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Agunja
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The village of Agunja is mentioned as Agunja and Avьlgunja in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century. It is registered as Alkunija in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Arbanasy
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the village of Arbanasy together with all its rights to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55 (Selo Arbanasi sь vьsěmi pravinami).
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Baalovci
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The village of Baalovci is mentioned in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century. It is registered as Bajlovci in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Bdinь
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The village of Bdinь is mentioned in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century. It is registered as Bdine in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Bela Vodica (2)
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of several possessions to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55. In the boundary description of the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica a creek named after the village of Bela Vodica is mentioned (A vo mege crьkvi matere Božijei Arьhilevьskoi ... tere nis potokь koi spade u Bělovodički potokь, tere nis potōkь bělovodički gde ishodi dolь na klepala). The village of Bela Vodica was granted to the Monastery of Hilandar by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš in the year 1378/79 (selo Bela Vodica). It is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Boikovci
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the village of Boikovci to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55 (Selo Boikovci sь pravinami). It is registered as Bujkovci, Bojkovci and Prejovci in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1481/82, 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Bukurь
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the village/settlement site of Mokra Poljana to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55. In the boundary description of Mokra Poljana the village of Bukurь is mentioned (Selo Mokra Polěna, a mege ōi ōdь duba velijega po dělu po srědě sela na studenecь, tere niz dolь na Brehalo, terь nadь Gorobiince na Veliju Glavu, a ōdь Velije glave po dělu putemь na Bukurь I gore do rasputija i ōdь rasputija do duba ōpetь). The village of Bukurь is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Bulačanii
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The village of Bulačanii is mentioned in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century. It is also registered as Bulačani or Pulačani in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Caričino (1)
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of Vilska to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55 (Selo Vilʼska I megja mu…Pogorь u rěku, u Caričino rěkōmь, ta na Kobilo Kobilьšticomь, ta na Orlevi dělь). The site appears only in the later transcript (Hil. 150), which was made probably in the first decade of the 15th century. In the boundary description of Vilska the village of Caričino is mentioned. The village of Caričino is registered in the Defter for the Vilayet Üsküb (Skopje) from the year 1452/53. We have highlighted this toponym as "Sign of Power". Our reasoning is based on the premise that the toponym "Car" (i.e. Tsar, Emperor) bears witness to imperial presence at the respective place. The toponym "Car" (in Caričino) obviously indicates, apart from a possible physical presence of the Serbian Emperor, also a possibility of a causal link with the Byzantine Emperor or the Bulgarian Tsar.
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Crьkvišta
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On the charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Church of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary in Arhiljevica from the year 1354/55 there is a note according to which Dabiživь, the son of the deceased Vojvoda Dmitrь, donated the village Crьkvišta to the Church of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary in Arhiljevica (Povelěnijem Božijemь prěstavi se Dmitro vojevoda sь podružijemь i s děcami; i jegda prěstavi se, sinь jego Dabiživь priloži sekirninu i naselenije otьca jego vojevode Dmitra, otroke svoje, selo rekomi Crьkvišta, crʼkvi svetije Bogorodice Arhilevice, i takozi priloži sь vsěm otesomь). The donation may occurred between 1388 (death of Dmitrь) and 1393/95. Dabiživь donated to the Church of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary in Arhiljevica only the village Crьkvišta and not two villages (i.e. Crьkvišta and Sekirnina) as the secondary literature erroneously asserts. The term sekirnina means a clearing.
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Deikovo
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the settlement site of Deikovo to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55 (Selište Deikovo). The village of Deikovci, which is probably identical with the settlement site of Deikovo, was granted to the Monastery of Hilandar by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš in the year 1378/79 (Selo Deikovci). In the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572 a certain village called Delovci is registered. According to the context of the latter it must have been situated in the area of Lojane, Zlokukjane and Vaksince. On account of the sources, it is possible to argue that Deikovo, Deikovci and the Ottoman Delovci were one and the same place.
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Dobrača
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The village of Dobrača is mentioned in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century. It is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Dobrutovьci
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The hamlet of Dobrutovci is mentioned in the charter (the so-called "zbirna hrisovulja") of the Serbian Kings Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321) and Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) from the years 1303/04 and 1336/40-1342/45 for the Monastery of Hilandar (I pride kraljevьstvo mi crьkvь svetije Bogorodice iže vь Lojaně i sь selomь Lojanomь sь vsěmi megjami sela togo i sь vsěmi pravinami i sь vinogrady, i s nivijemь i s livadijemь i sь voděničijemь i sь zaselky Kьkrino i Zaplьžane i Kobilija Glava i Dobrutovci i Gradište, da jestь metohь svetie Bogorodice hilandarske).
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Domanovci
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The village of Domanovci was granted to the Monastery of Hilandar by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš in the year 1378/79 (selo Domanovʼci). It is registered as Gorna Glažna in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Dragomanьci
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The village of Dragomanьci is mentioned in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century. It is registered as Dragoman, Dragomanci and Dragšan in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Drugoševci
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the village of Drugoševci to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55 (Sselo Drugoševci sь pravinami). It was granted to the Monastery of Hilandar by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš in the year 1378/79 (Selo Drugoševci). Drugoševci may be identified with the village of Dragošnica in Ottoman times, which is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Gari (2)
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The village of Gari is mentioned in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century.
