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We owe the solemn celebration of Cyril and Methodius to the individuals of Koprivshten
In 1850, Nayden Gerov from Koprivshten moved from his hometown to Plovdiv and have become a trainer within the newly based Bulgarian faculty. Ten years earlier than him, his wealthy fellow residents Salcho and Stoyan (the previous man) Chomakovi settled there. Salço collects taxes for the advantage of the Sultan, he obtained a firman from the Minister of Finance Nafuz Pasha for commerce with Europe and Asia and along with his private safety he amassed a fortune.
He donated 5,000 groschi for the upkeep of the varsity. In 1851 it grew to become diocesan and needed to be given a reputation. The three collect at Salcho’s home and start to purpose. They checklist the names of a number of saints, however Salcho will not be happy, he asks
are there no names of any fully Bulgarian saints?
and Nayden Gerov begins to inform about Cyril and Methodius. In the direction of the tip, Salcho says: “That is it.” They order an icon of the 2 brothers, which is consecrated, and on their feast day, Could 11, is the primary celebration and tribute to their work. There may be additionally a litany procession, which begins a convention.
After 6 years, the vacation can also be celebrated in Constantinople, and within the following years – in Shumen and Lom, Skopje and Varna.
It was organized for the primary time in Sofia by Sava Filaretov. Within the following years till 1878, many colleges appeared in Bulgaria bearing the title of the 2 brothers. The celebrations are invariably with the ringing of church bells, divine church service and water lighting, the elevating of arches strewn with flowers, the making of wreaths within the courtyard by college students and solemn processions.
After that, the vacation started to be celebrated all through the nation, with the rituals remaining unchanged. Progressively, probably the most solemn half moved to Sofia. After the development of the temple “St. Al. Nevsky” the vacation begins there, and a procession passes by the Nationwide Meeting. Within the Nineteen Twenties, the presence of Tsar Boris III and the ministers grew to become necessary. Since 1898, the anniversary of the dying of Aleko Konstantinov, killed on Could 11, 1897 close to the village of Radilovo, has additionally been celebrated on at the present time. After 1916, each celebrations moved to Could 24.
The celebrations in 1937 have been notably spectacular.
In entrance of the temple are Tsar Boris and Joanna, the ministers, the clergy from the Holy Synod, officers, 1000’s of residents and all the scholars from the capital’s faculties.
A faculty choir with over 1,200 members sings the hymn “Go, Reborn Individuals”. A ceremonial procession passes alongside “Tsar Osvoboditel” and stops in entrance of the Nationwide Meeting. Among the college students are wearing nationwide costumes. Even the graduates of the then American, German, Russian and Romanian faculties demonstrated. Within the border village of Strezimirovtsi, a gathering of Bulgarians and Serbs is being organized, which is the primary time in 30 years. The Bulgarian E book Week has been opened at Sofia College. There, the Minister of Public Schooling Nikolay Nikolaev
solemnly guarantees that his best concern
was to search out funds for the development of a constructing for the Nationwide Library, a design competitors was introduced and development started, it was interrupted throughout the conflict years and was accomplished in 1953. Within the “Hristo Botev” district, the primary stone of the brand new neighborhood middle was laid. Asen Zlatarov”.
The celebrations in Pazardzhik are additionally memorable. Since 1930, an initiative committee has been gathering funds for the development of a monument to Aleko Konstantinov, for the reason that previous one close to Radilovo was insulted and destroyed. It was found on Could 24, 1937 on Svoboda Island and was price 100,000 BGN on the time. The column of the monument is over 8 meters excessive.
As early as 1892, Stoyan Mihailovski wrote his poem “Go, Reborn Individuals”. It was revealed in guide 9-10 of the journal “Misl” from the identical 12 months. The creator had an concept in regards to the significance of his creation and put the subtitle “Mission for a Bulgarian faculty anthem”. In 1901, the music trainer in Lovech Panayot Pipkov created the music for it. It consists of 14 verses, shortened right this moment.
It’s dated “Rousse, 1892, April 15”
And that is the work of a fifth creator, praising the work of the 2 brothers. It’s a paradox, and maybe a regularity, that they’re all from Elen, and all graduates of the well-known Elenska daskalolivnitsa – Stoyan Robovski, its founder Ivan Momchilov, Yordan Nenov and Ivan Karshovski.
A lot of his contemporaries say about Stoyan Mihailovski: “If there was ever a author who was not shared by society, it was him.”
In 1872, solely 16 years previous, he was a trainer in Doiran, despatched by the Bulgarian Exarchate – his uncle, the brother of his father Nikola, was Hilarion Makariopolski, also referred to as Stoyan Mihailovski. He stayed till Easter of 1874. Then he insisted that the Gospel be learn in Bulgarian, as is his flip, however the Greeks pounced on him, beat him severely and the sufferer ended up within the precinct. There
Greek college students testified that there was a spit on his cane
and with it he sneered at them. The subsequent day he was despatched below guard to Thessaloniki, and from there to Constantinople.
In 1881 he was already in Aix-en-Provence, learning legislation and main a life devoid of pleasures. Typically he visits the “Kleman” cafe, the place he reads all out there newspapers and magazines.
Already in Bulgaria, the newly elected Prince Ferdinand at first calls him a number of occasions to speak to him in glorious French, however quickly provides up and goes into hiding, lest the satirical author’s aptitude choose up on a few of his unfavourable traits and make enjoyable of him.
