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Lesnovo 3

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ID 18499
System Class Source
Case Study Byzantino-Serbian Border Zones in Transition (1282–1355) , Historical Region of Macedonia TIB 16
Provenance Serbian
Source Charter

Description

On 15 August 1381 the Serbian nobleman Konstantin Dragaš issued a charter donating the Monastery of Lesnovo to the Monastery of Hilandar on Mount Athos.

literature

Vujošević 2014 — 456-459

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Places (25)
Name Class Begin End Description
Bakovo Place 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.
Bakovo, Church of Sveti Nikola Place 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.
Blizьnьsko Place The Serbian local ruler Konstantin Dragaš donated on the 15th August 1381 the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) with all its possessions, including the village Blizьnьsko, to the Hilandar Monastery (selo Blizьnьsko).
Bunašь Place The village Bunašь is mentioned in the boundary description of the hamlet Globica, which is attested in the Slavic donor inscription of the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) from the year 1340/41 as a monastic property (ta do bunašь; kь bunašu). The village Bunašь also 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, i ōsugje Bunaša). The Serbian local ruler Konstantin Dragaš donated on the 15th August 1381 the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) with all its possessions, including the settlement site Bunašь (selište Bunašь i konь njega selište Gabrovo), to the Hilandar Monastery.
Church of Sveti Prokopie Place 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.
Church of the Bogorodica Place 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).
Dobrěevo Place 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.
Drěnovь Dolь Place Drěnovь dolь appears in connection with the Church of Sveti Prokopie (the Saint Prokopios) 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 (I u Drěnově dolě crьkvь svetago Prokopija). Drěnovь dolь is also attested in the boundary description of the village Globica in the same charter (i prězь brьdo kь Drěnovu dolu) 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.
Drěvěno Place 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.
Gabrovo (2) Place 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.
Globica (2) Place 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.
Grebenь Place The Serbian local ruler Konstantin Dragaš donated on the 15th August 1381 the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) with all its possessions, including the village Grebenь, to the Hilandar Monastery (selo Grebenь).
Grьdovci Place 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).
Kalopetrovci Place The Serbian local ruler Konstantin Dragaš donated on the 15th August 1381 the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) with all its possessions, including the settlement site Kalopetrovci, to the Hilandar Monastery (selo Kalopetrovci).
Lukovo (1) Place 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.
Lěsnovo (1), Monastery of Saint Archangel Michael Place 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.
Lěsnovo (2) Place 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.
Morobisdos Place 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).
Mužkovo Place The Serbian local ruler Konstantin Dragaš donated on the 15th August 1381 the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) with all its possessions, including the settlement site Mužkovo, to the Hilandar Monastery (selište Mužkovo).
Peštno Place 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.
Pijanьcь, Church of Sveti Nikola Place 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.
Pijanьcь, Church of the Bogorodica Place 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.
Rokjevci Place 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).
Stroi Place The katun of the Vlachs Stroi is mentioned in the Slavic donor inscription of the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) from the year 1340/41 as a monastic property (katunь vlaha na stroi). Furthermore, the katun Stroi 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 (I katunь vlahь nastroi). The Serbian local ruler Konstantin Dragaš donated on the 15th August 1381 the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) with all its possessions, including the settlement site Stroi, in which the Vlachs used to be settled (selište Nastroi gde su Vlasi sěděli), to the Hilandar Monastery.
