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Armasan(a)
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The charter, which is mentioning the boundary mark of Armasan(a), is a forged document for the Monastery of Chilandar attributed to King Stefan Uroš II Milutin. It summarises the possessions of Chilandar and confirms earlier donations amongst others in the town of Štip and its surroundings. The document was created in the years 1371 to 1378 during a legal dispute with the Monastery of St. Panteleimon on Mount Athos based on the existing charter of King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan from the 1330s. The charter is attesting a state of possessions of the Church of St. Archangel Michael in Štip, which was built by the Serbian nobleman Stefan Hrelja Dragovol, as they existed in the 1330s. The charter also attests the resettlement of abandoned settlements with people from foreign lands by the Serbian nobleman Hrelja (A mega Armasana sь vsěmi ljudmi i naseleni sel těh, što si je naselilь ōt tugih zemlь).
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Banjane
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The Byzantine Co-Emperor Michael IX Palaiologos donated the village of Banjane to the Monastery of Saint Nikita (χωρίον προνοιαστικὸν καλούμενον Μπάνιανιν) in ca. 1299/1300. In a charter of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos - at the instigation of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin - in ca. 1299/1300 (or 1308?) for the Tower of Hrusija of the Monastery of Chilandar on the Holy Mount Athos the donation of the respective village is confirmed (I druga metohija i sela i zemlje iže su nareč(e)na imenemь sice: selo Banjane, pronija sь vsěmi pravinami jego). The Serbian King Stefan Uroš Milutin donated the Church (Monastery) of Saint Nikita near Banjane with villages, people and with Vlachs to the Tower of Hrusija of the Monastery of Hilandar on the Holy Mount Athos (Togo radi da kraljev᾿stvo mi monastyirju vь Skopьskoi ōblasti crьkovь Svetago Nikity u Banjahь s᾿sely s ljudmi i s Vlahy). The forged transcript A of the collective charter of Stefan Uroš II Milutin for the Monastery of Hilandar reports that the village of Banjane was granted to the Monastery of Saint Nikita near Skopje and afterwards to Tower of Hrusija in the vicinity of the Hilandar monastery by the Serbian King (I dahь selo Banjane i sь vsěmi měnami,... To vʼse utʼvrьdivь i zapisavь dahь Svetomu Nikitě, a Svetago Nikitu dahь mojemu pirʼgu sь vʼsěmь jego utʼvrьždenijemь). The village of Banjane is mentioned several times in the boundary description of the village Klьčevišta preserved in the chrysobull charter for the Monastery of the Holy Archangels in Prizren (A megja Klьčevištemь: do visa us poljanu, megju Pьsi Dolь i megju hlьmь tere pravo na kolovozь, i koi putь ide ōt Banjanь pravo mimo selo Slivovikь, kako izlazi kolnikь na kamenikь na brьdo, i ōt tudu pravo u planinu putemь obь druge strane do crkvišta pri Kalopetrově lozě, a gorě uz dělь u planinu; a ōt Skopija megja, po srědě Dobrogo Dola, u putь u prěky koi grede ōt Čahra, i do mramora putemь koi grede uz Golihovo pravo u Banjane, ōt toga puti pravo u visь, koi ide megju Banjane i megju Klьčesvišta).
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Brěstokь
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The charter, which is mentioning the settlement site Brěstokь, is a forged document for the Monastery of Chilandar attributed to King Stefan Uroš II Milutin. It summarises the possessions of Chilandar and confirms earlier donations amongst others in the town of Štip and its surroundings. The document was created in the years 1371 to 1378 during a legal dispute with the Monastery of St. Panteleimon on Mount Athos based on the existing charter of King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan from the 1330s. The charter is attesting a state of possessions of the Church of St. Archangel Michael in Štip, which was built by the Serbian nobleman Stefan Hrelja Dragovol, as they existed in the 1330s. The charter also attests the resettlement of abandoned settlements with people from foreign lands by the Serbian nobleman Hrelja (I selište Brěstokь prězь Luka). The Byzantine Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos in 1340/1341 confirmed the settlement site Brěstokь as a property of the Hilandar Monastery (πέραν τοῦ ἐκεῖσε ποραμοῦ, τερ ον ἀγρίδιον τὸ Μπροάστοτζιν). The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the village Brěstokь, a former land of Stefan Hrelja Dragovol, to the Monastery of Hilandar after May 1343 (drugi Brěstь prěz Lukavicu/I po ōne strane rěke selo Brěstovica).
