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Bidobista
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The Archbishop of Ōhrid Demetrios Chomatenos ruled around 1220 that the contract concerning the sale of the inherited estate of Georgios Kuritzes to Silvestros from the village Bidobista is not valid (τὸν ἐν τῷ χωρίῳ Βιδοβίστῃ οἰκοῦντα τοὔνομα Σίλβεστρον). The village is mentioned in both fragmentary notes on the back of the charter of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ōhrid from 14th century (i dělь dō voděnici, mlinь vь sь u Vidovišti; i děl ōd voděnice mlinь vsь u Vidovišti).
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Frugovi Vlasi
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The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the settlement site of Frugovi Vlasi with boundaries to the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid (selište Frugovi Vlasi sь megami). Because of the Vlachs using this land, the settlement site can be interpreted as a temporary settlement and not as a deserted village (as selište could suggest). Probably identical with the village Frangovo, which is registered in the Defter for the Nahija Ohrid between the years 1536 and 1539 and under the year 1583.
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Gjunьmino
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The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the village of Gjunьmino with boundaries to the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid (Selo Gjunьmino...sь megami).
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Gorěnce
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The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed two estates in or near the village Gorěnce as a possession of the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid. One property was an acquisition of the church, the other an endowment for the sake of salvation (U Gorěncehь město kupeničije i zadušnine). The village of Gorěnce is registered in the Defter for the Nahija Ohrid between the years 1536 and 1539 and under the year 1583 as Gorenci.
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Hoduništa
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The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the village of Hoduništa with hunting grounds and all rights to the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid (Selo Hoduništa s lovištami i sь vsěmi pravinami). The village is registered in the Defter for the Nahija Ohrid under the year 1583.
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Hraštani
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The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the village Hraštani with boundaries and all rights to the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid (Selo Hraštani s megjami i sь vsěmi pravinami). The village of Hraštani, which was located between the villages Botun, Belčišta and Zlesti, is registered in the Defters for the Nahija Debarca under the year 1583. Vassiliki Kravari made an attempt to localise Hraštani in todays Raštan near Balkuci in Albania.
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Jablanica (1)
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The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the village Jablanica with boundaries and all rights to the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid (Selo Jablanica s megjami i sь vsěmi pravinami sela toga). The village of Jablanica is registered in the Defters for the Nahija Dugo Brdo in the year 1467 and for the Nahija Ohrid between the years 1536-1539 and under the year 1583.
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Janьkovь Dolь
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The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the Metochion Janьkovь Dolь in the region of Prespa with boundaries, mills and all rights to the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid (Metohija Janьkovь Dolь u Prěspě s měgjami i s mlini i sь vsěmi pravinami). The metochion appears in the defters for the Nahija Prespa between the year 1536 and 1539 and under the year 1583 as the village Jankovec.
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Kopače
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The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the metochion Subotcь near the village Kopače with the hamlets, field, mountain, endowed properties for the sake of salvation and all rights to the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid (Metohija Subotcь u Kopačěhь zaselci i s poljemь i z brьdomь i zadušninami i sь vsěmi pravinami). The village of Kopače was probably situated somewhere in the region Kopačka, south of Kičevo.
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Lukotzerebe
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The church of Saint Constantine and Helena owned two properties near Lukotzerebe. One was a piece of land, which bordered the possession of the Priest Stephanos from the east and the land of Nikolaos Maminas from the west (χωράφιον εἰς τὴν Λουκοτζέρεβη, πλησίον ἐξ ἀνατολῶν τοῦ παππᾶ Στεφάνου καὶ ἐκ δυσμῶν πλησίον κὺρ Νικολάου τοῦ Μαμινοῦ). The second plot of land was in the vicinity of the public road from the east and the property, which belonged to the church of Saint Barbara in Ohrid from the west (ἔτερον χωράφιον εἰς τὴν αὐτὴν τὴν Λουκοτζέρεβιν, πλησίον ἐξ ἀνατολῶν τῆς δημοσίας ὁδοῦ, ἐκ δυσμῶν πλησίον τῆς ἁγίας Βαρβάρας). The village is mentioned in the fragmentary note on the back of the charter of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ōhrid from the 14th century (30 litrь voska i tarona što jestь u Lukočrěvě i te tamu u Trnově za adьrfato). The village is registered in the Defters for the Nahija Ohrid between the years 1536 and 1539 and under the year 1583 as Gorno Lokočeroj and Dolno Lokočeroj.