Štip Place 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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Dmitrь (3) Person Probably identical with the duke Dmitrь. He is attested for the first time as milostnikь (guarantee of the legal procedure) in the charter of the Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš for the Hilandar Monastery concerning the Monastery of Saint Archangel Michael in Lesnovo from 15th August 1381. He is also mentioned in the charter of the Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš for the Hilandar Monastery from the year 1388 and the confirmation charter of the Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš for the Church of Ascension in the Štip from 26th March 1388, which has been preserved in the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on the Holy Mount Athos. The expression „istini i vьsesrьdьčni surodnikь i brat gospodstva mi vojevoda Dmitrь“ used in both charters was perceived by Matanov as a description of blood relationship between Konstantin Dragaš and Dmitrь. Matanov assumes that Dmitrь was the son of Dejan (Dragaš) and Konstantin was his brother. Dmirь got three villages (Kozjak, Rurak and Krivi Dol) as his inherited property from the Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš for his loyal service (I sela iže jestь iznašьlь brat gospodstva mi vojevoda Dmitrь, iže mu jestь darovalo gospodstvo mi za jegovo pravověrno porabotanie). Dmitrь bought before 1388 an estate in the town of Štip and erected the Church of Ascension on this place (I město ježe jestь iznašьlь bratь gospodstva mi Dmitrь vojevoda i kupilь u Štipu gradu sь v’sěmi pravinami města togo, ideže i sьzidalь otь osnovania crьkvь Vьznesenia Gospoda Boga i spasa naša Iisusa Hrista). Dmitrь endowed the Church of Ascension in Štip with the three villages and other properties and asked the Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš to legalise his donation. The Serbian Despot confirmed his endowment in front of witnesses. Probably in the same year Dmitrь petitioned the Serbian Despot again. He donated the Church of Ascencion in Štip with the possessions and rights to the Hilandar Monastery. Konstantin Dragaš allowed and confirmed the transaction of Dmitrь in a separate charter). Mentioned in the supplicant inscription on the facade above the southern door of the Church of the Presentation of the Virgin in Kučevište. The inscription can be dated between 1331 and 1334. His parents were Dejanь and Vladislava. His brother was Iō(v)anь. He appears in the supplicant inscription on the facade above the southern door of the church of the Presentation of the Virgin in Kučevište (Primi gdi moleniie rabe svoie Vladislave i čěda eie Iōvana i Dmitra bg da ihь pomene v carstva svoemь).