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Brěstь
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The charter, which is mentioning Brěstĭ, is a forged document for the Monastery of Chilandar attributed to King Stefan Uroš II Milutin. It summarises the possessions of Chilandar and confirms earlier donations amongst others in the town of Štip and its surroundings. The document was created in the years 1371 to 1378 during a legal dispute with the Monastery of St. Panteleimon on Mount Athos based on the existing charter of King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan from the 1330s. The charter is attesting a state of possessions of the Church of St. Archangel Michael in Štip, which was built by the Serbian nobleman Stefan Hrelja Dragovol, as they existed in the 1330s (i prida kraljevĭstvo mi crĭkvĭ velikoslavnago arĭchïstratiga Michaila iže vĭ Štipu gradu, jegože protosevastĭ Chrelja otĭ osnovanija ljuboviju duše si sĭzdalĭ i ukrasilĭ krasotami crĭkvnymi). The charter also attests the resettlement of abandoned settlements with people from foreign lands by the Serbian nobleman Hrelja (I prida kraljevьstvo mi selišta zapoustěvьša ōt věka. Ime selištu: Brěstь). The Byzantine Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos in 1340/1341 confirmed the village Brěst as a property of the Hilandar Monastery (ἀλλὰ δὴ καὶ τὸ χωρίον τὸ Μπράστον, μετὰ τῆς νομῆς καὶ περιοχῆς αὐτοῦ καὶ ὧν ἔχει δικαίων).The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed again the donation of the village Brěst, a former land of Stefan Hrelja Dragovol, with all boundaries and rights to the Monastery of Hilandar after May 1343 (I u Lukavici: selo Brěstь/I selo Brěst sь vʼsěmi megjami i pravinami sela togo). The village of Brěst is registered in the Defters for the Sanjak Köstendil in 1519 and from 1570 to 1573.
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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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Drěnokь
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The charter, which is mentioning the settlement site Drěnokь, is a forged document for the Monastery of Chilandar attributed to King Stefan Uroš II Milutin. It summarises the possessions of Chilandar and confirms earlier donations amongst others in the town of Štip and its surroundings. The document was created in the years 1371 to 1378 during a legal dispute with the Monastery of St. Panteleimon on Mount Athos based on the existing charter of King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan from the 1330s. The charter is attesting a state of possessions of the Church of St. Archangel Michael in Štip, which was built by the Serbian nobleman Stefan Hrelja Dragovol, as they existed in the 1330s. The charter also attests the resettlement of abandoned settlements with people from foreign lands by the Serbian nobleman Hrelja (I prida kraljevьstvo mi selišta zapoustěvьša ōt věka. Ime selištu: Brěstь i Suhogrьlь i Lěskovica i Vitьče i Drěnokь).
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Frugopulovo selište
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The charter, which is mentioning the settlement site of Frugopul, is a forged document for the Monastery of Chilandar attributed to King Stefan Uroš II Milutin. It summarises the possessions of Chilandar and confirms earlier donations amongst others in the town of Štip and its surroundings. The document was created in the years 1371 to 1378 during a legal dispute with the Monastery of St. Panteleimon on Mount Athos based on the existing charter of King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan from the 1330s. The charter is attesting a state of possessions of the Church of St. Archangel Michael in Štip, which was built by the Serbian nobleman Stefan Hrelja Dragovol, as they existed in the 1330s. The charter also attests the resettlement of abandoned settlements with people from foreign lands by the Serbian nobleman Hrelja (I planina Ōgraždenь i pašište Črьvena polěna. Sinorь Vasilica, sinōrь Stlьbica i Drakšanь i Petrovo i Slivnica i Knjeginja na brězničsky putь i na Frugopolovo selište). The ford of Frugopul appears in the boundary description of the mountain Ōgraždeno i Draguljevo with surrounding area, a former land of Stefan Hrelja Dragovol, which was given to the Hilandar Monastery and confirmed by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan after May 1343 (I planina Ōgraždeno i Draguljevo i podьplaninje sь vseju ōblastiju. I megja imь: brodь Stavrakь, niz Veliju rěku, na Frugopulovь brodь/ I planina Ōgraždeno i Draguljevo i podьplaninje sь vseju ōblastiju. I megja imь: brodь Stavrakь, niz Veliju rěku, na Frugopulovь brodь). The ford seems to be in connection with the settlement site.