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Lukovo (2)
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The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the domain of a certain Kalopul in Lukovo with boundaries, hunting grounds and all rights to the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid (Vь Lukově što je Kalopulovo s megami i s lovištami, […], i sь vsěmi pravinami). The village of Lukovo is registered in the Defters for the Nahija in Dolgo Brdo and Ohrid under the year 1467, between the years 1536-1539 and under the year 1583.
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Misleševo
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The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of one property in Misleševo to the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid (i vь Misleševě stasь). The village Misleševo is registered in the Defters for the Nahija Ohrid between the years 1536 and 1539 and under the year 1583.
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Mokrьsko Pole
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A certain Mavrь donated a part of his property near Mokrьsko Pole to the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid. The Serbian ruler Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed in the charter for the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid, that the former possession of Mavrь was integrated into the properties of the church (I na Mokrьskimь Poli město, děl što je Mavrь priložilь).
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Momlišta
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The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the village of Momlišta and the settlement site Morozvižda with boundaries, hunting grounds and all rights to the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid (Momlišta selo i selište Morozvižda s měgjami i s lovištami i sь vsěmi pravinami). The village Momlište is registered in the Defter for Nahija Ohrid under the year 1583 as Mumlišta.
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Morovište
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The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed two estates in or near the village Morovište as a possession of the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid. One property was an acquisition of the Church, the other an endowment for the sake of salvation (Vь Morovištehь město kupenica i zadušnina). The village of Morovište is registered in the Defter for the Kaza and Nahija Ohrid between the years 1536 and 1539 and under the year 1583.
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Morozvižda
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The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the village of Momlišta and the settlement site Morozvižda with boundaries, hunting grounds and all rights to the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid (Momlišta selo i selište Morozvižda s měgjami i s lovištami i sь vsěmi pravinami).
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Naklь
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The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of two fishers near Naklь to the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid (U Naklě 2 ribara). The exact location of the place Naklь is unknown. There are at least three proposals, where to find Naklь.
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Plavci
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The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the place Plavci to the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid. The exact location of the topographical entity Plavci is unknown. It was probably in the vicinity of Uboro and the village Jablanica.
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Podьmoli
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The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the settlement site Podmoli with all boundaries to the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid (Podьmoli selište sь vsěmi megjami). The former settlemet site Podьmoli is registered in the Defters for the Nahija Ohrid between the years 1536 and 1539 and in 1583 as village Podmolje or Podmole.
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Radohožda
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The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the village Radohožda with hamlets, hunting grounds, summer pastures and all rights to the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid (Selo Radohožda zaselci i s lovištami i s planinami i sь vsěmi pravinami). The village of Radohožda is registered in the Defters for the Nahija Ohrid from the year 1536 to 1539 and under the year 1583.
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Radovlište
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The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the Church of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Radovlište with bought properties and all rights to the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid (U Radovlištehь crьkva svetaa Bogorodica s kupeničjemь i sь vsěmi pravinami). The village of Radovlište is registered in the Defters for the Nahija Ohrid between the years 1536 and 1539 and under the year 1583.
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Rodokali
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The Sevastokrator called Kerьsakь donated the village of Rodokali with hamlets and all rights to the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid. The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the endowment done by Kerьsakь in the charter for the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid (I kako prihodi vseōsvešteni jepiskopь Děvolьski kirь Gligori i uspomenu mi kako jestь priložilь prěljubovni vlastelinь kraljevstva mi sevastokratorь Kerьsakь selo Rodokali, i sь zaselьci i sь vsěmi pravinami sela toga crьkvi Periblepьtu, monastiru kralevstva mi i kraličinu. I kralevstvo mi zapisa i utvrьdi, jako da jestь tvrьdo i nerazorimo do věka i da jestь otь crьkve neotiemlemo do dni i do věka). The village of Rodokali is registered in the Defter for the Nahija Mokra under the year 1583.
