Macedonia: Early-Mid Ottoman Period (1500-1800)

[Carlin]

Originally Posted by Liberator of Makedonija

There may have been another uprising in Macedonia in 1571: English Wikipedia's entry on Ser states the Christians in the city rebelled in that year following the Ottoman loss at Lepanto. The source referenced is Siroz (1997) by Alexandra Yerolimpos, which was published in the Encyclopaedia of Islam

1571 was a meaningful year.

In 1571, the Ottoman fleet was defeated in the Battle of Lepanto by the combined fleet of Spain, Venice and the Papal States headed by Pope Pius V. The loss of the Ottomans raised to Revolt several Vlachian regions at the same time: Acarnania, Thessaly, Epirus and that of the Mani peninsula in the Peloponnese. It's likely that similar Revolts erupted across Macedonia, as you've pointed out. It's worth further investigation and research.

FYI - In this post https://www.macedoniantruth.org/foru...8&postcount=13 Bishop Dionysius the Philosopher was mentioned. In the year 1611 Epirus experienced a short-lived revolt led by Bishop Dionysius the Philosopher. Who was this bishop, who is described as a Greek Orthodox bishop in Wikipedia and elsewhere? It is stated that: "He was of Greek descent, from Macedonia (specifically Avdella, Grevena regional unit)..." He led two uprisings against the Turks. The second one took place together with about 700 to 1000 "Albanian villagers", shepherds and farmers, coming from roughly 70 villages from Paramythia.

Avdella was, and still is, a 'Vlach' village. It is notable as the birthplace of the Manaki brothers, as well as a few other personalities. The Bulgarian Wikipedia "admits" that Dionysius was born in 1560 in the district of Thesprotia, part of Epirus, but his family originated from the Vlachian Macedonian village of Avdella, located in the Pindus.

URLs:
https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%94...86%CE%BF%CF%82
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysios_Skylosophos
https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94...81%D0%BE%D1%84

Bulgarian: През 1571 г. османският флот е разбит в битката при Лепанто от обединената флота на Испания, Венеция и на Папската държава с папа Пий V. Загубата на османците вдига на въстание няколко влашки региона – Акарнания, Тесалия, Епир и това от полуостров Мани в Пелопонес.

English: In 1571, the Ottoman fleet was defeated in the Battle of Lepanto by the combined fleet of Spain, Venice and the Papal States headed by Pope Pius V. The loss of the Ottomans raises to revolt several Vlachian regions - Acarnania, Thessaly, Epirus and that of the Mani Peninsula in the Peloponnese.

(The Greek Wikipedia page states that he was from Avdella as well without a single mention of Vlach-speakers.)