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Glažnja
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the village of Glažnja to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55 (Selo Glažně s megěmi i ōdьtesi i sь pravinami sela toga). It was granted to the Monastery of Hilandar by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš in the year 1378/79 (selo Glažnja). The village of Glažnja is registered as Glažna in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Glьboky dolь
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of Vilska to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55. The site appears only in the later transcript (Hil. 150), which was made probably in the first decade of the 15th century. In the boundary description of Vilska the village of Glьboky dolь is mentioned (Ōtь Vodičnikove glavě upravь na u Pogorь, na Glьbokyi dolь, na Staʼnke). The village of Glьboky dolь is also registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Gojanovci
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The village of Gojanovci was granted to the Monastery of Hilandar by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš in the year 1378/79 (selo Gojanōvʼci).
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Gokšinci
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The village of Gokšinci (selō Gokšinʼci) was granted to the Monastery of Hilandar by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš in the year 1378/79. It appears in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century as Gogšinci. The village of Gokšinci is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Gorobiince
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the village/the settlement site of Mokra Poljana to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55. In the boundary description of Mokra Poljana the village of Gorobiince is mentioned (Selo Mokra Polěna, a mege ōi ōdь duba velijega po dělu po srědě sela na studenecь, tere niz dolь na Brehalo, terь nadь Gorobiince). The village of Gorobiince is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Gradište
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The hamlet of Gradište is attested in the charter (the so-called "zbirna hrisovulja") of the Serbian Kings Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321) and Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) from the years 1303/04 and 1336/40-1342/45 for the Monastery of Hilandar (I pride kraljevьstvo mi crьkvь svetije Bogorodice iže vь Lojaně i sь selomь Lojanomь sь vsěmi megjami sela togo i sь vsěmi pravinami i sь vinogrady, i s nivijemь i s livadijemь i sь voděničijemь i sь zaselky Kьkrino i Zaplьžane i Kobilija Glava i Dobrutovci i Gradište, da jestь metohь svetie Bogorodice hilandarske). The village of Gradište is also mentioned in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century.
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Halaševce
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of several villages to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55. In the boundary description of its possessions the village of Haleševce is mentioned (ōdь touda nadь Halašaevce; ōtь touda nadь Halaševce). The village of Halaševce is registered as Kalašinci in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Halinci
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The village of Halinci is mentioned in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century. It is registered as Halince in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572. The exact location of the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica and of the village of Arhiljevice itself is unknown. There are several suggestions. One of them identifies the church with the Monastery Sveta Bogorodica Karpinska and the village of Arhiljevica with the village of Halinci.
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Izvorь
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the village of Izvorь together with its boundaries and rights to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55 (Selo Izvorь s megěmi i ōtesi i s pravinami sela togo). The village of Izvorь was granted to the Monastery of Hilandar by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš in the year 1378/79. It is mentioned in the so-called Pšinjski pomenik (15th c.). The village of Izvorь is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Jasьtrebara Glava
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of Vilska to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55. The site appears only in the later transcript (Hil. 150), which was made probably in the first decade of the 15th century. In the boundary description of Vilska the toponym (village?) Jasьtrebara Glava is mentioned (Ōtь Vodičnikove glavě upravь na u Pogorь, na Glьbokyi dolь, na Staʼnke, na Jasьtrebara glavu). It could be registered as Jastrebica in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Kalujanjevci
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the settlement site of Kalujanjevci to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55 (Selište Kalujanjevci).
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Kanarevo
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In a note (probably from 16th century), which is part of the "Gospel of Karpino" (Karpinsko evangelie) from the 14th century, the Sveta Bogorodica Karpynska and the village of Kanarevo are mentioned. The village of Kanarevo is registered as Kanarovo in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Klečevci
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The village of Klečevci is mentioned in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century, in which it is attested as Klečevci or Klěčevci. It is registered as Klečovci, Kličovči, Čauš Kjoj and Klečovce in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Kokÿno
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In the accounting records of the Ragusan merchant Mihailo Lukarević from Novo Brdo a certain "Radiuoj Tatich de Chochina in Nagorizno" is mentioned. The village of Kokÿno is named in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century. Moreover, the village of Kokÿno is registered as Korkino in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Kolicko
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) donated the village of Kolicko with its boundaries and hamlets to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55 (I ōšte priloži carьstvo mi crьkvi matere Božije Arьhilevьske selo Kolicko s megěmi i ōdьtesi i sь zaselci i sь vsěmi pravinami sela toga). The village of Kolicko was granted to the Monastery of Hilandar by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš in the year 1378/79 (Selo Kolicʼko). The village of Kolicko is registered as Količkva in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Kumanovo
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The toponym "Kumanovo" can be associated with the Turkic people called Cumans. Present day Kumanovo lies probably on the remains of the ancient Aquae, shown as a pictogram on the Tabula Peutingeriana. The medieval written sources do not provide evidence for Kumanovo. This is probably due to the fact that Žegligovo and Nagoričino were the centers of the region in the Middle Ages. The first appearance of Kumanovo in the sources is in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil. Kumanovo is registered in the Defter from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572. Therein, it is described as a village. The Ottoman traveller Evliya Çelebi visited Kumanovo in the year 1660 and refers to it as "kasaba" ("small town"). The British physician Edward Brown passed through "Comonova" in 1668/69.
