Ilinden Explained

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

Events

• Republic Day (North Macedonia), 2 August

Geographic locations

Bulgaria

• Ilinden, Blagoevgrad Province, a village
• Ilinden, Sofia, an urban municipality

North Macedonia

• Ilinden Municipality
• Ilinden (village)

Association football clubs

• FK Ilinden 1955 Bašino
• FK Ilinden Skopje
• Rockdale Ilinden FC

Other meanings

• Ilinden (memorial), a sculpture in Kruševo, North Macedonia
• Ilinden (novel), by Dimitar Talev
• Ilinden (organization), a Bulgarian revolutionary organization 1921–1947
• Ilinden, a boat built in 1924 which sank in the 2009 Lake Ohrid boat accident
• Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising
• United Macedonian Organization Ilinden–Pirin