Kraikos Person Mentioned in the sources from 1340/1341 to 1381. He was the son of Ioannes Liberos (᾿Ιωάννης Λίβερος, Jovan Oliver) and Maria Liberissa (Μαρία Λιβέρισσα, Ana Marija,). His uncle was Mpogdanos (Μπογδάνος, Bogdan). He was the brother of Damianos (Δαμιανός, Damjan), Vidoslavь, Dabiživь, Rusinь, Oliverь and Danica. According to the stone inscription above the Western Entrance of the Katholikon in the Monastery of Saint Archangel Michael and Holy Father Gabriel in Lěsnovo from 1340/1341, his father Ioannes Liberos, his mother Maria Liberissa and he sponsored the reconstruction and the painted decoration of the monastery. Ioannes Liberos, Maria Liberissa and Kraikos (Κράϊκος, Krajko) endowed the Monastery of Saint Archangel Michael and Holy Father Gabriel in Lěsnovo with lands in the surrounding area (sьzda se světlyi i čьs(t)nъï.hramь.velikago vojevode vьïšnih silь. Arhistratiga Mihaila. Sьzda se i sьvrьši se. Vь dni Stefan(a) kral(a). Sь trudomь. Ï podanijemь raba B(ož)ija Ïōan(a) veikago voevode Ōlivera. I podružija ego rabu B(o)žiju Annu. Maru i vьzljublennago emu s(y)na Kraika. V(ь) lět(o). ƺ.ō.m.ḟ. se že sela i metohïe. Selo konь crkve Lěsnovo. Sь zaselkomъ Lukovu i u Bakově crkvь S(ve)t(o)ga Nikole sь selomь. Ï na rěcě zaselьkь Globica i selo Dobrьevo i u Drěvěnoi. S(ve)tьï Elisei i zaslьk Peštno i S(ve)ty Prokopije. I katunь Vlah(a) na Stroi i u Štipě S(ve)ty Nikola pop Sïfievь. i. k. kukei). Ioannes Liberos together with his wife and his sons Kraikos (Κράϊκος, Krajko) and Damianos (Δαμιανός, Damjan) were the patrons of the parecclesion of the Saint John the Baptist in the Church of Saint Sophia in Ōhrid. The chapel was erected between the years 1347–1350. Ioannes Liberos together with his wife and their son Damianos (Δαμιανός, Damjan) are depicted within the ktitorial composition on the western wall of the chapel. The portrait of Kraikos (Κράϊκος, Krajko) is situated on the northern wall of the chapel. Ioannes Liberos, Maria Liberissa, Kraikos (Κράϊκος, Krajko) and Damianos (Δαμιανός, Damjan) sponsored a new narthex as a addition to the Monastery of Saint Archangel Michael and Holy Father Gabriel in Lěsnovo. The painted ktitorial composition with Ioannes Liberos, Maria Liberissa (Μαρία Λιβέρισσα, Ana Marija), Kraikos (Κράϊκος, Krajko) and Damianos (Δαμιανός, Damjan) is on the northern wall of the narthex. The fresco inscription above the entrance from the narthex to the naos gives details about the donors and the date 1349, when the narthex was decorated (Ἀνηγέρθη ἐκ βάθρων, καὶ ἀνηστορίθη ὁ θεῖος καὶ πάνσεπτος ναὸς τοῦ ταξιαρχου Μιχ δι’ ἐξόδου τοῦ πανευτυχεστάτου δεσπότου Ιωάννου τοῦ Λύβερί. καὶ τῆς πανευτυχεστάτης βασιλείσης Μαρίας τῆς Λυβερίσης καὶ τῶν τέκνων αὐτῶν, Κραίκου καὶ Δαμιανοῦ. ἐπὶ τῆς βασιλεί Στεφάνου καὶ Ἐλένης, καὶ τοῦ ύιοῦ αὐτῶν κράλη τοῦ Οὐροσι μηνὶ αὐγύστῳ ѕʹ ἔτους ϛωνζ ἰνδ β). According to the charter of the Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš for the Hilandar Monastery from 15th August 1381 Maria Liberissa expressed short before her death the will that the Monastery of Saint Archangel Michael and Holy Father Gabriel in Lěsnovo should devolve after her death on the Hilandar Monastery. Her sons Kraikos (Κράϊκος, Krajko) and Rusinь confirmed that their mother wanted to donate the Monastery of Saint Archangel Michael and Holy Father Gabriel in Lěsnovo to the Hilandar Monastery (I kako je i despotica Ōlivera despota na sьmrьti rekla i sь synōma svoima Kraikōmь i Rusinomь da je paki tai crьkvь Hilandaru).
Events (1)
