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History
Neolithic: Four Lakes Region
Ancient Macedonian Period: Eordaea
Roman Period
Eastern Roman Empire – Byzantium
Medieval Macedonia 600 C.E. – 1400 C.E.
Ottoman Enter the Balkan’s in the 1300s
1400’s Hiding from the Occupier
1500’s Enter the Yörüks
1600’s Mountain Brigands
1700’s Autocephalous Macedonian Apostolic Church
1800s National Awakening
1900 – 1903 Ilinden
1904 – 1908 Bloody Wedding
1908-1912 Survival & Coexistence
Balkan Wars 1912 – 1913
World War I in Macedonia – 1914-1918
The Greek-Turkish War, 1919-1922
The Greco-Turkish Population Exchange of 1923, Macedonia and Sklithro-Zelenich
Language and Identity: The Significance of Abecedar 1925
Assimilation Policies in Aegean Macedonia (1924-1940): A Historical Overview of the Interwar Years
Sklithro–Zelenich in World War II (1940–1945)
2000s
Customs
Christmas – KOLEDA – Winter Solstice!
New Year’s – ESHKA
Epiphany – Celebration of Water
Martinka – Grandma March!
Forgiveness Sunday – Prochka
Easter Celebrations
Zelenich (Macedonian) Custom of the Lazarines
Easter
May 1 Celebration
Agia Paraskevi – Sveta Petka
Summer Solstice – Lita
Rain Dance – Dudule
Fall Equinox
Marriage Rituals
Kијани – spinning wool
Religion & Village Values
Pictures
St. Demetrius built in 1844
St. Friday (Agia Paraskeva – Sveta Petka)
St. George Church
Houses
Potato Festival
Weddings
Maps
Language
Zelenichki Lafovi
The Living Sound of Aegean Macedonian Speech – Why People Say “Gra” Instead of “Grav”
Nostalgic Poems from a Macedonian Village
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