DR MANCE, PLEASE EXPLAIN TO US ALL WHY?
THIRTY FIVE years BEFORE the re-establishment of the
modern Bulgarian state in 1878.
TWENTY SEVEN years BEFORE the restoration of the Bulgarian National Church (Exarchate) in 1870
The people of Prilep, in the heart of the Macedonian region, in 1843, chose to build a Bulgarian school for the education of themselves and their children.
There was no Bulgarian government, there was not even a Bulgarian state!
WHO, BUT THE VERY PEOPLE THEMSELVES, MADE SUCH A SPECIFIC CHOICE TO SIGNIFY THEIR OWN SELF-IDENTITY.