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Donation of the Monastery of Archangel Michael in Lesnovo with its Posessions to the Monastery of Chilandar Acquisition The serbian nobleman Konstantin Dragaš donated the Monastery of Archangel Michael in Lesnovo with its Posessions to the Monastery of Chilandar.
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Lesnovo 3 cyrillic Source translation + По неизрѣченному милосьрдию и чловѣколюбию владыки моѥго Ісуса Христа и по изволению и милостивному ѥгѡ призрѣнию ѥже на господствѣ |2| ми, ιакоже и на прочихь прѣжде бившιихь светиихь и православнιихь гѡсподьь, такожде и на господствѣ ми благодѣть Прѣсветагѡ своѥго Духа |3| показа, ιакоже излиιа на светиѥ своѥ ученики и апостоли, рекь имь: „Идѣте вь всу вьселенную и проповѣдите славу моѥгѡ Божьства“. |4| Тѣмже и азь, рабь Христу Богу и вь Христа благовѣрни господинь Костадинь, вьсегда имѣѥ раждежениѥ и любовь срьдьчну кь светиимь и божьствь|5|нимь црьквамь и поревновахь прѣжде нась бившихь светихь господь и царьь. И вь то врѣме прιиде кь мнѣ прѣѡсвештенни митро|6|полить, игумень чьстниѥ и царскиѥ ѡбитѣли хиландарьскиѥ кѵрь Сава и сь чьстними иноки и успоменуше ми за црьквь |7| лѣсновьску Светагѡ архааггела, како ѥ и ѡд прѣжде била хиландарьска и паки врѣменѡмь како ѥ ѡдьступила. И како ѥ и деспотица |8| Ѡливера деспота на сьмрьти рекла и сь сынѡма своима Краикѡмь и Русиномь да ѥ паки таи црьквь Хиландару. Тѣмже и азь, |9| вь Христа Бога благѡвѣрни господинь Костадинь, ιакоже ѡбрѣтохь ѥре бѣше и прѣжде даль Ѡливерь деспоть црьквь вишеписа|10|нну Хиландару и се хрисовули господина ми светагѡ цара Стефана и ιа благѡвѣрни господинь Костадинь сьвѣштав се сь сьвѣтомь и з`го|11|воромь госпождею и материю ми царицею кѵра Євдокиѥю и благоизволи господство ми и принесохь вь дарь тебѣ сиѥ моѥ |12| приношениѥ Прѣчистои владычици и госпожди Матери Божиѥи чюдотворици хиландарьскои црьквь Светагѡ архаггела лѣсновьскога |13| сь сели и сь заселци и сь планинами и сь мегιами и сь всѣми правинами црькве теи, ιакоже пишеть и вь хрисовуле |14| господина ми светаго цара Стефана. А се имена селѡмь: прьвоѥ село Лѣсновѡ и сь заселкомь Луковѡмь; село Баково и сь црьковию |15| Светаго Николи и сь заселкѡмь Глобицѡмь; село Добрѣѥво и сь всѣми правинами села того; село Дрѣвѣно и сь заселкомь |16| Пештнѡмь; село Близьньско; село Гребень; селиште Бунашь и конь нѥга селиште Габрово и селиште Муж`ковѡ |17| и селиште Настрои, где су Власи сѣдѣли; и у Дрѣнове Долѣ црьквь Светаго Прокопиιа сь намѣстиѥмь и сь всою баштиною црькве те; |18| село Морѡзвиздь и сь заселци Рѡкѥв`ци и Грьдовци и сь всѣми мегιами и правинами села того. И ѡд трьга злѣтовь|19|скога да узима Архаггель лѣсновьски на всако гѡдиште .Рି. перьперь, ιакоже пишеть у хрисовули царскомь. И у Пиιанцу |20| црьквь Свети Никола сь селѡмь и сь виноградѡмь и сь водѣницами и сь лугѡмь. И ѡште у Пиιанци на Брѣгалници |21| црьквь Богородица сь селѡмь и сь намѣстиѥмь црькве теи. Село Калопетровци сь мегιами и сь правинами села тогѡ. |22| И у граду Штипу црьквь Светаго Николи и попь Сифиѥва сь всѡмь баштиномь и сь землѡмь и сь нивиѥмь и сь вино|23|гради и сь всѣмь ѡдтесѡмь црькве теи. И што ѥ водѣница Краимирова и у граду .