Metody Patchev (May 7, 1875 - April 7, 1902) was a Bulgarian revolutionary, vojvoda of the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization. In the Republic of Macedonia he is regarded an ethnic Macedonian.

He was born in Ohrid

Ohrid

Ohrid is a city on the eastern shore of Lake Ohrid in the Republic of Macedonia. It has about 42,000 inhabitants, making it the seventh largest city in the country. The city is the seat of Ohrid Municipality. Ohrid is notable for having once had 365 churches, one for each day of the year and has...

, Ottoman Macedonia. As young guy he moved to Plovdiv

Plovdiv

Plovdiv is the second-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia with a population of 338,153 inhabitants according to Census 2011. Plovdiv's history spans some 6,000 years, with traces of a Neolithic settlement dating to roughly 4000 BC; it is one of the oldest cities in Europe...

, Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

 to apply for work in a leather production company. Later he arrived back to Ohrid and became a Bulgarian Exarchate

Bulgarian Exarchate

The Bulgarian Exarchate was the official name of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church before its autocephaly was recognized by the Ecumenical See in 1945 and the Bulgarian Patriarchate was restored in 1953....

 teacher in 1896. Metody also known as Metodija applied himself in a secret society known then as Bulgarian Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Committees (BMARC) In 1898 Metodija together with Hristo Uzunov

Hristo Uzunov

Hristo Dimitrov Uzunov was a Bulgarian revolutionary, head of the Ohrid branch of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization and its ideological leader in the Ohrid region...

 and Kiril Parlichev assassinated a pro-Serbian activist in Ohrid. Later he was caught by the Ottoman authorities and arrested. He stayed in prison until 1901. After his release he applied as a teacher in the town of Prilep

Prilep

Prilep is the fourth largest city in the Republic of Macedonia. It has a population of 66,246 citizens. Prilep is known as "the city under Marko's Towers" because of its proximity to the towers of Prince Marko.-Name:...

, but was unsuccessful due to his times in prison previously. Later in rejoining the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization he became involved in a cheta group under the command of Marko Lerinski

Marko Lerinski

Marko Lerinski was the nickname of Georgi Ivanov Gyurov , also known as Georgi Geroyski or Marko Voyvoda, a Bulgarian military man and revolutionary...

. On the 7th of April, 1902 he entered the village of Kadino Selo

Kadino Selo

Kadino Selo is a village in the municipality of Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

with six other revolutionaries unaware of the situation in Kadino Selo he went into an ambush. The Ottoman troops within the village, were under attack from a small group of revolutionaries. After fierce fighting in the village and surrounds, Metodija killed his friends and committed suicide.