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Bakovo
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The village Bakovo with its Church of the Saint Nicholas is mentioned in the Slavic donor inscription of the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) from the year 1340/41 as a monastic property (u bakově crkvь svetoga nikole sь selomь). Bakovo is also attested in the boundary description of the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) in the same Slavic donor inscription (ta niz reku po bakovo). Furthermore, the village Bakovo appears in the founding charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV. Dušan for the Eparchy of Zletovo with its seat in the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) from the year 1346/47 (Selo Bakovo i sь crьkvijzňu svetago Nikoli; niže Bakova). The Serbian local ruler Konstantin Dragaš donated on the 15th August 1381 the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) with all its possessions, including the village Bakovo with its Church of Saint Nicholas and the hamlet Globica (selo Bakovo i sь crьkoviju Svetago Nikoli i sь zaselkōmь Globicōmь), to the Hilandar Monastery.
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Bakovo, Church of Sveti Nikola
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The Church of Saint Nicholas in the village Bakovo is mentioned in the Slavic donor inscription of the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) from the year 1340/41 as a monastic property (u bakově crkvь svetoga nikole sь selomь). Furthermore, The Church of Saint Nicholas in the village Bakovo appears in the founding charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV. Dušan for the Eparchy of Zletovo with its seat in the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) from the year 1346/47 (Selo Bakovo i sь crьkvijzňu svetago Nikoli; niže Bakova). The Serbian local ruler Konstantin Dragaš donated on the 15th August 1381 the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) with all its possessions, including the village Bakovo with its Church of Saint Nicholas and the hamlet Globica (selo Bakovo i sь crьkoviju Svetago Nikoli i sь zaselkōmь Globicōmь), to the Hilandar Monastery.
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Church of Sveti Elisei
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The Church of Sveti Elisei (the Holy Prophet Elisha) in Drěvěno is mentioned in the Slavic donor inscription of the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) from the year 1340/41 as a monastic property (i u drěvěnoi svety elisei). Furthermore, the Church of Sveti Elisei appears together with the village Drěvěno and the hamlet Peštno in the founding charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV. Dušan for the Eparchy of Zletovo with its seat in the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) from the year 1346/47 (Selo Drěvěno sь crьkviju svetago Eliseja i sь zaselkomь Peštnymь).
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Church of Sveti Prokopie
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The Church of Sveti Prokopie (the Saint Prokopios) is mentioned in the Slavic donor inscription of the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) from the year 1340/41 as a monastic property (i svety prokopie). In the founding charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV. Dušan for the Eparchy of Zletovo with its seat in the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) from the year 1346/47 is specified that the Church of Sveti Prokopie was located in Drěnovь dolь (I u Drěnově dolě crьkvь svetago Prokopija). The Serbian local ruler Konstantin Dragaš donated on the 15th August 1381 the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) with all its possessions, including the Church of Sveti Prokopie in Drěnovь dolь (I u Drěnove Dolě crьkvь Svetago Prokopija sь naměstijemь i sь baštinoju crьkve te), to the Hilandar Monastery.
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Church of the Bogorodica
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Emperor Stefan Dušan donated the Church of the Bogorodica to the Monastery of Lesnovo (ѹ пиянци на Брѣгальници црьковь богородицѹ). In the year 1381, the Serbian noblemen Konstantin Dragaš donated Church of the Bogorodica to the Monastery of Chilandar (црьквь Богородица).
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The village Dobrěevo is mentioned in the Slavic donor inscription of the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) from the year 1340/41 as a monastic property (i selo dobrěevo). Furthermore, the village Dobrěevo appears in the founding charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV. Dušan for the Eparchy of Zletovo with its seat in the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) from the year 1346/47 (Selo Dobrějevo). The Serbian local ruler Konstantin Dragaš donated on the 15th August 1381 the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) with all its possessions, including the village Dobrěevo (selo Dobrějevo i sь vsěmi pravinami sela togo), to the Hilandar Monastery.
