spelled Македонія) was a
Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...
n newspaper edited and published by
Petko Slaveykov Petko Rachov Slaveykov ( bg, Петко Рачов Славейков) (17 November 1827 OS – 1 July 1895 OS ) was a Bulgarian poet, publicist, politician and folklorist. Biography Early years and educational activity Slaveykov was born in ...
in
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with the aim to help the foundation of an independent
Bulgarian Church The Bulgarian Orthodox Church ( bg, Българска православна църква, translit=Balgarska pravoslavna tsarkva), legally the Patriarchate of Bulgaria ( bg, Българска патриаршия, links=no, translit=Balgarsk ...
. Started in 1866, ''Makedoniya'' was one of the first Bulgarian newspapers and among the most popular at the time; it published news items, articles and discussion papers in the Bulgarian language and sometimes in the Greek language. It was stopped from printing in 1872 after the creation of the
Bulgarian Exarchate The Bulgarian Exarchate ( bg, Българска екзархия, Balgarska ekzarhiya; tr, Bulgar Eksarhlığı) was the official name of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church before its autocephaly was recognized by the Ecumenical See in 1945 and th ...
. The newspaper had the title "Macedonia", as its main task per Slaveykov himself, was to educate the misguided (
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):
Grecomans Grecoman or Graecoman (Greek: Γραικομάνοι, ''Grekománoi'', Bulgarian: Гъркомани, ''Garkomani'', Macedonian: Гркомани, ''Grkomani'', Romanian: ''Grecomani'', Albanian: ''Grekomanë'', Aromanian: ''Gricumanji'') is a ...
there, who he called
Macedonists Macedonian studies ( mk, Македонистика ''Makedonistika'') is a science that studies the Macedonian language. A person who studies Macedonian is called a Macedonian specialist (Macedonian: ''Македонист / Makedonist''). Prom ...
.Речник на българската литература, том 2 Е-О. София, Издателство на Българската академия на науките, 1977. с. 324.


See also

* ''Makedonia'', newspaper in Greece. * ''Nova Makedonija'', newspaper in the
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References

Defunct newspapers published in the Ottoman Empire Bulgarian-language newspapers Defunct weekly newspapers Newspapers established in 1866 1866 establishments in the Ottoman Empire Bulgarian National Revival {{Bulgaria-newspaper-stub