Pakupera kwezana ramakore rechigumi, iyo yava Republic of North Macedonia yakava nzvimbo yezvematongerwo enyika uye yetsika yeHurumende yekutanga yeBulgaria, mushure mekunge madzimambo eByzantine John I Tzimiskes vakunda chikamu chekumabvazuva kwenyika yeBulgaria panguva ye Rus'<unk> Byzantine Hondo ya970<unk>971. Guta guru reBulgaria Preslav uye mambo weBulgaria Boris II vakabatwa, uye nekubviswa kwezviratidzo zveBulgaria muHagia Sophia, Bulgaria yakabatanidzwa zviri pamutemo kuByzantium. Guta guru idzva rakagadzwa muOhrid, iro rakavawo muzinda wePatriarchate yeBulgaria. Dzinza idzva, iro reComitopuli pasi paTsar Samuil nevateveri vake, rakaramba richidzivisa vaByzantine kwemamwe makumi emakore, risati rapararawo
muna 1018. Chikamu chekumadokero kweBulgaria kusanganisira Makedhonia chakabatanidzwa muByzantine Humambo sepurovhinzi yeBulgaria (Nyaya yeBulgaria) uye Patriarchate yeBulgaria yakaderedzwa pachinzvimbo cheArchbishopric.