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Drěvěno
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The Church of Sveti Elisei (the Holy Prophet Elisha) in the village Drěvěno is mentioned in the Slavic donor inscription of the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) from the year 1340/41 as a monastic property (i u drěvěnoi svety elisei). Furthermore, the village Drěvěno appears together with the Church of Sveti Elisei and the hamlet Peštno in the founding charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV. Dušan for the Eparchy of Zletovo with its seat in the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) from the year 1346/47 (Selo Drěvěno sь crьkviju svetago Eliseja i sь zaselkomь Peštnymь). The Serbian local ruler Konstantin Dragaš donated on the 15th August 1381 the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) with all its possessions, including the village Drěvěno and the hamlet Peštno (selo Drěvěno i sь zaselkomь Peštnōmь), to the Hilandar Monastery.
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Gabrovo (2)
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The village Gabrovo appears in the boundary description of the village Globica, which has been preserved in the founding charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Eparchy of Zletovo with its seat in the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) from the year 1346/47 (ōtь Novoseljanь drumomь na Vrьbicu i po kolniku na Gabrovo k Raičanomь i kolnikomь nad Bunašь). The Serbian local ruler Konstantin Dragaš donated on the 15th August 1381 the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) with all its possessions, including the settlement site Gabrovo, which was in the vicinity of the settlement site Bunašь (selište Bunašь i konь njega selište Gabrovo), to the Hilandar Monastery.
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Globica (2)
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The hamlet Globica at the Zletovska Reka is mentioned in the Slavic donor inscription of the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) from the year 1340/41 as a monastic property (i na rěcě zaselьkь globica). The hamlet demarcation (globničky sinorь) is described in detail in the same Slavic donor inscription. The hamlet/village Globica appears in the founding charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV. Dušan for the Eparchy of Zletovo with its seat in the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) from the year 1346/47 (sь zaselkomь Globicomь; selo Globica; i što se kь Zletovoi kami vali tozi Zletovu budi a što se kь Globici vali tozi crьkvьno). In the same boundary description of the hamlet/village of Globica a katun is also mentioned (podь katun). The Serbian local ruler Konstantin Dragaš donated on the 15th August 1381 the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) with all its possessions, including the village Bakovo with its Church of Saint Nicholas and the hamlet Globica (selo Bakovo i sь crьkoviju Svetago Nikoli i sь zaselkōmь Globicōmь), to the Hilandar Monastery.
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Lukovo (1)
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Saint Gabriel of Lesnovo entered a hermitage near the Monastery of Lesnovo and the place of Zletovo (skitъ blizъ prjamo manastirъ, vъ dolъ prjamo Zletovo). The lively influx of people, who were sick and obsessed, caused that the Saint sought solitude in Lukovo (i preide vo stranu Lukovo). The hamlet Lukovo is mentioned in the Slavic donor inscription of the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) from the year 1340/41 as a monastic property (sь zaselkomь lukovu). Furthermore, the hamlet Lukovo appears in the founding charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV. Dušan for the Eparchy of Zletovo with its seat in the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) from the year 1346/47 (sь zaselkomь Lukovu vyše crьkve). The Serbian local ruler Konstantin Dragaš donated on the 15th August 1381 the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) with all its possessions, including the village Lěsnovo (2) with its hamlet Lukovo (selo Lěsnovo i sь zaselkomь Lukovōmь), to the Hilandar Monastery.
