His Eminence, Bishop Metodij is coming.
Are you?

We are pleased to announce another special guest who will be attending the UMD Global Conference - His Eminence, the Metropolitan of the American-Canadian Macedonian Orthodox Diocese, Bishop Metodij.

Bishop Metodij became Metropolitan of the American-Canadian Macedonian Orthodox Diocese in 2006. Prior to this he served as a professor at the Macedonian Orthodox Seminary in Macedonia. In 1995, he entered monastic life at the monasteries St. Mary of Veljusa and St. Leontij - Vodocha, both in Strumica. Bishop Metodij is the author of numerous publications regarding Macedonian Orthodox culture, religious education, and Macedonian modern literacy.

Other confirmed guests:

U.S. Ambassador to Macedonia, Ambassador Philip T. Reeker
U.S Congressman from the State of Indiana, Mark Souder
Director of the Macedonian Agency of Emigration, Mr. Vasil Naumov

Click HERE for the most up-to-date conference program.

Join us for three days, three nights of thought-provoking discussions with leading thinkers and policy-makers.

Don't Miss Early Bird Registration - Save $100 - April 5, 2009 Deadline!

Registration includes:

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All panels, workshops, and breakfasts
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Congressional Awards Lunch
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Ambassador's Reception
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Lunch with High-Profile Macedonian Government Official
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Macedonian Minorities in Southeast Europe Awards Luncheon
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Gala Banquet

Register Today!

For more information, contact Aleksandra Trpkovska at (202) 756-2244 or atrpkovska@umdiaspora.org

Stay tuned to your e-mail for more news or visit http://www.UMDGlobalConference.org

Any Macedonians from Eastern Europe going to be there? Any Macedonians from Albania, Bulgaria or Greece going to attend? Asia ? Any one of the hundreds of Macedonian organizations in the diaspora attending? How can it be "global" then ? If not, all the pretensions to greatness, and all the bull-shite that goes with it. Good marketing usually preys on people's ignorance, and honesty.

Announcements regarding UMD's guests from the Macedonian minorities in Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, and Serbia (all depends on visas) will be made in the coming weeks leading up to the conference. Various representatives from the Macedonian communities/churches/organizations throughout the U.S., Australia, Canada, Austria, France, Russia, and UK have confirmed attendance. Also several high-profile Macedonian government officials and parliamentarians plan to attend.

UMD will announce more in the coming weeks. Please stay tuned to http://www.UMDGlobalConference.org The official website will be launched in 1-2 weeks.

If anyone wants to contact some of UMD's representatives throughout the world here is a list:

Ordan Andreevski, Melbourne, Australia - oandreevski@umdiaspora.org

Jim Daikos, Toronto, Canada - jdaikos@umdiaspora, (416) 209-0448

Dijana Despodova-Pajkovski, Kiev, Ukraine - ddpajkovski@umdiaspora.org, +380-97-598-8518

Boris Kamcev, St. Petersburg, Russia - bkamcev@umdiaspora.org

Zak Milenkovski, Melbourne, Australia - zmilenkovski@umdiaspora.org

Zlatko Nikolovski, Vienna, Austria - znikolovski@umdiaspora.org

Claude Zoran Spasevski, Paris, France - cspasevski@umdiaspora.org

Igor Zvezdakoski, Melbourne, Australia - izvezdakoski@umdiaspora.org

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Looks like this will be huge.

Well done.

United we can!!!!!!!!!!