Macedonia
 North Macedonia |
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| Location of North Macedonia
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| National Assembly | N/A | |
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| Total Population | ||
| - | UN 2021[1] | 2,103,330 |
| Bahá'í pop. | ||
| - | Bahá'í source | |
| - | Non-Bahá'í source | 0 |
| How to contact: | ||
| - | cye@juniormladi.com | |
| Official Website | https://phocuscloud.com/bahaimk/ | |
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| Categories: North Macedonia • People | ||
The Republic of North Macedonia is a country in Southeast Europe. Christianity is the predominant religion and Macedonian and Albanian are its official languages with several official regional languages also being recognized.
In recent history the region was part of the Ottoman Empire until the Balkan wars and it then underwent periods of being under Serbian and Bulgarian rule. In 1945 it was incorporated into Yugoslavia remaining part of the nation until peacefully seceding in 1991. The country was known as the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia from 1993 to 2019 when it adopted the name North Macedonia.
A small Bahá’í community was established in Macedonia in the 1990s.
History[edit]
Governmental restrictions prevented the Bahá’í Faith from being taught in Macedonia up until the 1980's.[2] Restrictions had relaxed by the time the country achieved independence and in 1991 a Regional Teaching Committee for Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia was established,[3] and by the mid 1990's the Faith was being actively taught in the country.[4]
In the late 1990's the staff of the Bahá’í International Community visited Macedonia preparing to launch its Promoting Positive Messages through the Media project in the country,[5] and by 1999 a Bahá’í community had been firmly established in the country with the Universal House of Justice calling for a National Spiritual Assembly to be established that year. Due to local circumstances deteriorating the Universal House of Justice ultimately postponed the formation of the institution.[6]
A small Bahá’í community remains active in Macedonia, with communities in Skopje and Ohrid,[7][8] and in 2019 several Macedonian Bahá’ís held events and produced artwork to commemorate the Bicentenary of the Birth of the Báb.[9]
References[edit]
- ↑ "World Population Prospects 2022". population.un.org. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
- ↑ Seena Fazel & Graham Hassall, 1998, 100 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Europe, Baha'i Studies Review, 8, 35-44
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1998). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 20 (1986-1992), Pg(s) 220. View as PDF.
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1997). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 24 (1995-1996), Pg(s) 114. View as PDF.
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (2000). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 27 (1998-1999), Pg(s) 142. View as PDF.
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (2001). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 28 (1999-2000), Pg(s) 28. View as PDF.
- ↑ https://phocuscloud.com/bahaimk/skopje/
- ↑ https://phocuscloud.com/bahaimk/ohrid/
- ↑ https://bicentenary.bahai.org/the-bab/country-celebrations/macedonia/
