The Serbian Despot Jovan Uglješa donated the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik with its properties to the Monastery of Batopedi on Mount Athos in January 1365. On this occassion the inventory of all possessions was isssued. The village Hagia Kyriake with two free people, two orphans, a meadow and a mill is mentioned there as a possession of the monastery (ἕτερον χωρίον ἡ Ἁγία Κυριἀκη, ἔχωμεν ἐλευθέρους δύο καὶ ορφανὰς δύο· ἔχωμεν καὶ γὴν ἐκείσαι πολλὴν μὴ γαιωμετρουμένην, μετὰ τοῦ ἐκείσαι λυβαδιου καὶ μύλονος).