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Struga Vraniška
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The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the villages Struga Vraniška and Struga Mala, the upper and lower courtyard in Struga and the church of saint Nikola near the lake with all rights and seven fishers to the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid (Struga Vraniška i Struga Malam i vь, i vь gradě gōrni dvorь i dolni dvorь, i na jezerě crьkva sveti Nikola sь vsěmi pravinami, i sedьmь ribarь). Struga Vraniška is probably identical with the village Vraništa, which is registered in the Defter for the Nahija Ohrid under the year 1583.
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Strugai
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The place is mentioned in Anna Komnena as a refuge, where the Byzantine emperor Alexios I. Komnenos sought protection on his journey to Ohrid (καὶ οὕτως ἀμετρήτους καὶ μεγίστους διεκφυγὼν κινδύνους αὖθις σῴζεται διὰ τῶν Στρουγῶν διελθὼν εἰς Ἀχρίδας). Appears in the addition to the narrative about the confirmation of the Bulgarian archbishoprics autocephaly by the Byzantine Emperor Basileios II. in several manuscripts of the Chronicle of John Skylitzes from the 12th century and later (πρὸς δὲ τὸ τέρμα τῆς λίμνης τὰς ἐγχωρίως λεγομένας Στρούγας εὑρηκὼς καὶ ταύταις ἑνωθεὶς μέγιστός τε γίνεται ποταμῶν). According to the inscription probably from 1266/1267 on the icon of the saint George, a certain John the deacon, who held also the position of referendarios, donated the restored icon by the painter John to the Church of saint George in Struga near Ohrid (δῶρον τοῦ σοῦ οἰκέτου εὐτελοῦς Ἰωάννου τοῦ διακόνου ῥαιφερενδαρίου τε ἀξίαν ἔχων· γράψαντι σεπτῶς τὴν σὴν μορφὴν ἀγίαν ἐν χροματουργήμασι ποικιλοτρόποις ταύτην ἀνιστῶν ἐν Στρούγαις τῆς Άχρίδος. Ἰωάννης ἐκ πόθου τὴν δέησιν ποιεῖται. Ἐν ἔτει ͵ςψοεʹ ἰνδικτιῶνος θʹ ἀνιστορήθη δὲ διὰ χειρὸς Ἰωάννου ἱστοριογράφου).The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the villages Struga Vraniška and Struga Mala, the upper and lower courtyard in Struga and the church of saint Nikola near the lake with all rights and seven fishers to the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid (Struga Braniška i Struga Mala i vь, i vь gradě gōrni dvorь i dolni dvorь, i na jezerě crьkva sveti Nikola sь vsěmi pravinami, i sedьmь ribarь). The town of Struga is registered in the Defter for the Nahija Ohrid between the years 1536-1539 and under the year 1583.
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Subotcь
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The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the metochion Subotcь near the village Kopače with the hamlets, field, mountain, endowed properties for the sake of salvation and all rights to the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid (Metohija Subotcь u Kopačěhь zaselci i s poljemь i z brьdomь i zadušninami i sь vsěmi pravinami). Probably identical with the village Sopotsko, which is registered in the Defters for the Nahija Prespa between the year 1536-1539 and under the year 1583.
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Tarnobo
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The Church of Saint Constantine and Helena in Ohrid possessed an unused vineyard, which was from the east side in the vicinity of the property of Phapias and bordered from the west side a road (ἔτερον χερσάμπελον τοποθεσίᾳ Ταρνόβῳ, πλησίον ἐξ ἀνατολῶν ἕως τοῦ Φαπία καὶ ἐκ δυσμῶν πλησίον ἕως τῆς ὁδοῦ). The village is mentioned in the fragmentary note on the back of the charter of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ōhrid from 14th century (30 litrь voska i tarona što jestь u Lukočrěvě i te tamu u Trnově za adьrfato). Probably not identical with the village Trnova registered in the Defter for the Nahija Mokra under the year 1583.