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Glusi
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In a charter of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos (reigned 1282-1328), at the instigation of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321), in ca. 1299/1300 (or 1308?) for the Tower of Hrusija (Pyrgos Basileiu) of the Monastery of Chilandar on the Holy Mount Athos the donation of the village of Glusi is mentioned (i drugo selo Glusi pod crьkvomь, sь mlini i sь pročimi pravinami jego. I voinikь koi je tu narekomi Geōrьgije Repana). The forged transcript A of the collective charter of Stefan Uroš II Milutin for the Monastery of Chilandar from the years 1303-1304 (or after 1331) reports that the village of Glusii together with Kalogjurgje Repana, the place Krastavʼcь and a katun of Vlachs was granted to the Monastery of Sveti Nikita near Skopje and afterwards to the Tower of Hrusija (Pyrgos Basileiu) in the vicinity of the Chilandar Monastery by the Serbian King (I dahь...i Glusii. A u Glusěhь Kalogjurʼgja Rěpanu i s městomь Krastavʼcь i katunь Vlahьь ... To vʼse utʼvrьdivь i zapisavь dahь Svetomu Nikitě, a Svetago Nikitu dahь mojemu pirʼgu sь vʼsěmь jego utʼvrьždenijemь). The charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) for the Monastery of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel near Prizren dated to 1347/48 refers to the village of Golihovo in the border delimitation of the village of Klьčevišta (A megja Klьčevištemь: do visa us poljanu, megju Pьsi Dolь i megju hlьmь tere pravo na kolovozь, i koi putь ide ōt Banjanь pravo mimo selo Slivovikь, kako izlazi kolnikь na kamenikь na brьdo, i ōt tudu pravo u planinu putemь obь druge strane do crьkvišta pri Kalopetrově lozě, a gorě uz dělь u planinu; a ōt Skopija megja, po srědě Dobroga Dola, u putь u prěky koi grede ōt Čahra, i do mramora putemь koi grede uz Golihovo pravo u Banjane, ōt toga puti pravo u visь, koi ide megju Banjane i megju Klьčevišta). Vassiliki Kravari identifies Glusi and Golihovo with today's village of Gluvo.
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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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Kalugerica
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The charter, which is mentioning the settlement site Kalugerica, is a forged document for the Monastery of Chilandar attributed to King Stefan Uroš II Milutin. It summarises the possessions of Chilandar and confirms earlier donations amongst others in the town of Štip and its surroundings. The document was created in the years 1371 to 1378 during a legal dispute with the Monastery of St. Panteleimon on Mount Athos based on the existing charter of King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan from the 1330s. The charter is attesting a state of possessions of the Church of St. Archangel Michael in Štip, which was built by the Serbian nobleman Stefan Hrelja Dragovol, as they existed in the 1330s. The charter also attests the resettlement of abandoned settlements with people from foreign lands by the Serbian nobleman Hrelja (I selište Brěstokь prězь Luka na Běsnu Voděnicu i Kalugerica i Police pašište sь vsěmi pravinami i megjami sel těhь). The Byzantine Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos in 1340/1341 confirmed the village Brěstokь as a property of the Hilandar Monastery. He states also the settlement site of Kalugerica in this context (πέραν τοῦ ἐκεῖσε ποταμοῦ, τερ ον ἀγρίδιον τὸ Μπροάστοτζιν, μέχρι τοῦ Ἀγρίου Νεροῦ καὶ τῆς Καλογραίας καὶ τοῦ Πολιτζοῦ). The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the village Kalugerica, a former land of Stefan Hrelja Dragovol, to the Monastery of Hilandar after May 1343 (selo Kalugerica/I po ōne strane rěke selo Brěstovica, do divije vode i do Kalugjerice i do Police). The village of Kalugerica is registered in the Defters for the Sanjak Köstendil in 1519 and from 1570 to 1573.