Кି. кукь сь баштинами и сь чь|24|бри и сь поданци царскими. И сиιа вса ιаже приложи и дарова гѡсподство ми Прѣчистои Матери Божиѥи хиландарьскои, |25| приложихь всесрьдьчно, а не лицемѣрьствѡмь нѣкимь, и уписахь сь всакимь утврьждениѥмь нераздрушимо бити, ни раза|26|раѥму ѡд нѣкихь лукавихь наваждениѥмь диаволимь, ιаже писанна бише вь хрисовули семь села, намѣстиа, баштине |27| и ѡттеси и млини, планине и пашишта и зимовишта и доходькь трьжни. И сиιа вса вишеуписан`на ѡсвободи господс|28|тво ми ѡд всѣхь работь и поданькь великихь и малихь, ѡд приселице, ѡд наметькь, ѡд града и провода и ѡд глобе и ѡд тра|29|внине и ѡд поноса господьскога и ѡд сокιа и десетка житнога и виннога и всакогѡ десетка живагѡ и воиске и ѡраниιа |30| и копаниιа, просто рекше ѡд всѣхь работь велихь и малихь. И да не ѡблада ними ни кефалиιа, ни кнезь, ни севасть, никто |31| ѡд владуштихь гѡсподства ми, тькмо црьквь хиландарьска. И молю ѥгоже Богь изволи по мнѣ гѡсподьствовати, сиѥ мною |32| записанноѥ непотворенну бити, нь паче потврьжденну бити. Кто ли се наге такови ухиштрениѥмь диавольскимь, |33| или по нагѡвору злихь чловѣкь и инако прѣложи, или что ѡдниме ѡд вишеписаннихь ιаже зде уписаше се, таковаго да разорить |34| Господь Богь и прѣчиста Мати Божиιа хиландарьска и вь мѣсто помошти и заступлениιа да му ѥсть супьрникь архаггель Михаиль |35| и да га порази сила чьстнаагѡ и животворештагѡ крьста Христова и да ѥсть проклеть ѡт .ТИିІ. светихь ѡтьцьь иже вь Никеи и ѡд .ВିІ. |36| светихь апостоль и ѡд .Дି.-хь еѵаггелисть и да ѥсть причт[е]нь Иудѣ прѣдателю Христову и тѣмь рекшимь: „Крьвь ѥго на нась и на чедехь |37| нашихь“ . И клетву да има светагѡ Сѵмеѡна и светителιа Сави. ВЬ ЛѢТО .҂ЅିѠିПӨି. |38| + ВЬ ХРИСТА БОГА БЛАГѠВѢРНИ ГОСПОДИНЬ КѠСТАДИНЬ + |39| + Повелѣниѥмь господина Костадина писа се си хрисѡвуль у граду Струмици мѣсеца аѵгуста .ЕିІ. дьнь. А т[о]му милостникь воѥвода Дмитрь. [Text provided by the project Diplomatarium Serbicum Digitale (2018); http://www.bisanu.rs/]
Lesnovo 3 latin Source translation +Po neizrěčennomu milosьrdiju i člověkoljubiju vladyki mojego lsusa Hrista i po izvoleniju i mlistivnomu jegō prizrěniju ježe na gospodstvě mi ïakože i na pročihь prěžde bivšïihь svetiihь i pravoslavnïihь gōspodьь (sic!), takože i na gospodstvě mi blagodětь Prěsvetagō svojego Duha pokaza, ïakože izliïa na svetije svoje učeniki i apostoli, rekь imь: „Iděte vь vsu vьselennuju i propovědite slavu mojegō Božьstva“. Těmže i azь, rabь hristu Bogu i vь Hrista blagověrni gospodinь Kostadinь, vьsegda iměje raždeženije i ljubovь srьdьčnu kь svetiimь i božьstvьnimь crьkvami i porevnovahь prěžde nasь bivšihь svetihь gospodь i carьь (sic!). I vь to vrěme prïide kь mně prěōsveštenni mitropolitь, igumenь čьstnije i carskije ōbitěli hilandarьskije kÿrь Sava i sь čьstnimi inoki i uslomenuše mi za crьkvь lěsnovьsku Svetagō arhaaggela, kako je i ōdьstupila. I kako je i despotica Ōlivera despota na sьmrьti rekila i sь synōma svoima Kraikōmь i Rusinomь da je paki tai crьkvь Hilandaru. Těmže i azь, vь Hrista Boga Blagōvěri gospodinь Kostadinь, ïakože ōbrětohь jere běše i prěžde dalь Ōliverь despotь crьkvь višepisannu Hilandaru i se hrisovuli gospodina mi svetagō