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From the 13th to the 20th century
THe aCTS OF ViOLeNCe COMMiTTeD BY THe TURKiSH aRMY, 1578
in the year 6086 (1578) Solar cycle 14, Lunar 13, large armies of the thrice-cursed Tsar Mehmed amir-Sultan moved west- wards and they committed bitter oppression of Christians and [instituted] ferocious punishments. in those times, Kyrr Germanus, archbishop of Hvosno, succeeded to the [Bish- op’s] throne and ruled.
The note in the Dečani MS No 57, Fol. 30 v. Unpublished
THe DONaTiON TO THe CHURCH
OF THe HOLY aNNUNCiaTiON iN jaNjeVO, 1581
in the year 7089 (1581), on March 9, upon the Feast of the Holy Forty Martyrs, Kyrr Djura Vladikin donated this book named Octoechos Tone Five to the Church of the Holy an- nunciation of the Most Holy Mother of God in janjevo, in the Mahalla of Sopot (...)
The note in the MS which was preserved in St. Prohor of Pčinja Monastery: Ni i, 229 (754)
THe RUiNaTiON OF THe SeRBiaN CHURCH, 1591
Let it be known when archbishop of Peć Kyrr Philip suc- ceeded to the throne (...) in the month of july, on the 15th day of the month. in that time, there could be seen an utter ruination of churches just as it had been long time ago dur- ing the reign of the one who was named after a beast [i.e. of emperor Leo the iconoclast, 717–741].
The note in the lost manuscript of the Peć Patriarchate: Ni iV, 86 (6429)
THe BOOK FROM THe MOTHeR OF GOD OF LjeViŠa MeTROPOLiNaTe iN PRiZReN, circa 1592
This book is from the Metropolinate of Prizren, of the Most Holy Mother of God of Ljeviša. and whoever takes it away from the [church of the] Most Holy Theotokos, let him be anathema! (...) Let this be known unto ages of ages!
The note in the MS in the old National Library of Serbia, Belgrade 428: Ni i, 247 (845)
SCHOOL MaSTeR (DASKAL) DiMiTRije FROM jaNjeVO TRaNSCRiBeS THe DeČaNi COMMeMORaTiON BOOK
(FOR PROSKOMeDia), 1595
This holy and divine Proskomedia [Commemoration Book] was penned in the year 7103 (1595) under His Holiness Pa- triarch Kyrr jovan. it was done through the efforts of Pro- hegumen Kyrr Victor, under the abbot of the Dečani Mon- astery Kyrr athanisus, the Hieromonk, in the God-saved place of janjevo, by the hand of Kyrr Demetrius the teacher (daskal). The note in the Dečani Commemoration Book No 109: Ni iV, 89 (6455)
THe WaLL-PaiNTiNG OF ST. NiCHOLaS’ CHURCH iN BOGOŠeVCi, 16TH–17TH CeNTURY
By the will of the Father, with the help of the Son and through the action of the Holy Spirit, this holy and divine edifice ded- icated to our Holy Father archbishop and Wonderworker
Nicholas of Myrlikia was wall-painted when Priest Stojan was in charge of the church.
The inscription on the wall of the church in the village of Bogošev- ci: Ni ii, 471 (4647)
THe DeSCRiPTiON OF THe BeLaje HeRMiTaGe NeaR DeČaNi, 16–17TH CeNTURY
This book i.e. the Triodion-the first copy of the book, was transcribed through great endeavors of the very reverend and venerable kyrr and father elder Hieromonk arsenije to whom we are much indebted (...) above Dečani, for that desert is beautiful and, moreover, partly fertile; toward the south and on the sunny side, above the monastery in the distance of one paprishte [a thousand feet], there is an edifice, a church dedicated to the three Holy Hierarchs –Sts. Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and john Chrysostom. Hence what is said with regard to this topic is enough. Let us return to the point: this book was transcribed in the Monastery of Dečani by the hand of sinful Hieromonk Grigorije and who- ever will be in possession of this book-either a monastery or a man-you who will be reading and copying it, please mention Hieromonk arsenije in your prayers and may the Lord remember you, holy fathers! This Triodion was tran- scribed according to the excerpts from Kostamoni [Monas- tery] (...)
The note in the lost manuscript from Dečani: Ni Vi, 10–11 (9395)
a DeČaNi VieW OF THe SeRBiaN TROUBLeS, 16TH–17TH CeNTURY
(...) For that reason i wanted to provide this wonderful mo- nastic community with the whole set of books according to the Typikon but was impeded by my poor and insufficient zeal. in that time, being versed in church services, i super- intended the monastery scribes and so they copied The Com- prehensive Psalter and three Menaions-in the course of Oc- tober, january and February and for four mounts, they were copying the Menologion and the Book of epistles on parch- ment, in those difficult and troublesome times which were only slightly better than (the times) of first persecutions of Christians. in those times people were praying for death, not life (...) The abbot of the above mentioned monastery Hi- eromonk jevstratije, a kinsman of abbot Simeon of the blessed memory who was called Trčitul (...)
The note in the MS of a. Konstantinović: Ni ii, 107 (2692)
PaTRiaRCH jOVaN ON THe ViOLeNCe PeRPeTRaTeD BY TURKS, 1602
i wrote in the year 7111 (1602) on November 17 in Peć. and in those troublesome years a Christian would have no peace anywhere, neither we, the sinful, could escape the violence committed by alien ishmaelites!
The note in Božidar’s Menaion, No 50 in Hilandar: Ni iV, 96 (6498)
PRieST jOVaN FROM ORTHODOX jaNjeVO DONaTeS a BOOK TO THe DeČaNi MONaSTeRY, 1615
7123 (1615): the donator of this book Priest jovan from jan- jevo in Kosovo, together with my flock in the village where
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