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Lěsnovo (1), Monastery of Saint Archangel Michael
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Saint Gavrilo Lesnovski came, according to the detailed Vita of him, from a rich family in Osečko pole (ōt strani Ōsečkōmъ pole, roditelemь bogatu sělo i blagočestivu). After a vision he built the Church of the Nativity of the Holy Mother of God with the funding of his parents on the field of Osiče (na pole Ōsiče). He then departed for the Lěsnovo Monastery (vь monastirь Lesnovskyj), from which he was released after a probationary period with the blessing of the abbot to enter a hermitage near the monastery and Zletovo (za nekoj skïtь blizь prjamo manastirь, vь dolь prjamo Zletovo). The lively influx of people, who were sick and obsessed, caused that the Saint sought solitude in Lukovo (i preide vo stranu Lukovo). The Saint Gavrilo Lesnovski escaped also from Lukovo and found refuge in the mountains, where he stayed on the mountain top Oblovъ until his death (verhъ Ōblovъ). The saint appeared in a dream to a Russian monk named Iosif and entrusted him to transfer his body from Oblovь to the Lěsnovo monastery. Iosif brought the relics of the Saint Gavrilo Lesnovski to the Monastery of Lěsnovo, where numerous miracles occured near the saints relics. In such a way the only daughter of a rich Armenian from Kratovo was healed (Vo gradь Kratovo). According to the Vita, the saint also came to the aid of a local Bulgarian prince named Mihail in the fight against the Pechenegs and Cumans. Mihail had to flee from his opponents to Ratkovica (vo stranu Ratkovicu). He was able with the assistance of the saint to sidle up to the opposing general Mavragan near Rataica in Zletovo (u Slětovo) and to kill him (u Rataicě i ubi Mavragana). Finally, the Vita also mentions the Serbian Despot Jovan Oliver and his erection of a large monastery church in Lěsnovo in honor of the saint, with which he replaced a small church building. The short life of the Saint Gavrilo Lesnovski, on the other hand, reports that the saint himself built the Lěsnovo monastery. The 12th-century Vita of the Saint Joakim Osogovski mentions the Church of the Saint Michael the Archangel in the mountains of Lěsnovo (Lesnovsuju gljemu goru...hram vь ime arhïstratiga Mihaila). The scribe Stanislavь completed in 1330 a Slavic manuscript in the Monastery of Saint Michael the Archangel in the mountains of Lěsnovo, which was in the domain of Ovče Pole and the region of Zletovo (vь ōblasti ōvčepolьskoi vь horě zljętovstěi, v gorě lěsnovьstěi, v monastiri stgo arhistratiga Mihaila). The scribe Stanislavь finished his prologue of the manuscript in the time, when Dragoslavь ruled over the land of Zletovo as Župan (ōbdrьžjaštu horoję Zlętovьskoję županu Dra’goslavu). In the course of the renovation of the monastery (1340/41) a Slavic donor inscription was placed on the stone at the katholikon. The inscription begins on a marble lintel above the entrance door in the west of the katholikon (i.e. on the eastern wall of the narthex), continues outside above the south entrance to the naos, can be dated to the year 1340/41 and mentions the katholikon as "Church of the Great Commander of Heavenly Hosts, Archangel Michael" (hramь velikago vojevode vy`snh silь arhistratiga mihaila). The grand duke (veliki vojvoda) Jovan Oliver with his wife Anna Mara and his son Kraiko, who were living during the reign of "King Stefan" (Stefan Uroš IV Dušan) are mentioned as the founders. According to the Slavic inscription, the following possessions belonged to the monastery at that time: the village near the monastery Lěsnovo, the hamlet Lukovo, the village Bakovo with the Church of Saint Nicholas (Sveti Nikola), the hamlet Globica, the village Dobrěevo, the Church of Holy Prophet Elisha (Sveti Elisei) in the village Drěvěno, the hamlet Peštno, the Church of the Saint Prokopios (Sveti Prokopie), the Katun of the Vlachs Stroi, the Church of Saint Nicholas (Sveti Nikola) of the priest Sïfie, twenty houses in the town of Štip and annually 100 perpers from the revenue of the market in Zletovo. The scribe Stanislavь copied a Menaion at the request of Jovan Oliver destined for the Monastery of the Saint Michael the Archangel in Lěsnovo in 1342 according to the colophon of the manuscript written in Slavic language (rukoju mnogogrěšnago Stanislava). The toponym Lěsnovo appears in this colophone (vь městě rekoměmь Лěsnově), although it is not clear whether this refers to the village or the monastery. Before the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan was able to found the bishopric of Zletovo with its seat in the Lěsnovo Monastery in 1346/47, he sought consensus with church and secular dignitaries. He reached the consensus with the Serbian Patriarch Joanikije II, the Archbishop Nikola of Ōhrid, the Metropolitan Jovan of Skopje and the founder of the monastery, the Serbian despot Jovan Oliver. In the founding charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV. Dušan for the Eparchy of Zletovo with its seat in the Monastery Lěsnovo from the year 1346/47 the erection of the monastery by the Serbian Espot Jovan Oliver is mentioned (sьzdati jemu hramь vь ime velikoslavnyhь i besplьtnyihь činonačelnikьь arhistratiga Mihaila i Gabrïila, vь straně že zletovьscěi rekomōje Lěsnovo...v městě Lěsnově; crьkvi Arhanggelu u Zletovoi; podь crьkvь svetago Arhistratiga lěsnovьskoga). This plot of land gave its name to both the monastery and the neighboring village of Lěsnovo. A Greek inscription on a fresco above the entrance door in the west of the katholikon (i.e. on the eastern wall of the narthex) from 1349 shows that the narthex was erected and painted before 1349 (probably 1347/48) (ὁ θεῖος καὶ πάνσεπτος ναὸς τοῦ ταξιάρχου Μιχαὴλ). A note in the Slavic manuscript Lesnovski parenesis relates that it was written in Zletovo at the place called Lěsnovo in the Monastery of the Holy Archangel Michael in 1353 (vь zemli zljatovsьskoi, vь městě rekoměmь Lěsnovo, vь ōbiteli svetago arhistratiga Mihaila), as Arsenije was the Bishop of Zletovo. The Eparchy of Zletovo was probably abolished around 1370. The Serbian local ruler Konstantin Dragaš donated on the 15th August 1381 the Monastery Lěsnovo with all its possessions to the Hilandar Monastery (crьkvь lěsnovьsku svetagō Arhaaggela; crьkvь Svetagō arhaggela lěsnovьskoga). In 1428, 1429 and 1434 a Slavic Apostolos, a Slavic Mēnaion and a Slavic Oktōēchos were written in Lěsnovo, about which corresponding marginal notes provide information.