cara Stefana i ïa blagōvěrni gospodinь Kostadinь sьvěštav se sь sьvětomь i z’govoromь gospoždeju i materiju mi cariceju kÿra Evdokijeju i blagoizvoli gospodstvo mi i prinesohь vь darь tebě sije moje prinošenije Prěčistoi vladyčici i gospošdi Materi Božijei čjudotvorici hilandarьskoi crьkvь Svetagō arhaggela lěsnovьskoga sь seli i sь zaselci i sь planinami i sь megïami i vsěmi pravinami crьkve tei, ïakože pišetь i vь hrisovule gospodina mi svetago cara Stefana. A se imena selōmь: prьvoje selo Lěsnovō i sь zaselkomь Lukovōmь; selo Bakovo i sь crьkpviju Svetago Nikoli i sь zaselkōmь Globicōmь; selo Dobrějevo i sь vsěmi pravinami sela togo; selo Drěvěni i sь zaselkomь Peštnōmь; selo Blizьnьsko; selo Gerbenь; selište Bunašь i konь nijega selište Gabrovo i selište Muž’kovō i selište Nastroi, gde su Vlasi sěděli; i u Drěnove Dolě crьkvь Svetago Prokopiïa sь naměstijemь i sь vsoju baštinoju crьkve te; selo Morōzvizdь i sь zaselci Rōkjev’ci i Grьdovci i sь vsěmi megïami i pravinami sela too. I ōd trьga zlětovьskoga da uzima Arhaggelь lěsnovьski na vssako gōdište .r. perьperь, ïakože pišetь u hrisovuli carskomь I u Piïancu crьkvь Sveti Nikola sь selōmь i sь vinogradōmь i sь voděnicami i sь lugōmь. I ōšte u Piïanci na Brěgalnici crьkvь Bogorodica sь selōmь i sь naměstijemь crьkve tei. Selo Kalopetrovci sь megïami i sь pravinami sela togō. I u gradu Štipu crьkvь Svetago Nikoli i popь Sifijeva sь vsōmь baštinomь i sь zemlōmь i sь nivijemь i sь vinogradi i sь vsěmь ōdtesōmь crьkve tei. I što je voděnica Kraimirova i u gradu .k. kukь sь baštinami i sь čьbri i sь podaci carskimi. I siïa vsa ïaže priloži i darova gōspodstvo mi Prěčistoi Materi Božijei hilandarьskoi, priložihь vsesrьdьčno, a ne liceměrьstvōmь někimь, i upisahь sь vsakimь utvrьždenijemь nerazdrušimo biti, ni razarajemu ōd někihь lukavihь navaždenijemь diavolimь, ïaže pisanna biže vь hrisovuli semь sela, naměstia, baštine i ōttesi i mlini, planine i pašišta i zimovišta i dohodьkь trьžni. I siïa vsa višeupisan’na ōsvobodi gospodstvo mi ōd vsěhь rabotь i podanьkь velikihь i malihь, ōd priselice, ōd nametьkь, ōd grada i provoda i ōd globe i ōd travnine i ōd ponosa gospodьskoga i ōd sokïa i desetka hitoga i vinnoga i vsakogō desetka živago i voiske i ōraniïa i kopaniïa, prosto rekše ōd vsěhь rabotь velihь i malihь. I da ne ōblada nimi ni kefaliïa, ni knezь, ni sevastь, nikto ōd vladuštihь gōspodstva mi, tьkmo crьkvь hilandarьska. I molju jegože Bogь izvoli po mně gospodьstvovati, sije mnoju zapisannoje nepotverennu biti, nь nače potvrьždennu biti. Kto li se nage takovi uhištrenijemь diavolьskimь, ili po nagōvoru zlihь člověkь i inako prěloži, ili što ōdnime ōd višepisannihь ïaže zde upisaše se, takovago da razoritь Gospodь Bogь i prьečista Mati Božiïa hilandarьska i vь město pomošti i zastupleniïa da mu jestь supьrnikь arhaggelь Mihailь i da ga porazi sila čьstnaagō i životvoreštagō krьsta Hristova i da jest prokletь ōt .tiï. svetihь ōtьcьь (sic!) iže vь Nikel i ōd .vï. svetihь apostolь i ōd .d.-hь eÿaggelistь i da jest pričt[e]nь Iudě prědatelju Hristovu i těmь rekšimь: „Krьvь jego na nasь i na čedehь našihь“. I kletvu da ima svetagō Sÿmeōna i svetitelïa Savi. Vь lěto .sōpḟ.