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Kьkrino
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The hamlet of Kьkrino is mentioned in the charter (the so-called "zbirna hrisovulja") of the Serbian Kings Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321) and Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) from the years 1303/04 and 1336/40-1342/45 for the Monastery of Hilandar (I pride kraljevьstvo mi crьkvь svetije Bogorodice iže vь Lojaně i sь selomь Lojanomь sь vsěmi megjami sela togo i sь vsěmi pravinami i sь vinogrady, i s nivijemь i s livadijemь i sь voděničijemь i sь zaselky Kьkrino i Zaplьžane i Kobilija Glava i Dobrutovci i Gradište, da jestь metohь svetie Bogorodice hilandarske).
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Litijanica
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The village of Litijanica was granted to the Monastery of Hilandar by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš in the year 1378/79 (seloō Litijanica).
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Lojane
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The village of Lojane is mentioned in the charter (the so-called "zbirna hrisovulja") of the Serbian Kings Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321) and Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) from the years 1303/04 and 1336/40-1342/45 for the Monastery of Hilandar. In Lojane was located a Church of the Holy Mother of God, which was handed over to the monastery together with the village of Lojane (I pride kraljevьstvo mi crьkvь svetije Bogorodice iže vь Lojaně i sь selomь Lojanomь sь vsěmi megjami sela togo i sь vsěmi pravinami i sь vinogrady, i s nivijemь i s livadijemь i sь voděničijemь i sь zaselky Kьkrino i Zaplьžane i Kobilija Glava i Dobrutovci i Gradište, da jestь metohь svetie Bogorodice hilandarske). The village of Lojane is registered as Lojan in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Maistorie
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the village of Maistorie to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55 (Selo Maistorije). The exact location of the village is unknown, but, on the basis of the written sources, it was probably situated in the Skopska Crna Gora.
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Maistorie Krupnici
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the settlement site of Maistorie Krupnici to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55 (Selište Maistorije Krěpinci). The village of Krupnici, probably identical with the settlement site of Maistorie Krupnici, was granted to the Monastery of Hilandar by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš in the year 1378/79 (Selo Krupnici). The exact location of the settlement site is unknown, but, on the basis of the written sources, it was probably situated in the Skopska Crna Gora.
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Malina
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The village of Malina is mentioned in the Vodičnički pomenik from the 16th century. It is also registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Malotino
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The village of Malotino is mentioned as Malotino and Malotinь in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century. The village of Malotino is also registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Matea
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of several possessions to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55. In the boundary description of the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica the village of Matea is mentioned (A vo mege crьkvi matere Božijei Arьhilevьskoi...tere na gradinь dělь u goru prěko više Matěja u Črьni Vrьhь).
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Matejče
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The village of Matějče is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Mekša
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the settlement site of Mekša (Sselište Mekša) to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55.
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Mlado Nagoričino
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The scribe Vladislav Gramatik testified in a scribal annotation that he finished a book in Mlado Nagoričino in 1456 (Ispisa se sia kniga u Nagoričinu mladōm). Mlado Nagoričino is attested as Nagoričino in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century, while the term Staro Nagoričino is used for Nagoričino. The Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572 employed the attributes Mlado ("young") as well as Novo ("new") for Mlado Nagoričino. In this Defter Mlado Nagoričino is registered as Nogoriç-i Cedid and Nagoriç-i Cedid with the meaning Nov Nogorič, that is "new Nogorič". The Serbian Patriarch Arsenije III Čarnojević (1633-1706) stopped in Mlado Nagoročino on his journey to the Holy Land in 1682 (va selo Mlado Nagorično). The Serbian scribe Jerotej Račanin describes the veneration of the relics of Sveta Petka from Tărnovo in a church of the same name during his stay in Nagoričino in 1704.
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Mokra Poljana
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the settlement site of Mokra Polěna to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55 (Selište Mokra Polěna). The charter shows a striking difference in the settlement typology, since Mokra Polěna appears as a village (selo) as well as a settlement site (selište). The village of Mokra Poljana was granted to the Monastery of Hilandar by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš in the year 1378/79 (Selo Mokra Poljana). It is registered as Mezra Mokra Polana in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572, which means that the village was already abandoned at that time .
