Ilinden

Ilinden (Serbian, Macedonian and Bulgarian Cyrillic: Илинден) or Ilindan (Serbian Cyrillic: Илиндан), meaning "Saint Elijah's Day", may refer to:

Events

• Day of the Republic in the Republic of Macedonia, celebrated on 2 August each year. Ilinden, or the Day of St. Ilija, is a Macedonian national and Orthodox holiday. Ilinden has special significance for the history of the Macedonian people because in 1903, 2 August marks the start of the Ilinden rebellion against the Ottoman Empire. 2 August 1944 subsequently marked the first Assembly of the ASNOM (Anti-Fascist Assembly for the People's Liberation of Macedonia) and the foundation of the Macedonian state.

Geographic locations

• In Bulgaria:
  • Ilinden, Blagoevgrad Province, a village
  • Ilinden, Sofia, an urban municipality
• In Macedonia:
  • Ilinden municipality
  • Ilinden (Ilinden), a village

Association football clubs

• FK Ilinden 1955 Bašino
• FK Ilinden Bolno
• FK Ilinden Dolneni
• FK Ilinden Skopje
• FK Ilinden Velmej

Other meanings

• Ilinden, a novel by Dimitar Talev
• the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising
• the Ilinden (Organization)