Skopje, 4 February 2025 (MIA) - The country is marking Wednesday the 154th anniversary of the birth of the revolutionary Goce Delchev, the visionary who over a century ago said he understood the world as an arena for nations to compete in culture.

The central event marking the birth of the prominent figure of the Macedonian revolutionary cause and statehood will take place in the courtyard of the St. Spas church in Skopje, where flowers will be laid by Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski, representatives of the Parliament, delegations from other institutions, political parties, and civil society organizations.

Goce Delchev was born to Sultana and Nikola Delchev in Kukush (Kilkis) on Feb. 4, 1872. After attending the Thessaloniki High School, he graduated from the Sofia Military Academy.

Delchev worked as a schoolmaster in Shtip. He was also a member of the Central Committee of the Secret Macedonian Revolutionary Organization, founding a network of bases, committees, and rebel bands.

He participated in the 1896 Thessaloniki Congress of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization and served as its foreign representative in Sofia until 1901.

On May 4, 1903, Delchev was killed by the Turkish army in the village of Banica, on his way to Serres.

His remains were transferred to the St. Spas church in Skopje in 1946.

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