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Kobilija Glava
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The hamlet of Kobilija Glava 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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Kožle
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The forged transcript A of the collective charter of Stefan Uroš II Milutin for the Monastery of Chilandar reports that the Church of Saint Nikola in Kozle together with the village, hamlets and all rights was granted to the Monastery of Saint Nikita near Skopje and afterwards to the Tower of Hrusija in the vicinity of the Chilandar Monastery by the Serbian king (I dahь..i Svetago Nikolu u Kozʼli i sь selomь i sь zaselijami, i sь vʼsěmi pravinami. To vʼse utʼvrьdivь i zapisavь dahь Svetomu Nikitě, a Svetago Nikitu dahь mojemu pirʼgu sь vʼsěmь jego utʼvrьždenijemь). The village of Kozlje is registered in the Defter for the year 1452/1453 and 1467/1468.
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Kožle, Church of St. Nikola
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The forged transcript A of the collective charter of Stefan Uroš II Milutin for the Monastery of Chilandar reports that the Church of Saint Nikola in Kozle together with the village, hamlets and all rights was granted to the Monastery of Saint Nikita near Skopje and afterwards to the Tower of Hrusija in the vicinity of the Chilandar Monastery by the Serbian king (I dahь..i Svetago Nikolu u Kozʼli i sь selomь i sь zaselijami, i sь vʼsěmi pravinami. To vʼse utʼvrьdivь i zapisavь dahь Svetomu Nikitě, a Svetago Nikitu dahь mojemu pirʼgu sь vʼsěmь jego utʼvrьždenijemь). The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan together with his son and his wife donated the Church of Saint Nicholas on the river Pčinja under the fortress Kozlje, which was founded by his grandfather Uroš, for life to the metropolitan of Serres. They granted him all rights of the church together with the land, the people, the vineyards, watermills, bought estates, estates given for the sake of soul and hunting grounds. After the death of Jakob, the metropolitan of Serres, the rights should devolve on the Monastery of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel near Prizren. (Izьobrěte carьstvo ni hramь velikago arhïjereja Hrïstova i čjudotvor᾿ca Nikoli, vь městě naricajeměmь na P᾿šini podь Kozljemь, jegože sьzda praroditelь carьstva mi svety kralь Urōšь, i nastoještïimi vrěmen᾿mi porušenь, i vlasteli nasiljajemь, ili istěje rešti poměrop᾿šenь...prijem᾿ši vo rucě svoi blagověrna i hristoljubivaa carьstva mi carica kira Jeleni, jako biti jei vьtoromu htitoru sego božьstvьnago hrama svetago Nikoly…i dastь svojeju rukoju si božьstvnyi hramь svetago Nikoly mol᾿bniku carstva ni prěōsvešten᾿nomu mitropolitu sěr᾿skomu kirь Jakovu, da si jo ima i napravlja sь nikymь neōtjemljemu do svojego živōta vь poměnь carьstva ni; i paky po smr᾿ti mitropolita sěr᾿skoga kirь Iakōba, si svety i božьstvnyi hramь svetago Nikoly da si ima monastyrь carьstva mi svetago arhistratiga Mihaila I Gabrïila u Prizrěně, sь vsěmi pravinami iže jestь zapisalo carьstvo mi vь hrisovulě Svetago Nikoly i vь hrisovulě arhistratiga Mihaila I Gabrïila, sь zemlomь i sь ljud᾿mi, i s vinogradi, i s voděnicami, i s kupljenicami, i sь zadušьninami, i sь lovišti, prosto rek᾿še sь vsěmi pravinami…A se megje zemli crьkovnoi Svetago Nikoly: ōtь broda pšin᾿skoga podь gradomь prěko brьda podь gradь na Grьličinь Kami, i ōtь Grьličina Kamena vse nizь P᾿šinju do Ratilьca, i ōtь Ratilьca prěko u Veliku, i paky ōtь togažde broda p᾿šin᾿skoga putemь na brьdo prěma gradu, i těmьzi voznikomь, kako grede kol᾿nikь na Blat᾿ce u Veilju Lok᾿vu, i ōtь lokve u velii dubь, i ōtь velijega duba pravo nizь dolь nizь Ōsikov᾿cь u Veliku).
