Dimitrije Mladenović ( sr-cyr, Димитрије Младеновић; 1794-1890) was an

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in the Kumanovo ''kaza'' (district) of the

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He was born in 1794 in the village of Proevce (now

North Macedonia North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe. It shares land borders with Greece to the south, Albania to the west, Bulgaria to the east, Kosovo to the northwest and Serbia to the n ...

). He became a

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in 1818, then a '' protojerej'' (archpriest) in 1830, and finally an '' ikonom'' (churchwarden) of the Kumanovo district subordinate to the Metropolitan of Skopje (

Patriarchate of Constantinople The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (, ; ; , "Roman Orthodox Patriarchate, Ecumenical Patriarchate of Istanbul") is one of the fifteen to seventeen autocephalous churches that together compose the Eastern Orthodox Church. It is headed ...

) in 1833. He was commonly known as the "Old Churchwarden" (Стари иконом). In the period of 1847–51, the Church of St. Nicholas in Kumanovo was built by the

ktitor ''Ktetor'' () or ''ktitor'' (; ka, ქტიტორი ; ), meaning 'founder', is a title given in the Middle Ages to the provider of funds for construction or reconstruction of an Eastern Orthodox church or monastery, for the addition of icon ...

s: ''ikonom'' priest Dimitrije, Krsto Puto and his son Denko Krstić, priest Neša, Hadži-Stojilković, and the families of Rikačovci, Šapkalijanci, Borozani and Stojanćeajini. He was taken down from the position of ''ikonom'' in 1855 but returned to the office a year later. In 1860 he and Denko Krstić were called to a hearing in

Skopje Skopje ( , ; ; , sq-definite, Shkupi) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It lies in the northern part of the country, in the Skopje Basin, Skopje Valley along the Vardar River, and is the political, economic, and cultura ...

by the Grand Vizier Mehmed Pasha Kibrizli, to be hanged, but paid for their release. Later in 1871 he was called by the vali in

Prizren Prizren ( sq-definite, Prizreni, ; sr-cyr, Призрен) is the second List of cities and towns in Kosovo, most populous city and Municipalities of Kosovo, municipality of Kosovo and seat of the eponymous municipality and District of Prizren, ...

for questioning of his "immoral lifestyle", allegedly a campaign of the

Bulgarian Exarchate The Bulgarian Exarchate (; ) was the official name of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church before its autocephaly was recognized by the Ecumenical See in 1945 and the Bulgarian Patriarchate was restored in 1953. The Exarchate (a de facto autocephaly) ...

, but he was released under a plea of the local population of

Kumanovo Kumanovo ( ; , sq-definite, Kumanova; also known by other #Etymology, alternative names) is the second-largest city in North Macedonia after the capital Skopje and the seat of Kumanovo Municipality, the List of municipalities in the Republic ...

to the Vali. After the death of Dimitrije, Denko Krstić succeeded as the ''ikonom'' of Kumanovo. His daughter Katerina married Hadži-Vasilje from Vranje, from which marriage the acclaimed historian and ethnographer

Jovan Hadži-Vasiljević Jovan Hadži-Vasiljević ( sr-cyr, Јован Хаџи-Васиљевић, 18 October 1866 – 29 March 1948) was a Serbian historian, ethnographer, journalist and writer. Biography Hadži-Vasiljević was born in Vranje, at the time part of the ...

sprung.

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