He married Raina, a Russian girl from a rich household, and settled within the Danube metropolis. In 1888, he wrote a request to be appointed a French trainer in Rousse.
As a trainer, he divided his college students into “cream” and “chorp”. Those that had grades decrease than 4 went into the soup, and above it – into the cream. He punished them by rewriting the identical textual content 100 occasions.
At some point a pupil apologized for not with the ability to study his lesson as a result of he was poor. “Being poor and lazy, go promote wax and matches” was the reply.
Subsequently, he modified his instructing strategies – he gave them to translate texts from the Christology, and if somebody didn’t do it, he punished him to repeat the textual content, however solely 10 occasions.
He hated the notes take a look at and when he needed to do it, he would get 5-6 individuals on the board, have them take turns studying and translating, and eventually give everybody the identical grade. The instructing job not satisfies him and he’s in search of a brand new discipline of expression.
At some point it’s even pronounced:
“To be a waxer, however to be in France”
Once they requested him the place he was born, he wrote “On the Balkans”, not “In Elena”. After three years, the Minister of Schooling G. Zhivkov requested him by telegram if he agreed to maneuver to Sofia. Then he wrote “Go, individuals born once more”.
In 1892, he was appointed a trainer on the Sofia Boys’ Excessive Faculty and a lecturer on the Larger Faculty. In the summertime they got here to Sofia, his spouse gave start to a boy, however he lived solely 17 days and died of pink wind on the finish of October. Initially of December, his father Nikola Mihailovski additionally left this world. After he calms down from the dramas he has skilled, he makes mates with the “Thought” circle, however the bouts of neurasthenia stay. He’s the one one of many 4 founders to guard Vazov, though they by no means turn into mates. In accordance with Ivan Shishmanov, the closest good friend of the patriarch of Bulgarian literature, once they met within the “Slavyanska beseda” or “Bulgaria” cafe, the fixed dialog was:
How are you, Mr. Vazov? I am positive, Mr. Mihailovski
The 2 quarrel and cease speaking when Mihailovsky asks Vazov to intercede for his return to the Larger Faculty, however he does nothing as a result of he doesn’t wish to intrude with the autonomy of the academic establishment.
In 1886, he grew to become a deputy for the primary time. After one other ten years, he’s the chairman of the newly based Macedonian Committee in Sofia. And right here it fails, as a result of proper from its basis, the precise chief was Colonel Ivan Tsonchev, and Mihailovski has reasonably consultant capabilities. He tries to type a brand new committee, however fails on this endeavor as effectively. He was a member of parliament once more in 1894. He and his spouse lived in a rented home, modified their deal with a number of occasions, whereas his father-in-law
buys a home on the nook of “Vitosha” and “Parchevich” streets
Years later, his spouse will admit: “If it wasn’t for my father, he would by no means have had his own residence.”
In 1899 he returned to Ruse once more. In 1901, he was already the chairman of the Supreme Macedonian Committee, however after a 12 months he resigned. He lastly left instructing and devoted himself to politics. He tried once more to be appointed to the Larger Faculty, however was refused.
When Ivan Shishmanov grew to become a minister in 1903, he steered to Prime Minister D. Petkov that he undergo the Nationwide Meeting a proposal by Vazov and Mihailovski
to grant BGN 4,000 annual state support,
to commit themselves fully to literary exercise. The proposal is accepted.
In 1903-1904, Stoyan Mihailovski wrote articles in “Den” newspaper. He factors out that Prince Ferdinand is corrupting politicians and main the nation to destroy. In it, he quotes the Polish prince Poniatowski, who served along with Ferdinand within the military, in a guide revealed in Paris. He defines him as an important adventurer and claims that whereas serving Germany, the Bulgarian prince thinks of Kaiser Wilhelm and isn’t in any respect within the destiny of the Bulgarian individuals. Ferdinand, naturally, is deeply affected, and forces the federal government to cross a retroactive Press Act in order that Mihailovsky may be dropped at justice. The legislation was handed and he was given a suspended sentence of a number of months in jail.
On March 20, 1924, Prime Minister Al. Tsankov made a proposal to the Nationwide Meeting to extend Stoyan Mihailovski’s nationwide pension, which was accepted. He acquired it for 2 and a half years.
In the summertime of 1927 he suffered a perforation of an ulcer and was admitted to the Crimson Cross Hospital. He was operated on, however his coronary heart failed and he died on August 3.
About twenty individuals attend his funeral and it’s fairly modest.
Mikhailovsky earlier than the courtroom: I’m able to go proudly to the damp cell of the Black Mosque
“Gents, judges, maybe my arguments and my selfless exhortations to steer a battle for the safety of the destinies of my persons are not sufficient for you, who’ve to use right here a particular legislation on the seal. You might not justify me. Besides, gents judges, I don’t ask for mercy. I’m effectively conscious of my responsibility and able to go proudly to the damp cell of the Black Mosque (later rebuilt within the church “St. Sedmochiselnitsi” – BA). Petko Karavelov was additionally in it for a similar factor – an insult to the particular person of Prince Ferdinand. I’d rot my flesh there. However in the future, items of my bones might be discovered and a modest monument might be shaped from them, on which it will likely be written: “He died for love of his individuals”.
With this I conclude my protection plea and depart it to your conscience to render a verdict.”