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In early August 2017, the Macedonian consul in Toronto, Canada, Jovica Palashevski, sparked a diplomatic incident between the Republic of Macedonia and Greece, when he delivered a speech against the backdrop of an irredentist map of Greater Macedonia and a red Vergina Sun flag. After strong Greek protests, the Foreign Ministry of the Republic ...
The flag depicted the "Vergina Sun" symbol, a stylised yellow sun centred on a red field with eight main and eight secondary rays emanating from the sun, each tapering to a point. This ancient symbol was named after the Greek town where it had been discovered in archaeological excavations of the ancient Macedonian city of Aigai.
The name Macedonia (Greek: Μακεδονία, Makedonía) comes from the ethnonym Μακεδόνες (Makedónes), which itself is derived from the ancient Greek adjective μακεδνός (makednós), meaning "tall, slim", also the name of a people related to the Dorians (), and possibly descriptive of Ancient Macedonians. [10]
Nevertheless, the flag is still used unofficially as a national symbol by many Macedonians and organisations in the Macedonian diaspora. [10] The Macedonian Lion first appears in the Fojnica Armorial from 17th century. On the coat of arms is a crown, inside a yellow-crowned lion is depicted standing rampant, on a red background.
The flag of Macedonia (Greek: Σημαία της Μακεδονίας) represents a Vergina Sun with 16 rays in the centre of a blue field. This flag, as well as the Vergina Sun, is commonly used as an unofficial symbol of the Greek region of Macedonia and its subdivisions .
Flag of the 41st Macedonia Division (WW2) A horizontal triband of blue, white, and red with a gold-bordered red star in the center. 1944: Flag of the First Macedonian Brigade (WW2) Red flag and the lower half of the flag the unit's name is written in yellow capital Cyrillic letters. 2009–present: Flag of 1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade
The Kingdom of Macedonia (in dark orange) in c. 336 BC, at the end of the reign of Philip II of Macedon; other territories include Macedonian dependent states (light orange), the Molossians of Epirus (light red), Thessaly (desert sand color), the allied League of Corinth (yellow), neutral states of Sparta and Crete, and the western territories of the Achaemenid Empire in Anatolia (violet purple).
The Macedonian flag. The use of the Macedonian flag is very common in the Macedonian population and the diaspora, [53] [54] [55] depicting the Vergina Sun as their regional symbol, while "Famous Macedonia" is an unofficial anthem and military march. [56] They also have some folk dances that bear the name of the region, Makedonia and Makedonikos ...