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Nagoričino, Church of Saint George
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According to the Life of Saint Prohor Pčinjski (11th c.) Prohor settled in a small cave in the deserted area of Nagoričino in Žegligovo as a hermit (vь glubokuju pustynnju Nagoričeskuju). In Nagoričino also his hermitage (cave) is to be found. The original construction of the Church of Saint George in Nagoričino is dated to the 11th century and associated with Saint Prohor Pčinjski or the Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes (reigned 1068-1071). The Life of Saint Joakim Osogovski from the 12th century gives an account on the building activity of an anonymous Emperor (hram prpodbnomu vъ ime svjatogo velikomčenika Hristvo Gjeōrgia). The church fell without doubt into disrepair in the last quarter of the 13th century. According to the Slavonic inscription at the Western entrance to the narthex, the church was renewed by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321) in the year 1313. In this inscription a certain abbot called Andonij is also mentioned. This hint suggests that a monastery existed at that time near the church itself (Izvoleniemь božiemь sьzda sja domь svetago i velikoslavnago mjačenika Hristova Geōrgijě vь dny svjatorodnago i prěvysokago kralě Uroša Milutina, bogomь samodrьžьcu vsei srbьskoi zemli i primorьskoi, pri bogočьstivěi kralici Simonidě, i pri igumeně Andony, v lěto 6821 [1313]). According to the Slavonic inscription from 1318 in the interior, the church was decorated with frescoes by order of the Serbian King Milutin under the abbot Benjamin (Božiemь izvoljenijemь sьzʼda se ōt osnovanie, i popisa se, čьstnii hramь podaijemь vsakiim prevysokago krala Stefana Uroša, vь lěto 6826, pri igumeně Beniamine). Another inscription in the interior above the Western entrance has not been preserved. Between 1300 and 1318/21 a certain anagnost Radin from Nagoričino in Žegligovo (anagnosta Radina Nagoričanina izь Žegligova) wrote a gospel for the priest Zagoranin in Sušica. The old Serbian Genealogies (rodoslovi) and Annals (letopisi) report that the Serbian King Milutin had founded or endowed numerous monasteries, amongst others also the Monastery of Saint George in Nagoričino (Nagoričino svetomu Geōrgiju; i vь Nagoričine svetago Gjeōrgija; i druguju vь Nagoričinu; i vь Nagoričine Georgia). In the same sources Žegligovo and Nagoričino are subsumed in one geographical unit (i u Nagoričinu na Žegligovo crьkov svetago velikomučenika Georgia; i u Nagoričinu na Žegligovu crkovь svetago velikomučenika Georgia; i u Nagoričinu na Žegligovu crkovь svetago mučenika Georgia; i u Nagoričinu na Žegligovo crkovь svetago velikomučenika Georgia; i u Nagoričinu na Žegligovu crkovь svetago velikomučenika Georgija). The Lives of the Serbian Kings and Archbishops by Archbishop Danilo II and his successors confirm the renewal of the church under the Serbian King Milutin (i crkovь svetaago Georgьgija nagoričьskaago). The abbot Benjamin from Nagoričino is named in the list of abbots in two Serbian charters (1317 and one forgery from the 15th century, where he is referrred to as nagoričkii Beniaminь, respectively nagorički Beniaminь). According to the aforesaid Lives of the Serbian Kings and Archbishops, the Serbian King Stefan Uroš III Dečanski (reigned 1321-1331) gathered his army in the forefront of the Battle of Velbužd in the first half of 1330 on a field called Dobrič, located in today's South-Eastern Serbia at the confluence of the rivers Južna Morava and Toplica. He intended to confront the Bulgarian Tsar Michael III Šišman (reigned 1323-1330) at this place. When messengers informed him that the Bulgarian Tsar had intruded Serbian territory near the castle of Zemen on the upper reaches of the river Struma, where the then border of the Serbian Kingdom lay, he set his army in march and first moved to Nagoričino, where he prayed in the Church of Saint George (priide vь monastirь svoi kь svetomu mučeniku Hristovu Georьgiju Nagoričьskomu). The victory of King Stefan Dečanski at the Battle of Velbužd on 28 July 1330 is described by the Serbian annals and the aforesaid Lives of the Serbian Kings and Archbishops. According to the Serbian annals, King Stefan Dečanski captured Michael Šišman and brought him to Žegligovo (aduxere eum in Segligovo), where the Bulgarian Tsar died and was buried in the Church of Saint George in the village of Nagoričino (et sepulchro datus est in Ecclesia sancti Georgii in pago Gorichina). On the contrary, the Lives of the Serbian Kings and Archbishops describe that the Bulgarian ruler had already died in the battle. His corpse was brought to the Church of Saint George in the place called Nagoričino (prěnesenu Georьgija vь městě rekoměmь Nagoričьskaago) and entombed there. In a ledger containing a list of debtors and guarantors of the Ragusan merchant Mihailo Lukarević from Novo Brdo, dated to the period from 1432 to 1438, a certain Radiuoj Tatich from Nagoričino, who was born in Kokÿno (de Chochina in Nagorizno/Nagorzno) is mentioned. On his campaign against the town of Skutari (now Shkodra in Albania) in May 1474 the Ottoman Pasha of Rumeli stayed with his army in Nagoričino, which was three days of journey away from Kosovo Polje (Bassa Romanie cum numeroso et valido exercitu dimissus est in loco dicto Nagoricino, distanti a Cossovo itinere dierum trium). In the Pšinski pomenik (15th c.) Nagoričino is attested as Staro Nagoričino ("Old Nagoričino"), while the toponym of Nagoričino is obviously used for Mlado Nagoričino. Nagoričino is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 with the attribute "Staro" and from the years 1570 to 1572 as Gühne Nogoriç, Köhne-i Nagoriç and Köhne-yi Nogoriç (with the meaning of "Staro Nogorič"). The assumption that Edward Brown (1668-1669, published in 1673) saw the Church of Saint George in Nagoričino, while passing through Kumanovo, is probably incorrect ("near which [scil. Kumanovo] there is still a Greek Monastery, upon the side of the hills"). Rather he wrote about Sveta Bogorodica Črьnogorska in the Skopska Crna Gora, to the West of Kumanovo. In 1704 the Serbian scribe Jerotej Račanin refers to Nagoričino as 40 churches ("40 crkvy" or Turkish "krka klisa").
