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Slave Nikolovski-Katin
Славе Николовски-Катин
Slave Katin in 2025
Born
Slave Grežlovski

(1941-08-19) August 19, 1941 (age 84)
Nakolec, Lower Prespa, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (present-day North Macedonia)
OccupationsJournalist, publicist, translator, editor, community activist
Known forMacedonian diaspora issues, journalism, and translations

Slave Nikolovski-Katin (Macedonian: Славе Николовски-Катин; born 19 August 1941), better known as Slave Katin, is a Macedonian journalist, publicist, translator, editor and community activist.

Biography

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Slave Nikolovski-Katin was born on 19 August 1941 in a house on the shores of Lake Prespa, near the old settlement of Nakolec in Lower Prespa. His birth coincided with the beginning of World War II.

A few months after his birth, his family moved to Ljubojno, his mother Sandra's hometown. He spent most of his childhood and youth there and continues to return to the village throughout his life. He maintains a personal library of approximately 4,000 books in Ljubojno.

Until finishing secondary education, he used his mother's surname Grežlovski. Later he adopted his biological father's surname (Risto Barđevski, a Russian officer) – Nikolich / Nikolovski. He received the nickname "Katin" in honour of his grandmother Kata.

Education

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  • Elementary and eight-year school "Dimitar Vlahov" in Ljubojno
  • Secondary Technical School, Geodetic Department "Zdravko Cvetkovski" in Skopje
  • Two years of Geodesy at the Higher Geodetic School in Belgrade
  • Specialized Institute for English Language and Literature in Toronto, Canada
  • Graduated from the Department of English Language and Literature at the Faculty of Philology "Blaže Koneski", Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje (1974)

Professional career

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After secondary school, he worked for two years as a surveyor in the Municipality of Resen. In 1966 he emigrated to Canada, where he lived for four years. He worked as a geodetic surveyor, studied English, and was active in the Macedonian community in Toronto. In 1968 he was elected General Secretary of the Church Board of the Macedonian Orthodox Cathedral "St. Clement of Ohrid" in Toronto.

In 1970 he returned to Macedonia through the Matica of the Emigrants from Macedonia. He worked at the Hydrobiological Institute in Ohrid (1974–1978) as a coordinator and professional translator for a major project with the Smithsonian Institution. He later worked at the Matica of Emigrants, the Republican Conference of the Socialist Alliance, and from 1991 to 1998 served as Deputy Chairman of the Republican Commission for Relations with Religious Communities.

In 2001 he took early retirement to dedicate himself fully to publishing and diaspora activities. He has served as editor-in-chief of the publishing house "Makedonska Iskra", where he has edited and published several hundred titles.

International activities

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As a government official, he held official meetings with the heads of the Romanian, Ukrainian, Russian, and Serbian Orthodox Churches, as well as with the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul and the Vatican in Rome.

He was a member of the official delegation of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia for the funeral of Mother Teresa in Kolkata, India.

He has travelled extensively with delegations of the Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric to Canada, the United States, Australia, many European countries, Turkey, and Israel.

He has participated in approximately 60–70 symposia, conferences, and forums in Macedonia and abroad, presenting papers on Macedonian culture, language, religion, and diaspora issues.

Literary and publishing opus

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Many of his works are available as **free PDF downloads** in the [Pollitecon Publications Free Ebooks Library](https://www.pollitecon.com/html/ebooks/Index.htm) under the author name **NIKOLOVSKI**, and on his personal page www.slavekatin.com

Books and publicistic works

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  • English-Macedonian Limnological Dictionary (1986)
  • Macedonian Holocaust (1990)
  • Macedonian Orthodox Church Communities in Australia, Canada and the USA (1991)
  • At Home in Australia (1992)
  • Macedonian Emigrant Press (1993)
  • Emigrant Longing (1993)
  • Macedonian Emigrant Panopticum (1996)
  • Emigrant Horizons (1999)
  • My Travels Around the World (2001)
  • Macedonians in the USA and Canada (2002, Macedonian and English)
  • Ilinden 1903–2003 and the Macedonian Emigrants (2003)
  • Along the Paths of Evliya Çelebi (2005, in Turkish)
  • Emigrant Carousel (2008)
  • Love Stories (2011, in English)
  • The World in the Palm of the Hand (2014)
  • Macedonians in the World (2017)
  • Macedonians in the World (2018, English edition)
  • Prespa Postcard (2020)
  • Selected Works (2023)
  • Selected Papers for Macedonia (2024)
  • Travels Around the World (2025)
  • Prominent Personalities in the Diaspora (2026, Macedonian and English)

Monographs

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  • Atanas Bliznakov (2000, 2017)
  • Andrea Branov (2001)
  • The Janovski Family (2002)
  • Goga Pečenkovski (2004)
  • Svetle (Steve) Stamevski (2005)
  • Metropolitan Kiril (2007)
  • Gjorgji (George) Tomov (2007)
  • Boško Rajčovski–Pelisterski (2008)
  • Petar Stamatov (2010)
  • Gjorgjia–George Atanasoski (2010)
  • Esma Redžepova-Teodosievska (2015)
  • Ilinden in Ljubojno and Prespa (2013)
  • Israel and Macedonia (2017)
  • Macedonian Emigrant Meridians (2017)
  • And more than 15 other monographs about prominent Macedonians from the diaspora.

Co-authored works, dictionaries and translations

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(Full lists available in the Macedonian version)

Awards and recognitions

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  • "Krste Petkov Misirkov" Award (1991)
  • Lifetime Achievement Award at the Ljubojno Ilinden Emigrant Gatherings (2021)
  • Charter for Lifetime Achievement (2022)
  • Global Award for Lifetime Achievement from the United Macedonian Diaspora, Washington (2022)
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References

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