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Kunarjane
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The village Kunarjane near Ključ is mentioned in the charter (the so-called „zbirna hrisovulja) of the Serbian Kings Stefan Uroš II Milutin and Stefan Uroš IV Dušan from the years 1303/1304 and 1336/1340-1342/1345 for the Monastery of Hilandar. In the charter the donation by Hrelja of the village with dependant peasants, their pieces of land and all rights was confirmed to the Monastery of Hilandar (I selo u Ključi Kunarjane sь pariki i sь stasmi ihь i sь vьsěmi pravinami sela togo). The Byzantine Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos in 1340/1341 confirmed the village Kunarjane as a property of the Hilandar Monastery (καὶ εἰς τὸ Κλαδίον τὴν Κουνάριανιν). The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the village Kunarjane, a former land of Stefan Hrelja Dragovol, to the Monastery of Hilandar after May 1343. The boundary description of the village Kunarjane is preserved in both variants of the charter (I u Ključi Kunarani i sinoromь: kako teče is planine potokь megju Ključь i Kunarane, tere potokomь u Veliju rěku a po ōnoi strane rěke na Ōzrinь, na mogilice, na lokʼvu, na sadove, na kopišta, na Črьveni brěg, na veli dubь, pravo u rěku. I trьgь Svetago Ilije. I planina Belasica, a megja jei kako grede putь ōtь Ključa u planinu, pravo putemь na vьrhь, na Mutʼnicu, na Debrěvnikь, na Ivanovo selište i na Šugovo, na Sulu, na Prěseku/ I u Ključi Kunarani i sinoromь: kako teče is planine potokь megju Ključь i Kunarane, tere potokomь u Veliju rěku a po ōnoi strane rěke na Ōzrinь, na mogilice, na lokʼvu, na sadove, na kopišta, na Črьveni brěg, na veli dubь, pravo u rěku. I trьgь Svetago Ilije. I planina Belasica, a megja jei kako grede putь ōtь Ključa u planinu, pravo putemь na vьrhь, na Mutʼnicu, na Debrěvnikь, na Ivanovo selište i na Šugovo, na Sulu, na Prěseku). The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the village Kunarjane to the Monastery of Hilandar (I niže Strumice selo Kunarani).
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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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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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Lopušani
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The Byzantine Co-Emperor Michael IX Palaiologos donated in ca. 1299/1300 the village of Lopušani to the Monastery of Saint Nikita (χωρίον καλούμενον τὴν Λούψιανιν μετὰ πάντων τῶν δικαίων αὐτοῦ). The localisation is uncertain and follows the suggestion of Kravari 136, s.v. Lopušani. In a charter of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos - at the instigation of the Serbian king Stefan Uroš II Milutin - in ca. 1299/1300 (or 1308?) for the tower of Hrusija of the Monastery of Chilandar on the Holy Mount Athos the donation of the respective village is confirmed (iže nareč(e)noje selo Lopušani s pravinami jego). The forged transcript A of the collective charter of Stefan Uroš II Milutin for the Monastery of Chilandar reports that the village of Lopušani was granted to the Monastery of Saint Nikita near Skopje and afterwards to Tower of Hrusija in the vicinity of the Chilandar Monastery by the Serbian King (I dahь..i Lopušane,... To vʼse utʼvrьdivь i zapisavь dahь Svetomu Nikitě, a Svetago Nikitu dahь mojemu pirʼgu sь vʼsěmь jego utʼvrьždenijemь).