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Toplica
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The village Toplica is mentioned in both fragmentary notes on the back of the charter of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ōhrid from 14th century (selo Toplica i manastirь sveti Nikolu ni desetkь vini i gumniština i popisaniju sigilь v mestè eksarštine; selo Tžupnica i manastirь Svety Nikola u ki desetkь vini igumenьština i popisaniju sigilь v město eksarštine).
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Toplica, Monastery of St. Nicholas
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The Monastery of St. Nicholas is situated at the foot of Plakenska Mountain and near the right bank of the Crna Reka, between the villages of Sloeštica, Babino and Žvan. Of the former Monastery complex, only the church dedicated St. Nicholas has been preserved to this day. It was built in several construction phases, through centuries. It was first built probably in the 5th or 6th century, and later in the 14th century. Today's Church was built by Dimitar Pepik from Kratovo in the 16th century. In the narthex, along with the signature of the painter Jovan dated in 1534-1535, the name of the founder Dimitar Pepić is also written.
Its a single nave edifice with a narthex (which has on the North and South side chapels), apse and a semicircular vault.
The Monastery of Sveti Nikola near Toplica is mentioned in both fragmentary notes on the back of the charter of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ōhrid from 14th century (selo Toplica i manastirь sveti Nikolu ni desetkь vini i gumniština i popisaniju sigilь v mestè eksarštine; selo Tžupnica i manastirь Svety Nikola u ki desetkь vini igumenьština i popisaniju sigilь v město eksarštine). A tetraevangelion from the end of the 14th century and the beginning of 15th century probably comes from the scriptorium of the monastery. A colophone from the menaion for the March and April copied between 1535-1536, which is stored in the University Library in Belgrade, mentions the abbot Makarij and the monks of Sveti Nikola in the place called Toplica. An inscription in the form of a prayer on the icon of Jesus Christ the Savior attests the name of the donor Dimitar Pepiḱ and the date 1542/1543, when the inscription was made.
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Uboro
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The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of Uboro to the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid. Vassiliki Kravari claims that the topographical entity Uboro is identical with the village Borovec. Borovec is registered in the Defters for the Nahija between the years 1536 and 1539 and under the year 1583 as a village and derven.
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Veščani
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The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the village Veščani with boundaries and all rights to the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid (Selo Veščani s megjami i sь vsěmi pravinami). The village of Veščani is registered in the Defters for the Nahija Ohrid between the years 1536-1539 and under the year 1583 as Višičani or Višničani.
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Volino
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The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed two estates in or near the village Volino as a possession of the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid. One property was an acquisition of the Church, the other an endowment for the sake of salvation (I Volině město kupenica i zadušnina). The village of Volino is registered in the Defter for the Nahija Ohrid between the years 1536 and 1539 and under the year 1583.
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Zagradčane
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The Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid bought the estate of Kaliman in Zagradčane. The church received also as a donation for the sake of salvation the property of Gjurgič in Zagradčane. Both possession were confirmed by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan in the charter for the The Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos (U Zagradьčanehь město kupeničijemь Kalimanovo i Gjurgičevo što je dano crьkvi zadušnina). The village of Zagradčane is registered in the Defters for the Nahija Ohrid between the years 1536 and 1539 and under the year 1583.
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Ōrahovnicе
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The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed two estates in or near the village Ōrahovnicе as a possession of the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid. One property was an acquisition of the church, the other an endowment for the sake of salvation (U Ōrahovnicěhь město kupeničije i zadušnine). The village of Ōrahovnicе is registered in the Defter for the Nahija Ohrid between the years 1536 and 1539 and under the year 1583 as Rahovnik, later as Orovnik.
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