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.
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