From the viewpoint of Art History, it should be emphasised that the Serbian King Milutin had the upper part of the Church of Saint George built on the destroyed walls of an older edifice in 1312/13 as evidenced by the aforesaid inscription above the Western entrance. The frescoes in the church were completed in 1317/18 according to the aforesaid inscription from 1318 in the interior and were executed by the painters Michael and Eutychius. The Church of Saint George is in the form of an inscribed cross with five domes, with barrel and groin vaults and a semicircular apse on the East (the altar space is relatively large and is continuing to the space of the nave), while the older edifice is clearly visible (especially on the Northern side of the church).
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Orahь
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The village of Orahь appears in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century. It is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Pelince
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The village of Pelince is mentioned as Pelince and Pelinci in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century. It is registered as Plnč in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Podlěšane
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the village of Podlěšane together with hamlets, boundaries and all rights to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55 (Selo Podlěšane s megěmi i ōtesi i sь zaselci i sь vsěmi pravinami sela togo). The village of Podlěšane was granted to the Monastery of Hilandar by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš in the year 1378/79. It is also registered as Podišani in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Prьvevo
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the settlement site of Prьvevo to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55 (Selište Prьvevo). The exact location of the settlement site is unknown, but was probably situated on the basis of the written sources in the Skopska Crna Gora.
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Puzalka
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The village of Puzalka is mentioned in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century. It is registered as Buzalika in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Pčina
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The ancient name of the river Pčina is unknown. It is the left tributary of the river Vardar. The Pčina rises in the mountain range Dukat in the Republic of Serbia at 1,660 m above sea level. The river flows into the river Vardar at the Taorska Klisura at 191 m above sea level. The mountains of Kozjak and German (Djerman) separate the upper reaches of the river Pčina in Žegligovo in the North from Slavište in the South. The river Pčinja is 136,6 km long. The village of Pšinja was named after the river Pčina. The river is mentioned for the first time in the Vitae of the Saints Prohor Pčinjski (11th century; na rece Pčine) and Joakim Osogovski (12th century; na rěcě Pšinja). It appears also in the boundary description of the village of Kalugerovljane in the charter of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321) for the Monastery of Saint George-Gorg near Skopje (Selo Kalugerovljane nad Pšinom). The river is attested in the same charter in the context of the delimitation of the village of Dubravica and the Emperor's road, which was located nearby (i do druma careva koi grede na Pšinju). The Pčina is named on several occasions in the charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) for the Church of Saint Nikola near Kožle in 1352/53 (v městě naricajeměmь na Pšini podь Kozljemь; i sego božьstvьnago hrama svetago Nikoli na Pšini podь Kožljemь; ōtь broda pšinskoga podь gradomь; i ōtь Grьličina Kamena vse nizь Pšinju do Ratilьca, i ōtь Ratilьca prěko u Veliku, i paky ōtь togažde broda pšinskoga; kako Cerovi Potokь opada u Pšiniju, i nizь Pšinju prěma Bělomь Kamenu; i ōtь měla strьmo u Pšinju, i vse nizь Pšinju; i potokomь Cerovimь u Pьšinju; crьkov; svetago Nikoli na Pšini podь Kožljemь).
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Pšinja
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The village of Pšinja was named after the river Pčina. The village is probably attested in the boundary description of the village of Kolicko in 1354/55 (u pšinьski sinorь). This evidence in the charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) for the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica may also be a hint to the river Pčina itself, and not to a settlement. Both interpretations seem to be viable. The village of Pšinja is mentioned in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century. It is registered as Ipšinja in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Ruginci
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the village of Ruginci together with its boundaries and rights to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica (Selo Ruginci s megěmi i ōtesi i s pravinami sela togo). It was granted to the Monastery of Hilandar by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš in the year 1378/79. The village of Ruginci is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Sedlarь
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV. Dušan confirmed in the year 1354 or 1355 the Sebastokrator’s Dejan’s donation of the settlement site Sedlarь to the Church of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary in the village of Arhiljevica (Selište Sedlarь).
