Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakupera kwezana remakore rechi10, izvo zvino zviri Republic of North Macedonia yakava zvematongerwe enyika uye tsika nomwoyo First Bulgarian Empire, pashure Byzantine madzimambo John I Tzimiskes akakunda kumabvazuva chikamu Bulgarian hurumende panguva Rus'<unk>Byzantine Hondo 970<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 richipikisa vaByzantine kwemamwe makumi emakore akati wandei, vasati vauyawo
achibvuma muna 1018. Chikamu chekumadokero kweBulgaria kusanganisira Makedhonia chakabatanidzwa muByzantine Humambo sepurovhinzi yeBulgaria (Nyaya yeBulgaria) uye Patriarchate yeBulgaria yakaderedzwa pachinzvimbo cheArchbishopric.