Pirin Macedonia

The name of this region comes from the Pirin Mountains which are spread in the central part of Pirin Macedonia. The mountain name Pirin comes from Perun (), the highest god of the Slavic pantheon and the god of thunder and lightning. In antiquity the range was called Orbelos by the Thracians, meaning "snow-white mountain" in Thracian language. ==History==

It usually refers to the part of the region of Macedonia attributed to the Kingdom of Bulgaria by the Treaty of Bucharest (1913). Until World War I, the region included the areas of present-day Strumica and Novo Selo Municipality, today in North Macedonia. After World War I, they were broken away from Bulgaria and ceded to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. ==Religion==

, in Melnik (12th century) The main religion in the region of Pirin Macedonia is Christianity, with majority of population belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. During the early centuries of Christianity this region belonged to the ancient Roman province of Macedonia, and later it was under the jurisdiction of the Archbishopric of Ohrid, up to the 1767. During the period of Ottoman rule, a partial islamization was also recorded. In the middle of the 19th century a Bulgarian national revival was initiated, and the newly created Bulgarian Exarchate also included the region of Pirin Macedonia. ==See also==