STATE OF ILLINOIS SENATE

THE MACEDONIANS ARE GREEKS

The Senate of the State of Illinois, one of the largest US states with a population of over 15 million people, with a historic decision underlines that Macedonia was Greek for 3.000 years and continues to be Greek. Also, the ancient Macedonians were Greeks and the inhabitants of the northern province of Greece, Macedonia, are their Greek descendants.

The resolution 446 was approved by the Senate of Illinois in its 92nd General Assembly and was prepared by Assistant Majority Leader Adeline Jay Geo-Karis after moves by Dr. Antonios Papadopoulos, the Mid-Western District Governor of the Pan-Macedonian Association.

This important resolution has a follows:

Whereas, Philip of Macedonia, his son, Alexander the Great, and his tutor, the philosopher Aristotle, were born and raised in the northern province of Greece, Macedonia; and

Whereas, The language and culture of the ancient Macedonians, the ancestors of the inhabitants of northern Greece today, were Hellenic; and

Whereas, The Macedonians, like the rest of the Hellenes in Antiquity, believed in the 12 Gods of Olympus and participated with their fellow Hellenes in the Olympic Games; and

Whereas, Pella, the palace where Alexander the Great was born, and Vergina, the burial site of the Macedonian kings, are all located in Northern Greece; therefore, be it

Resolved, by the Senate of the Ninety-Second General Assembly of the State of Illinois, that for all of the above reasons, we proclaim that the ancient Macedonians are Hellenes and that the inhabitants of the northern province of Greece, Macedonia, are their Hellenic Descendants; and be it further

Resolved, That the history of Ancient Macedonia has been Hellenic for 3.000 years and continues to be today; and be it further

Resolved, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Dr. Antonios Papadopoulos, the Mid-Western District Governor of the Pan-Macedonian Association, Inc.