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Lěskovica
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The charter, which is mentioning the settlement site Lěskovica, is a forged document for the Monastery of Chilandar attributed to King Stefan Uroš II Milutin. It summarises the possessions of Chilandar and confirms earlier donations amongst others in the town of Štip and its surroundings. The document was created in the years 1371 to 1378 during a legal dispute with the Monastery of St. Panteleimon on Mount Athos based on the existing charter of King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan from the 1330s. The charter is attesting a state of possessions of the Church of St. Archangel Michael in Štip, which was built by the Serbian nobleman Stefan Hrelja Dragovol, as they existed in the 1330s. The charter also attests the resettlement of abandoned settlements with people from foreign lands by the Serbian nobleman Hrelja (I prida kraljevьstvo mi selišta zapoustěvьša ōt věka. Ime selištu: Brěstь i Suhogrьlь i Lěskovica). The Byzantine Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos in 1340/1341 confirmed the village Lěskovica as a property of the Hilandar Monastery (τὸ χωρίον τὸ Λεασκόβιτζον μετὰ τῆς νομῆς καὶ περιοχῆς αὐτοῦ καὶ τῶν δικαίων).The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed again the donation of the village Lěskovica, a former land of Stefan Hrelja Dragovol, to the Monastery of Hilandar after May 1343 (I u Lukavici: selo Brěstь, selo Suhogrьlo, selo Lěskovica/Selo Lěskovica). The village of Lěskovica is registered in the Defters for the Sanjak Köstendil in 1519 and from 1570 to 1573.
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Polica
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The charter, which is mentioning the meadow Polica, is a forged document for the Monastery of Chilandar attributed to King Stefan Uroš II Milutin. It summarises the possessions of Chilandar and confirms earlier donations amongst others in the town of Štip and its surroundings. The document was created in the years 1371 to 1378 during a legal dispute with the Monastery of St. Panteleimon on Mount Athos based on the existing charter of King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan from the 1330s. The charter is attesting a state of possessions of the Church of St. Archangel Michael in Štip, which was built by the Serbian nobleman Stefan Hrelja Dragovol, as they existed in the 1330s. The charter also attests the resettlement of abandoned settlements with people from foreign lands by the Serbian nobleman Hrelja (I selište Brěstokь prězь Lukavicu na Běsnu Voděnicu i Kalugerica i Police pašište sь vsěmi pravinami i megjami sel těhь). The meadow Polica is also mentioned in the charter of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos from 1340/1341 for the Hilandar Monastery (πέραν τοῦ ἐκεῖσε ποταμοῦ, τερ ο ν ἀγρίδιον τὸ Μπροάστοτζιν, μέχρι τοῦ Ἀγρίου Νεροῦ καὶ τῆς Καλογραίας καὶ τοῦ Πολιτζοῦ). The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the village Brěstok, a former land of Stefan Hrelja Dragovol, to the Monastery of Hilandar after May 1343 In the second variant of his charter the meadow Polica is attested in the boundary description of the village Brěstok (I po ōne strane rěke selo Brěstovica, do divije vode i do Kalugjerice i do Police).
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Prěbužda
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In ca. 1299/1300 the Byzantine Co-Emperor Michael IX Palaiologos (reigned 1295-1320) donated the village (?, uncertain because of the Byzantine term "topos") of Prěbužda to the Monastery of Sveti Nikita (τόπον καλούμενον τὴν Μπρεμποῦσδαν). In a charter of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos (reigned 1282-1328), at the instigation of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321), in ca. 1299/1300 (or 1308?) for the Tower of Hrusija (Pyrgos Basileiu) of the Monastery of Chilandar on the Holy Mount Athos the donation of the respective village (?, uncertain because of the Serbian term "zemlja") is confirmed (I zemlja narekomaja Prěbužda). The forged transcript A of the collective charter of Stefan Uroš II Milutin for the Monastery of Chilandar from the years 1303-1304 (or after 1331) reports that the village of Prěbužda was granted to the Monastery of Sveti Nikita near Skopje and afterwards to the Tower of Hrusija (Pyrgos Basileiu) in the vicinity of the Chilandar Monastery by the Serbian King (i selo Prěbuždu, ... To vʼse utʼvrьdivь i zapisavь dahь Svetomu Nikitě, a Svetago Nikitu dahь mojemu pirʼgu sь vʼsěmь jego utʼvrьždenijemь). According to Vassiliki Kravari the village of Prěbužda was located to the South of the village of Banjane.