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Lěsnovo (2)
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There is a brook called Štona in Lěsnovo (2). The name Štona indicates that there was a mining activity of the Saxons at Lěsnovo (2) in the Middle Ages. The scribe Stanislavь completed in 1330 a Slavic manuscript in the Monastery of Saint Michael the Archangel in the mountains of Lěsnovo, which was in the domain of Ovče Pole and the region of Zletovo (vь ōblasti ōvčepolьskoi vь horě zljętovstěi, v gorě lěsnovьstěi, v monastiri stgo arhistratiga Mihaila). The scribe Stanislavь finished his prologue of the manuscript in the time, when Dragoslavь ruled over the land of Zletovo as župan (ōbdrьžjaštu horoję Zlętovьskoję županu Dra’goslavu). The village Lěsnovo (2) is mentioned in the Slavic donor inscription of the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) from the year 1340/41 as a monastic property. The scribe Stanislavь copied a Menaion at the request of Jovan Oliver destined for the Monastery of the Saint Michael the Archangel in Lěsnovo in 1342 according to the colophon of the manuscript written in Slavic language (rukoju mnogogrěšnago Stanislava). The toponym Lěsnovo appears in this colophone (vь městě rekoměmь Лěsnově), although it is not clear whether this refers to the village or the monastery. Furthermore, the village Lesnovo (2) appears in the founding charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV. Dušan for the Eparchy of Zletovo with its seat in the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) from the year 1346/47 (selo blizь crьkve Лěsnovo). The Serbian local ruler Konstantin Dragaš donated on the 15th August 1381 the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) with all its possessions, including the village Lěsnovo (2) with its hamlet Lukovo (selo Lěsnovo I sь zaselkomь Lukovōmь), to the Hilandar Monastery.
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Morobisdos
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A praise poem by the Byzantine poet Manuel Philes (13th/14th century) for the Byzantine general Michael Dukas Glabas Tarchaneiotes relates, among other things, about the conquest of Morobisdos (Εὐτζάπολιν δὲ συλλαβὼν Μοροβίσδου, Σκόπιά τε Σθλάβιτζαν ἐξ εὐανδρίας, Καὶ τὸν Πίαντζον καὶ τὸ περὶ τὸν Στρόμον, Καὶ τὸν περὶ Στρούμμιτζαν ἄφθονον τόπον). The Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin donated in 1300 the village Avazgovo to the Monastery of Saint George–Gorg near Skopia (Skopje) with all its possessions (especially pastures - summer and winter pastures), which had already been given to the monastery by the Byzantine emperor Manuel I. Komnenos (Avazgovo pod Moroїzvizdomĭ eže prida kÿrь Manoilь carь, s vinogradi, s nivijem, sь sěnokosi, s pašišti, sь letovišti, sь zimovišti, i sь mlini, sь planinomь i sь vsěmi pravinami). The village Morobisdos is mentioned in the charter of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin for the Monastery Gračanica from year 1315 (or 1321?) (i po Morozvizdu). In the founding charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV. Dušan for the Eparchy of Zletovo with its seat in the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) from the year 1346/47 it is said that the Eparchy of Morobisdos had fallen in desolation for many years (Poiskavše ōbrětosmo vь ōblasti toi episkopiju Morozviždьsku ōtь mnogyhь lětьь zapustěvšu). For this reason it was subordinated to the new eparchy with the village of Morobisdos and its borders (sь selomь těmь Morozvizdomь i sь ōtьtesomь sela toga). The Serbian local ruler Konstantin Dragaš donated on the 15th August 1381 the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) with all its possessions, including the village Morobisdos and its hamlets Rokjevci and Grьdovci, to the Hilandar Monastery (selo Morōzvizdь i sь zaselci Rōkjevci i Grьdovci i sь vsěmi megjami i pravinami sela togo).
