Born in
Prilep, in the then-
Ottoman Empire, he completed the Bulgarian boys' school in
Bitola and afterwards studied at the
Bulgarian Men's High School of Thessaloniki. In 1901 he graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade. Solunov was one of the founders of the Macedonian Club in Belgrade in 1902. There he also co-founded the
Balkanski Glasnik newspaper, which promoted
Macedonian nationalism and separatism with regard to church, language, and autonomy. Solunov completed law school in Geneva and theology school in Sofia. Later he moved to
Ruse, where he worked as a teacher. After the
1934 military coup in Bulgaria, he was the mayor of
Ivaylovgrad. During
World War II, Solunov subsequently served as mayor of
Dolneni,
Vitolište,
Samokov and
Žbevac in the
Bulgarian occupation zone of Yugoslavia. After the war, he became a monk under the name Mina and died at
Rila Monastery in 1956. ==References==