A MAN LIVING IN OHRID REGION, IVAN IERAKAR,
INTRODUCES HIMSELF AS A MACEDONIAN, 13th CENTURY:
‘A MACEDONIAN BY BIRTH’ …!!! (To de genos Elkon ek Makedonon)
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Ivan Ierakar was from the village of Vlasto, now Velesto, in the Ohrid region,(See Ivan Sneragov: “Istoria na Ohridskata Arhiepiskopia I”, p. 250, who, besides this village in the Ohrid region, has picked out villages with Slav names in the records of the archbishopric. Ela now Elsani ?), Ezerjani, and Robi, as well as the first names Bratan, Radov, Grida, Draza, Drvoslav, Dragomad, Sarakin, Dobri, Velkan and others. cf. also D. Angelov: “Prinos”, p. 120
