The man who proudly, boldly and with a song marched through the stone bridge in the liberated Skopje

At the age of eighteen, in 1943, he was involved in the Macedonian People’s Liberation and Anti -Fascist Struggle, when the eighteenth Macedonian Brigade was formed in the Mitrashin Field. In 1944, more precisely on November 13, as a member of the Macedonian Brigade, he participated in the decisive fighting for the liberation of Skopje and through the stone bridge, along with the Macedonian fighters, enters the Square of Liberation Skopje

Object: One hundred years since the birth of Gerasim Griovski-Statar-Borec in NOB and for Macedonian Freedom

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the birth and 44 years since the death of Gerasim Griovski, also known as the postman, a man with a rich biography, but also a man who deserves a great deal of gratitude for his sacrifice in the Macedonian People’s Liberation Struggle in World War II, as well as his construction efforts. He was born on May 31, 1925 in Budinarci, a village in the Maleshevia area, in the vicinity of the city of Berovo, today the municipality of Berovo. At the age of eighteen, in 1943, he was involved in the Macedonian People’s Liberation and Anti -Fascist Struggle, when the eighteenth Macedonian Brigade was formed in the Mitrashin Field. In 1944, more precisely on November 13, as a member of the Macedonian Brigade, he participated in the decisive fighting for the liberation of Skopje and through the stone bridge together with the Macedonian fighters enters the Square of Liberation Skopje.
After the liberation of Macedonia and the construction of the modern Macedonian state, he devoted himself to the development of his own end and his native Budinarni. Unlike many, Gerasim nurtured sincere love for his birthplace and did not go to Berovo or Skopje, on the contrary he remained to build a better life for the villagers. As a manager of the Budinarci PTT unit in Budinarci-OOZT-Kocani and president of the local community, he was aimed at promoting the lives of people from that area. On one occasion, in the newspaper « Nova Makedonija », whose correspondent has been for many years, he said: « From the liberation to date, I have been constantly engaged. Since the formation of the local community I have been its president. I have been a board for about 20 years, and now I am a delegate to the Municipality of Berovo and I have a long time.
Gerasim Griovski, the Statist, received recognition from Macedonian society for his professionalism and social duties. He was decorated with a silver wreath medal in 1967 by SFRY President Josip Broz Tito. Gets other so -called. Honors while he was alive, but also after his death, from his fellow citizens of Budinarci. In an invitation to the Budinarci, living in Skopje, in 2008, the organizers will write: “Under the auspices of the oldest and on the initiative of many Budinniers, a meeting is convened to talk about the most striking person, Tase Razinski, for the teacher Penovski Karchovski and the most prominent, Griyowski Postman. « 

One of the authors of the monograph « Our Budinars », published in 2006, Grigor Popovski (writer and journalist, born in Budinarci and a friend of Gerasim Griovski), points out: « Everything has been achieved and what has been done in our Budinarci, for his development, and there is an attractive name. The abilities remained faithful to the village, worked for him and he was a great deal They stop here, and the village stream is channeled in the village, trees were planted on both sides. Housed in the village, and in return they completed the asphalting of the village for free. « 
In the aforementioned monograph for Budinarci, Grigor Popovski also emphasizes that Granovski worked for several years in the folk defense in the municipality of Berovo, and then in PTT-Buddharni, and that he was president of the local community in Budinarci for many years. According to Popovski, he was several times selected as a board in the Parliament of the Municipality of Berovo, and for his activity he was also honored with a medal for labor.
« With his activities, he may have achieved a lot, but unfortunately, he died prematurely, on the same date he was born, May 31, 1981, » Popovski said.

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The pride of the new generations

Gerasim Griovski-Standard has never forgotten his comrades from World War II, who have laid down their lives for the freedom of the Macedonian people and Macedonian statehood. He is the initiator of setting up the memorials of the dead fighters from this area. Gerasim Griovski-Statar has a general respect from the inhabitants of Budinarci, Berovo and Maleshevo, and are the beautiful memories and pride that his character and work is caused by his family generations. His great -grandchildren, Nadia Dimitrova, then a fourth grade student at the Dimitar Miladinov Elementary School in Skopje, will write the following topic « My great -grandfather Partizan » on the subject: « My great -grandfather, with his brigade, proudly, boldly and with a song.