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Strnovac
Strnovac ( mk, Стрновац) is a village in northeastern North Macedonia, in the municipality of Staro Nagoričane. According to the 2002 census, it had 93 inhabitants. Geography The village is located in northern North Macedonia. To the nearest city, it is 15 kilometres northeast of Kumanovo. Nikuljane is situated in the historical region of Sredorek, in the Rujen mountain region, on ca. 380 m above sea. The Pčinja river flows east of the village. The cadastral area of Strnovac borders the town of Staro Nagoričane to the west, Dragomance to the north, Dobrača to the northeast, Makreš to the southeast, and Mlado Nagoričane to the southwest. History In the 19th century, it was part of the Ottoman ''kaza'' of Kumanovo. The village supported the Kumanovo Uprising (January 20–May 20, 1878), local Veljan Cvetković was one of the founding leaders. In 1905, the village was Serb, adhering to the Patriarchate of Constantinople, with 160 inhabitants. Demographics Acc ...
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Staro Nagoričane Municipality
Staro Nagoričane Municipality ( mk, ) is a municipality in the northern part of North Macedonia. The municipal seat is located in the village ''Staro Nagoričane''. This municipality is part of the Northeastern Statistical Region. Geography The municipality borders Serbia to the north, Kumanovo Municipality to the west, Kratovo Municipality to the south, and Rankovce Municipality to the east. It largely corresponds to the historical and geographical region of Sredorek (region), Sredorek. History and culture By the 2003 territorial division of the republic, the rural Klečevce Municipality was attached to Staro Nagoričane Municipality. A particularly fine example of medieval Serbian ecclesiastical architecture is found in the municipality, in the form of the 10th century Church of St. George, Staro Nagoričane, Church of St. George. ''(See: Serbian Orthodox Church#Serbo-Byzantine Style, Serbo-Byzantine style)'' Demographics According to the 2021 Macedonian census, this muni ...
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Sredorek (region)
Sredorek ( mk, Средорек) is a historical and geographical region in northeastern Republic of Macedonia. It includes settlements in the Pčinja river valley, parts of the mountainous regions of Kozjak (Kumanovo), Kozjak (Kozjačija), German (mountain), German and Rujen (mountain), Rujen, which are today located within the Municipality of Staro Nagoričane. The region is predominantly inhabited by ethnic Macedonians (ethnic group), Macedonians and ethnic Serbs (see Serbs in the Republic of Macedonia), adherents of Eastern Orthodoxy. In the Middle Ages, the region was part of the ''župe'' (counties) of Žegligovo (župa), Žegligovo and Preševo (župa), Preševo. Notable monuments in the region include the Church of St. George, Staro Nagoričane, Church of St. George, Geography The region includes settlements in the Pčinja river valley, parts of the mountainous regions of Kozjak (Kumanovo), Kozjak (Kozjačija), German (mountain), German, Rujen (mountain), Rujen, which are to ...
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Pčinja River
Pčinja () may refer to: *Pčinja District, a district of Serbia *Pčinja (river) The Pčinja (Serbian and Macedonian Пчиња ) is a 135 km long river in Serbia and North Macedonia, a left tributary of the Vardar river. Serbia The Pčinja originates from several streams on the western slopes of the Dukat mountain whi ...
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Macedonians (ethnic Group)
Macedonians ( mk, Македонци, Makedonci) are a nation and a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to the region of Macedonia (region), Macedonia in Southeast Europe. They speak Macedonian language, Macedonian, a South Slavic language. The large majority of Macedonians identify as Eastern Orthodox Christians, who speak a South Slavic language, and share a cultural and historical "Orthodox Byzantine–Slavic heritage" with their neighbours. About two-thirds of all ethnic Macedonians live in North Macedonia and there are also Macedonian diaspora, communities in a number of other countries. The concept of a Macedonian ethnicity, distinct from their Orthodox Balkan neighbours, is seen to be a comparatively newly emergent one. The earliest manifestations of an incipient Macedonian identity emerged during the second half of the 19th century among limited circles of Slavic-speaking intellectuals, predominantly outside the region of Macedonia. They arose after the Firs ...
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Patriarchate Of Constantinople
The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople ( el, Οἰκουμενικὸν Πατριαρχεῖον Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, translit=Oikoumenikón Patriarkhíon Konstantinoupóleos, ; la, Patriarchatus Oecumenicus Constantinopolitanus; tr, Rum Ortodoks Patrikhanesi, İstanbul Ekümenik Patrikhanesi, "Roman Orthodox Patriarchate, Ecumenical Patriarchate") is one of the fifteen to seventeen autocephalous churches (or "jurisdictions") that together compose the Eastern Orthodox Church. It is headed by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, currently Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople. Because of its historical location as the capital of the former Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire and its role as the mother church of most modern Orthodox churches, Constantinople holds a special place of honor within Orthodoxy and serves as the seat for the Ecumenical Patriarch, who enjoys the status of ''primus inter pares'' (first among equals) among the world's Ea ...
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Kumanovo (kaza)
The Kumanovo district ( tr, Kumanova, sr, Кумановска каза/Kumanovska kaza) was a ''kaza'' (district) in the Sanjak of Üsküp (Skopje) of the Ottoman Empire. It was formed in 1867, during the reign of Abdülaziz I. It was dissolved in 1912. The district had 3 divisions: Karadak, Kozjak and Ovče Pole. History The district was established in 1867, during the reign of Abdülaziz I. The Orthodox population was adherent to the Patriarchate of Constantinople, the district being ecclesiastically supervised by the churchwarden (''ikonom'') and archpriest Dimitrije Mladenović since 1833. With the Serbian advance into the Kosovo Vilayet during the Serbian–Ottoman War (1876–78), and atrocities carried out by retreating Ottoman Albanian troops in the region, the Kumanovo Uprising broke out in the districts of Kumanovo, Kriva Palanka and Kratovo. It was organized by leading citizens of the districts, and was fought in the Serbian cause; the rebels sought the annex ...
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Kaza
A kaza (, , , plural: , , ; ota, قضا, script=Arab, (; meaning 'borough') * bg, околия (; meaning 'district'); also Кааза * el, υποδιοίκησις () or (, which means 'borough' or 'municipality'); also () * lad, kaza , group=note) is an administrative division historically used in the Ottoman Empire and is currently used in several of its successor states. The term is from Ottoman Turkish and means 'jurisdiction'; it is often translated 'district', 'sub-district' (though this also applies to a ), or 'juridical district'. Ottoman Empire In the Ottoman Empire, a kaza was originally a "geographical area subject to the legal and administrative jurisdiction of a '' kadı''. With the first Tanzimat reforms of 1839, the administrative duties of the ''kadı'' were transferred to a governor ''(kaymakam)'', with the ''kadıs'' acting as judges of Islamic law. In the Tanzimat era, the kaza became an administrative district with the 1864 Provincial Reform Law, whi ...
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Mlado Nagoričane
Mlado Nagoričane ( mk, Младо Нагоричане) is the largest village in the municipality of Staro Nagoričane, North Macedonia. Demographics According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1,292 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedonian Census (2002) ''Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion'' The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 180. * Macedonians 1,273 *Serbs 17 *Albanians 1 *Others 1 Notable people *Timotej of Debar and Kichevo Timotej of Debar and Kichevo (birth name: Slave Jovanovski) is the current Metropolitan of the Diocese of Debar and Kichevo which is part of the Macedonian Orthodox Church. He was born in Mlado Nagorichane, Kumanovo, on 20 October 1951, Republic ... References Villages in Staro Nagoričane Municipality {{StaroNagoričane-geo-stub ...
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