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Skopje, Upper Town, Monastery of Saint Nicetas
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The Byzantine Co-Emperor Michael IX Palaiologos mentioned the Monastery of Saint Nikita near Skopje in the years 1299/1300 (πλησίον [τῶν Σκοπίων] εὑρίσ[κετ]αι μοναστή[ριον εἰς ὄνο]μα τιμώμενον τοῦ Ἁγίου μεγαλομάρτ[υ]ρος Νικήτα). In 1299/1300 or 1308 a Serbian version of a charter by Andronikos II Palaiologos - at the instigation of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin - confirmed the donations made by Michael IX (ō priloženi ježe vь Skopi cr(ь)kva S(ve)t(a)go m(u)č(e)nika Nikiti vь metohiju).
It could well be that the scribe of the aforesaid Slavonic charter localised the Monastery of Saint Nikita wrongly in the vicinity of the Upper Town of Skopje, while it is to be found to the NW outside of the town, which is indicated by the Byzantine charter. The forged Transcript A of the Collective Charter of Stefan Uroš II Milutin for the Chilandar monastery reports that the deserted Monastery of Saint Nikita was found and re-erected by the Serbian king (I ōbrěte kraljevьstvo mi manastyrь zapustělь vь Skopʼskoi straně Svetago Nikitu ōtьčьstva mojego i napravihь jego). He donated it afterwards to to Tower of Hrusija near the Chilandar monastery (a Svetago Nikitu dahь mojemu pirʼgu sь vʼsěmь jego utʼvrьždenijemь).
The Church has an elongated cross-in-square plan, with a dome and interior which is divided into nine bays. The four bays that form a cross are barrel-vaulted. The calotte of the dome (made of brick) rests upon a high octagonal drum. The specific design of the sanctuary, which consists of the eastern arm of the cross, a short narrow bay and a semicircular apse, was imitated in Serbian fourteenth-century architecture, especially in Churches founded by noblemen.
The façades were built in alternating layers of bricks and ashlars. Also, the façade walls of the church are decorated with blind arches that rest on lesenes.
As supposed by researchers the Church was built by Byzantine master builders (influence came from the nearby Thessaloniki like the Church of Saint Panteleimon, the small Church of the Holy Saviour and the Church of the Panagia Elassona Olympiotissa in Elassona).
The building was fresco decorated in the 14th century (after 1321) by Michael Astrapas, the famous Thessalonian painter of the Palaiologan era, and his associates .
The Church had a parakklesion once situated in the Eastern section of the South wall and was dedicated to St. John the Baptist, and was fresco painted in the 16th century. It was a single nave edifice with the width greater than the length and it was demolished in 1928.
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Srьbšori
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The Serbian Kings Stefan Uroš II Milutin and Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed in the so-called „zbirna hrisovulja” from the years 1303/1304 and 1336/1340-1342/1345 the donation of the Church of Sveti Georgij with vineyards and fields in the settlement site Srьbšori to the Monastery of Hilandary. The church was founded by Berislav and the charter describes also the boundary limitation of the metochion (I crĭkovĭ Svetago Georgïa što jestĭ zidal Berislavĭ na selišti Srĭbšori sĭ vinogradomĭ i sĭ nivijemĭ i sĭ vseju oblasti crĭkve te: sinorĭ ot Pupavnicu po dělu na Lokvu, i na Gornicu, ta na drumĭ, i na Zubovo Krušije, niz rěku do Trapa srĭbskago da jestĭ metohĭ Svete Bogorodice hilandarskyje). The Byzantine Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos in 1340/1341 confirmed the village Šepšorovo with all boundaries and rights as a property of the Hilandar Monastery (καὶ τὸ χωρίον τοῦ Σρεψόβου μεθ’ ἧς ἔχει περιοχῆς καὶ νομῆς). The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the settlement site Šepšorovo, a former land of Stefan Hrelja Dragovol, to the Monastery of Hilandar after May 1343. The name of the settlement site is preserved only in the second variant of the charter (I selište Šepʼšorovo sь vsěmi megjami i opravʼdanʼmi sela togo).