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Peštno
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The hamlet Peštno is mentioned in the Slavic donor inscription of the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) from the year 1340/41 as a monastic property (i zaselьk Peštno). The hamlet is also attested several times in the boundary description of the same inscription (ōd peštni pravo nizь dolь; podь peštno na dolь). Furthermore, the hamlet Peštno appears together with the village Drěvěno and the Church of Sveti Elisei near Drěvěno in the founding charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV. Dušan for the Eparchy of Zletovo with its seat in the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) from the year 1346/47 (Selo Drěvěno sь crьkviju svetago Eliseja i sь zaselkomь Peštnymь). The Serbian local ruler Konstantin Dragaš donated on the 15th August 1381 the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) with all its possessions, including the village Drěvěno and the hamlet Peštno (selo Drěvěno i sь zaselkomь Peštnōmь), to the Hilandar Monastery.
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Pijanьcь, Church of Sveti Nikola
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The Church Sveti Nikola in Pianitza with the village was granted in 1346/1347 to the Eparchy of Zletovo with its seat in the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) by the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (crьkvь svetago Nikole sь selomь; ōtь svetago Nikole). The Serbian local ruler Konstantin Dragaš donated on the 15th August 1381 the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) with all its possessions, including the Church of Sveti Nikola (I u Pijancu crьkvь Sveti Nikola sь selōmь i sь vinogradōmь i sь voděnicami i sь lugōmь), to the Hilandar Monastery.
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Pijanьcь, Church of the Bogorodica
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The Church Sveta Bogorodica with its village was granted in 1346/1347 to the Eparchy of Zletovo with its seat in the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) by the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (u Pijanci na Brěgalnici crьkvь Bogorodicu sь selomь). The Serbian local ruler Konstantin Dragaš donated on the 15th August 1381 the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) with all its possessions, including the Church Sveta Bogorodica, (I ōšte u Pijanci na Brěgalnici crьkvь Bogorodica sь selōmь i sь naměstijemь crьkve tei), to the Hilandar Monastery.
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Štip
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The town of Štip is mentioned in the foundation inscription of the monastery of Lesnovo by the Serbian Despot Jovan Oliver in the year 1341(u štipě). The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan donated several estates of Stefan Hralja Dragovol to the Monastery of Hilandar after 1343. Among them were 50 houses in Štip with all rights, bought property, vineyards, watermills and the marketplace (U gradu 50 kukьь...I trgь u Štipu/U gradu Štipu, u amboriju stasь paričkihь 50 sь všemi pravinami i kuplenicami, sь nivьjemь i vinogradi i vodenicami i těm’ge amboriju trьgь). The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed in 1348, that the Monastery Hilandar was in possession of the Church of the Holy Archangel and 50 place with people, rights, watermills and vineyards in Štip (U Štipu crьkovь Arhangelь i u gradu 50 stasi sь ljudmi i sь pravinami i sь voděnicami i sь vinogradi). Emperor Stefan Dušan donated the town of Štip to the Monastery of Lesnovo (ѹ градѹ Щипѹ). Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan gives the church of Saint John the Baptist (Sveti Ioan Krьstitelja) and several subjects, a Serb (Dragoslavь Srьblinь) an Albanian (Ginь Arbanasinь) and two Vlachs (Manoo Vlahь and Dragoslavь Vlahь) to the nobleman IVanko Probištitivoić. In the year 1381, the Serbian noblemen Konstantin Dragaš donated the town of Štip to the Monastery of Chilandar (И у граду Штипу).
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