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Skačkovo Selište
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) donated the village of Kolicko to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in 1354/55. In the boundary description of Kolicko the settlement site Skačkovo Selište is mentioned (A vo mege sela Kolicka: …tere po srědě Skačkova selišta). Without doubt Skačkovo Selište formed the nucleus of today's village of Skačkovce. The village of Skačkovce appears also in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century. It is registered as Ali Fadil and Iskačkofči respectively in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Skrьlinci
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The village of Skrьlinci (selo Skrьlinci) was granted to the Monastery of Hilandar by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš in the year 1378/79 .
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Stanka
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of Vilska to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55. The site appears only in the later transcript (Hil. 150). The village of Stanka is mentioned in the boundary description of Vilska (Ōtь Vodičnikove glavě upravь na u Pogorь, na Glьbokyi dolь, na Staʼnke). The village of Stančik, probably identical with the village of Stanka, was granted by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš to the Monastery of Hilandar in the year 1378/79 (selo Stančikja). Stanka is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Stlьpčane
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of several possessions to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55. In the boundary description of the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica the village of Stlьpčane is mentioned (A vo mege crьkvi matere Božijei Arьhilevьskoi. Ōtь krьsta putjemь koi grede ōdь Podolěšanь u Stlьpačani). The village of Stlьpčane is registered as Uslupčani in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572 .
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Strezovci
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It is doubtful, whether today's village of Strezovci is the same village, which is mentioned as Strezovci and Strezeōvci in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century. The village of Strezovci is registered as Istrzofče in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Sveta Bogorodica Karpynska
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In a note (probably from 16th century), which is part of the "Gospel of Karpino" (Karpinsko evangelie) from the 14th century, the Sveta Bogorodica Karpynska (priloži ste bce Karpynske) and the village of Kanarevo are mentioned. The exact location of the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica and of the village of Arhiljevice itself is unknown. There are several suggestions. One of them identifies the church with the Monastery Sveta Bogorodica Karpynska and the village of Arhiljevica with the village of Halinci. Another notice from 1592, which is written in the "Gospel of Karpino", attests the variant Krapino (vь monastyrь Krapino). Originally, there was a village called Karpino/Karbino in the vicinity of the monastery, but this village is already registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572 as mezra Karbino (deserted village Karbino). It is not clear, which of both names (Krapino or Karpino) represents the older one.
It is strongly assumed that there was a predecessor of the current church in the 14th century, on whose foundations the new church was built before 1592 (i.e. towards the end of the 16th century). The present church is a single-nave edifice with a main entrance in the West and a side entrance in the South. The apse consists of an atypical triconch. The church is composed of a narthex, a naos and the bema (frescoes from the end of the 16th century and from the end of the 19th century, iconostasis from 1606 and 1892). The church was renewed in 1892, and conservation work was done in 1987 and from 2009 to 2012.
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Svinište
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Svinište is mentioned in a Slavonic Menaion from 1420 (u Sviništa). It is registered as Dolno and Gorno Svinište in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572.
It seems that this village was deserted in the last quarter of the 16th century and that its inhabitants founded a new village with the same name (today Svinjište) in the region of Preševo (today Republic of Serbia).
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Tudorci
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The village of Tudorci was granted to the Monastery of Hilandar by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš in the year 1378/79 (selo Tudorci).
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Vilska
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of Vilska to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55. The site appears only in the later transcript (Hil. 150), which was made probably in the first decade of the 15th century. A clarification of the settlement typology is not possible, because Vilska appears in Hil. 150 as village (selo) (Selo Vilʼska i megja mu ōt Crьnaga vrьha ta na crьkvišta ta na ōbě Ōstrьvice terь na Skrьke dokle Děla teče, ōtь Dělana u Pogorь, upravь na grьbavu krušku, na Česta gumnica ōtь grьbave kruške prěko pod Gorunovicu, upravь nadь Druzetinь grobь, ōtь Druzetina groba u na Pogorь u rěku, u Caričino rěkomь, ta na Kobilo Kobilьšticomь, ta na Orlevi dělь. Dělōm na Vodičnikovu glavu. Ōtь Vodičnikove glavě upravь na u Pogorь, na Glьbokyi dolь, na Staʼnke, na Jasьtrebara glavu, nadь Gerakara, tere na Jabočno, na kyrь Theōdorovь ōdrь, ta na Alavandinu vodenicu, ta na Prosečenikъ na svetu Petku, prěko na Pribisalь krьstь, koi jestь nadь Lagoborovce, i ōt tuda na Halaševce, prěko na dělь Stlьpьčkyi) as well as settlement site/deserted village (selište) (Selište Vilʼska).
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Vrače
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the settlement site of Vrače (Selište Vrače) to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55. The settlement site of Vrače is probably registered as Vrač in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572. The location of the settlement site is unknown. The identification with the village of Vračevce, 18 km to the North-East of Kumanovo, is questionable.
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Vrьdunь
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the settlement site of Vrьdunь to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55 (Selište Vrьdunь).