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Suhogrьlь
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The charter, which is mentioning the settlement site Suhogrьlь, is a forged document for the Monastery of Chilandar attributed to King Stefan Uroš II Milutin. It summarises the possessions of Chilandar and confirms earlier donations amongst others in the town of Štip and its surroundings. The document was created in the years 1371 to 1378 during a legal dispute with the Monastery of St. Panteleimon on Mount Athos based on the existing charter of King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan from the 1330s. The charter is attesting a state of possessions of the Church of St. Archangel Michael in Štip, which was built by the Serbian nobleman Stefan Hrelja Dragovol, as they existed in the 1330s. The charter also attests the resettlement of abandoned settlements with people from foreign lands by the Serbian nobleman Hrelja (I prida kraljevьstvo mi selišta zapoustěvьša ōt věka. Ime selištu: Brěstь i Suhogrьlь). The Byzantine Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos in 1340/1341 confirmed the village Suhogrьlь as a property of the Hilandar Monastery (τὸ χωρίον ..χο.ί... μετὰ τῆς νομῆς καὶ περιοχῆς αὐτοῦ).The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed again the donation of the village Brěst, a former land of Stefan Hrelja Dragovol, with all boundaries and rights to the Monastery of Hilandar after May 1343 (I u Lukavici: selo Brěstь, selo Suhogrьlo/Selo Suhogrьlo sь vsěmi megjami i pravinami). The village of Suhogrьlь is registered in the Defters for the Sanjak Köstendil in 1519 and from 1570 to 1573.
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Vitьče
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The charter, which is mentioning the settlement site Vitьče, is a forged document for the Monastery of Chilandar attributed to King Stefan Uroš II Milutin. It summarises the possessions of Chilandar and confirms earlier donations amongst others in the town of Štip and its surroundings. The document was created in the years 1371 to 1378 during a legal dispute with the Monastery of St. Panteleimon on Mount Athos based on the existing charter of King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan from the 1330s. The charter is attesting a state of possessions of the Church of St. Archangel Michael in Štip, which was built by the Serbian nobleman Stefan Hrelja Dragovol, as they existed in the 1330s. The charter also attests the resettlement of abandoned settlements with people from foreign lands by the Serbian nobleman Hrelja (I prida kraljevьstvo mi selišta zapoustěvьša ōt věka. Ime selištu: Brěstь i Suhogrьlь i Lěskovica i Vitьče). The Byzantine Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos in 1340/1341 confirmed the village Vitьče with hamlet as a property of the Hilandar Monastery (τὸ χωρίον τὸ Βίτζιν μετὰ τοῦ σὺν αὐτῷ ἀγριδίου, καὶ τῆς νομῆς καὶ περιοχῆς αὐτῶν).The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed again the donation of the village Vitьče, a former land of Stefan Hrelja Dragovol, with hamlet and all boundaries to the Monastery of Hilandar after May 1343 (I u Lukavici: selo Brěstь, selo Suhogrьlo, selo Lěskovica, selo Vidče/Selo Vidče i sь zaselkomь sь vsěmi megjami I pravinami). Unknown localisation.
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Vlьči Lugь
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The settlement site Vlьči Lugь in the plain of Strumica is mentioned in the charter (the so-called „zbirna hrisovulja) of the Serbian Kings Stefan Uroš II Milutin and Stefan Uroš IV Dušan from the years 1303/1304 and 1336/1340-1342/1345 for the Monastery of Hilandar. In the charter the donation by Hrelja of the settlement site with all respective area and rights was confirmed to the Monastery of Hilandar (I selište Vlьči Lugь u Strumičskomь poli sь vseju ōblastiju i pravinami).
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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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