WHY VISIT MACEDONIA?

Culture & History

FOR SOME PEOPLE THE WORD MACEDONIA MAY SOUND LIKE AN ECHO FROM THE REMOTE PAST, RESONATING TO THE STORIES OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT. IT IS TRUE THAT IT’S A COUNTRY WITH MANY LAYERS OF THE PAST, YET IT HAS A VIBRANT AND INTERESTING PRESENT AND IS ONLY FEW HOURS AWAY BY AIRPLANE FROM ANY EUROPEAN CAPITAL. THERE ARE TRACES OF RICH CULTURE, TRADITION AND HISTORY AT EVERY STEP, COLORFUL CUSTOMS, BEAUTIFUL SCENERY AND AN EXTRAORDINARY TRADITIONAL FOOD AND DRINK CREATED FROM THE RICHES OF THE LAND. MACEDONIA IS MYRIAD OF ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES, REFLECT THE ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS THAT FLOURISHED HERE, WHERE THE APOSTLE PAUL INTRODUCED CHRISTIANITY INTO EUROPE WITH HELP OF LYDIA THE MACEDONIAN. IT IS THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE CYRILLIC ALPHABET, WHERE SAINT CLEMENT FOUNDED ONE OF EUROPEANS OLDEST UNIVERSITY IN OHRID. IT IS A LAND THAT IS HOME TO THOUSANDS OF EARLY - CHRISTIAN AND MEDIEVAL CHURCHES AND MONASTERIES. IN OHRID ALONE THERE ARE 365 CHURCHES AND MONASTERIES – ONE FOR EACH DAY OF THE YEAR.