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Zaplьžane
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The hamlet of Zaplьžane is mentioned in the charter (the so-called "zbirna hrisovulja") of the Serbian Kings Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321) and Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) from the years 1303/04 and 1336/40-1342/45 for the Monastery of Hilandar ((I pride kraljevьstvo mi crьkvь svetije Bogorodice iže vь Lojaně i sь selomь Lojanomь sь vsěmi megjami sela togo i sь vsěmi pravinami i sь vinogrady, i s nivijemь i s livadijemь i sь voděničijemь i sь zaselky Kьkrino i Zaplьžane i Kobilija Glava i Dobrutovci i Gradište, da jestь metohь svetie Bogorodice hilandarske).
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Zarvinci
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The village of Zarvinci appears in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century. In the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572 the village of Zaranovci is mentioned, which lay in the surroundings of the village of Lojane. An Ottoman distortion of the toponym Zarvinci is conceivable.
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Zlokukjane
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The village of Zlokukjane was granted to the Monastery of Hilandar by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš in the year 1378/79 (selo Zlokukjane). It is registered as Kumaničevo in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572. Zlokukjane is a self-explanatory toponym, which can be translated literally as "bad house". It indicates a certain inhospitality or an abandoned (that is enchanted) ruin site.
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Zubovьci
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The village of Zubovьci is mentioned in the Vodičnički pomenik from the 16th century. It is registered as Zubovci, Žubovci, Zubovce and Žubofči in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Čankovo
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) donated the village of Kolicko to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in 1354/55. In the boundary description of Kolicko the village of Čankovo is mentioned (A vo mege sela Kolicka: ōdь gumništa Čankova prěko po srědě prokopannьnoga puta). The village of Čankovo is registered as Čaikovo in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Četirьci
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The village of Četirьci is mentioned in the Vodičnički pomenik from the 16th century. It is also registered as Čtrči in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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Črьna Gora
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The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) issued charters for the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the years 1349 and 1354/55 respectively. The location of the village of Arhiljevica is unclear. It might be located in Preševo (now Serbia) or in the Črьna Gora in the triangle of the places Belanovce, Domanovci and Izvor. Črьna Gora (vь Črьnoi Gori) is mentioned in the Vita of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš V (reigned 1355-1371) written by the Serbian Patriarch Pajsije. It reports that Stefan Uroš V and his mother Jelena completed the Church of Sveta Bogorodica Črьnogorska after the death of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Dušan. A Church of the Holy Mother of God in Črьna Gora above Žegligovo is attested in the Serbian genealogies (rodoslovi) and annals (u Črьmьnyje Gory, vyše Žegligova; eius vero mater aedificavit Ecclesiam in Nigro Monte, supra Segligovo). This church is probably identical with the aforesaid Sveta Bogorodica Črьnogorska. The Ottoman Sultan Murad I (reigned 1360-1389) might have crossed the Črьna Gora on his march against the Serbian Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović before the battle on the Kosovo Polje (Kosovo Field) in 1389. In 1409 Evdokija Balšić commissioned the monk Gerasim in the Monastery of Sveta Bogorodica Črьnogorska in Črьna Gora near Skopje to write the manuscript of the Dialogues (Paterik) by Gregory the Great. In the spring and summer of 1413 the two Ottoman pretenders to the throne Mehmed and Musa fought for supremacy on the Balkan Peninsula. Mehmed was supported by the Serbian Despot Stefan Lazarević (reigned 1389-1427). In the course of the military operations, Musa initially stayed in the Ovče Pole (in the Ragusan sources called Ovcepogle). Then, Mehmed and Stefan Lazarević crossed together with their troops the Črьna Gora (Prěšьdьše že Črьmnu Goru) and reached the Ovče Pole (kь Ovьčju polju), where Djuradj Branković (reigned 1427-1456), Stefan's nephew, took command over the Serbian forces. The scribe Vladislav Gramatik resided between 1457 and 1497 in the Monastery of Sveta Bogorodica Črьnogorska. In 1479 he compiled a liturgical book (panegyrikon) in the Monastery at the foot of the Črьna Gora in the region of Žegligovo (vъ podkrilii Črъnye gory). The Črьna Gora is mentioned in the colophones of Vladislav Gramatik and Dimitrij Kantakuzin from the years 1469 (vь vьsečьstněmь monastiri prěsvetьje bogorodice suštee iže vь podkrilii Črьnьje Gory) and 1473 (vь vьsečьstněmь monastiri prěsvetьje vladičice naše bogorodice i prisnoděvi Marie, suštee iže vь podkrilii Črьnьje Gory, v prědělě Žegligovcěm). In 1519 a hierodeacon named Mina wrote a triodion for the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in Klustobista in the solitude of Vunešь at the foot of the Črьna Gora (poduvesie Črъnie Gory vъ pustynju naricemuju Vunešъ). The Vuneški pomenik (15th century or 16-17th centuries) was kept in the small Church of Sveti Nikola in Vunešь at the foot of the Črьna Gora above the village of Ljubanci (pomenikъ hramu stgō i slavnaagō arhierea i čjudtvorca hva Nikōli gljemii Vunešь vь pōdkrili Črьmnie gōry vyše sela Ljubancii).
