Metody Patchev ( bg, Методи Патчев; mk, Методија Патчев; May 7, 1875 – April 7, 1902) was a
Bulgarian
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teacher and revolutionary, voivode of the
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
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Macedonian historiography
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Ohrid
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,
Ottoman Empire
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(today
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) in 1875. As a young man he moved to
Plovdiv
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in
Bulgaria
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to apply for work in a leather production company. When he arrived back to Ohrid, he became a
Bulgarian Exarchate
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teacher in 1896. Metody applied himself in a secret society commonly known today as
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO; bg, Вътрешна Македонска Революционна Организация (ВМРО), translit=Vatrešna Makedonska Revoljucionna Organizacija (VMRO); mk, Внатр ...
(IMRO). On August 5, 1898, Dimitar Grdanov, a Serbian teacher in Ohrid, and pro-Serbian activist in Macedonia, was murdered by Metody Patchev, after which Patchev and his fellow conspirators
Hristo Uzunov
Hristo Dimitrov Uzunov ( Bulgarian/ mk, Христо Димитров Узунов; 22 February 1878 – 24 April 1905) was a Macedonian Bulgarian teacher and revolutionary, head of the Ohrid branch of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Orga ...
,
Cyril Parlichev
Kiril Parlichev ( bg, Кирил Пърличев, mk, Кирил Прличев; 1 March 1875 – 9 February 1944) was a BulgarianMakedonskoto osvoboditelno dvizhenie sled Pŭrvata svetovna voĭna, 1918-1924, Kostadin Paleshutski, Published by ...
and
Ivan Grupchev
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were arrested. He stayed in Ottoman prison until 1901. After his release he applied as a teacher in the town of
Prilep
Prilep ( mk, Прилеп ) is the fourth-largest city in North Macedonia. It has a population of 66,246 and is known as "the city under Marko's Towers" because of its proximity to the towers of Prince Marko.
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, but was unsuccessful due to his times in prison previously. Later rejoining IMRO, he became involved in a cheta group under the command of
Marko Lerinski
Marko Lerinski ( bg, Марко Лерински; 20 June 1862 – 13 June 1902) was the nickname of Georgi Ivanov Gyurov (Георги Иванов Гюров), also known as Georgi Geroyski, a Bulgarian military expert and revolutionary. A promi ...
. On 7 April 1902 he entered the village of Kadino Selo with six other revolutionaries unaware of the situation in Kadino Selo he went into an ambush. The Ottoman troops within the village, were under attack from a small group of revolutionaries. After fierce fighting in the village and surroundings, Metody killed his friends and committed suicide.
After his death, his unoccupied house was used as a secret hospital. Local female teachers including Kostadina Bojadjeva helped wounded fighters at the building. The Ottomans discovered the hospital but could find no charges against the teachers. They were held, interrogated, beaten and released. The hospital continued to operate and the local mayor arranged for free milk to assist them.
In 1904 in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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, a group of Bulgarian immigrants established the Macedonian-Adrianople Charitable Society "Metody Patchev". To the heroic death of Patchev and his comrades,