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Žegligovo
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According to the Life of Saint Prohor Pčinjski (11th century) Prohor settled in a small cave in the deserted area of Nagoričino in Žegligovo (vь Žegligovskoj straně). The Saint met the later Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes (reigned 1068-1071), who was hunting in Žegligovo. Between 1300 and 1318/21 a certain anagnost Radin from Nagoričino in Žegligovo (anagnosta Radina Nagoričanina izь Žegligova) wrote a gospel for the priest Zagoranin in Sušica. According to the Lives of the Serbian Kings and Archbishops, written by Archbishop Danilo II and his successors, the Serbian King Stefan Uroš III Dečanski (reigned 1321-1331) gathered his army in the forefront of the Battle of Velbužd in the first half of 1330 on a field called Dobrič, located in today's South-Eastern Serbia at the confluence of the rivers Južna Morava and Toplica. He intended to confront the Bulgarian Tsar Michael III Šišman (reigned 1323-1330) at this place. As messengers informed him that the Bulgarian Tsar had reached the castle of Zemen in the upper course of the river Strymon (Struma), at that time the border between the Serbian Kingdom and the Second Bulgarian Empire, he set his army in march and first moved to Nagoričino, where he prayed in the Church of Saint George (priide vь monastirь svoi kь svetomu mučeniku Hristovu Georьgiju Nagoričьskomu). After the Serbian victory at the Battle of Velbužd near today's Kjustendil on 28 July 1330, Stefan Dečanski captured Michael Šišman and brought him to Žegligovo (aduxere eum in Segligovo), where he died and was buried in the Church of Saint George in the village of Nagoričino (et sepulchro datus est in Ecclesia sancti Georgii in pago Gorichina). In the year 1349 (u zemli žegligovьskoi) and 1354/55 respectively (u zemli žegligovьskoi) the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) mentions Žegligovo in his charters for Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica. The localisation of Arhilevjica remains unsolved. It might have lain near Preševo (today in Serbia) or in the Skopska Crna Gora in the triangle of the villages of Belanovce, Domanovci and Izvorь. In the Serbian Annals a church in the Skopska Crna Gora above Žegligovo is mentioned (u Črьmьnyje Gory, vyše Žegligova; eius vero mater aedificavit Ecclesiam in Nigro Monte, supra Segligovo). The same source often conflates Žegligovo and Nagoričino in one unit (I u Nagoričinu na Žegligovo crьkov svetago velikomučenika Georgïa; i u Nagoričinu na Žegligovu crkovь svetago velikomučenika Georgïa; i u Nagoričinu na Žegligovu crkovь svetago mučenika Georgïa; i u Nagoričinu na Žegligovo crьkovь svetago velikomučenika Georgïa; i u Nagoričinu na Žegligovu crkovь svetago velikomučenika Georgïa). Žegligovo is mentioned by the Serbian Janissary Konstantin Mihailović (15th century) in his memoirs ("and as he [scilicet the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš V] reached the land of Constantine, he pitched his tent in the field of Žegligovo" and "as the Sultan Mehmed [II] arrived near the field called Žegligovo on the border of Rascia"). The term "Land of Constantine" relates to the Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš, who ruled over Žegligovo in the second half of the 14th century and was therefore called "Žegligovac". Žegligovo served probably as a deployment area for the Ottoman Sultan Murad I (reigned 1360-1389) before the Battle of Kosovo in June 1389 against the Serbian Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović (reigned 1373-1389). The Byzantine Short Chronicles report that the Ottoman Sultan Bāyezīd I (reigned 1389-1402) handed over the relics of Saint Hilarion of Moglena (11th/12th centuries) to Konstantin Dragaš in 1394, who resided in Žegligovo (ὁποῦ ἐκάθετον εἰς τὸν Ὀζίγλοβο). Thereupon, Konstantin brought the relics to the Monastery of Sarandaporь. In the year 1395 Konstantin Dragaš fell in the Battle of Rovine against the Wallachian Voivode Mircea the Elder (reigned 1386-1418). In the year 1479 the scribe Vladislav Gramatik compiled a liturgical book (Panegyrikon) in the Monastery of Saint Bogorodica Črьnogorska at the foot of the Črьna Gora (Skopska Crna Gora) in the region of Žegligovo (vь prědělě žegligovscěm). The humanist and diplomat Felix Petančić (ca. 1455-after 1517) refers to Žegligovo as "Gegligove". In 1512 Ottoman troops pillaged Žegligovo and Ovče Pole (To lěto plěniše Turci Žegligovo, Ovče Polě). In the summer of 1550 Klementios was appointed Metropolitan of Skopje, Vranje and Žegligovo (μητρόπολιν Σκοπίου, Βράνιας καὶ Ζεγληγόβου). Žegligovo is mentioned in the Vodičnički pomenik from the 16th century. The župa of Žegligovo roughly included the area to the South of Preševo (today in Serbia), to the West of Slavište, to the North of Ovče Pole and the valley of the river Vardar and to the East of the Skopska Crna Gora.
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Мьglenci
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The village of Mьglenci is mentioned in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century.
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