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Nikola Stanjević ( sr-Cyrl, Никола Стањевић, fl. 1355–1366) was a magnate who served Emperor
Stefan Dušan Stephen (honorific), Stefan Uroš IV Dušan ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Урош IV Душан), also known as Dušan the Mighty ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Силни; – 20 December 1355), was the King of Serbia from 8 September 1331 and Emperor of th ...
(r. 1331–55) as ''veliki vojvoda'' (general), and who was still alive during the rule of Emperor
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(r. 1355–71), when in 1366 the Emperor confirmed the ''
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'' of his endowment, the Konče Church, dedicated to St. Stephen, near Radovište, to the
Hilandar The Hilandar Monastery (, , , ) is one of the twenty Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Mount Athos in Greece and the only Serbian Orthodox monastery there. It was founded in 1198 by two Serbs from the Grand Principality of Serbia, Stefan Neman ...
monastery. He held a province in northern Macedonia, around
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. He is an ancestor of Nikola Pavlović "Gefalija" and the Stanjević brotherhood in Montenegro. He is the founder of the Stanjevići Monastery on the southern slopes of
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, overlooking
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.


Gospel

Nikola had a gospel book written and illustrated by monk Feoktist, which he donated to the
Hilandar The Hilandar Monastery (, , , ) is one of the twenty Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Mount Athos in Greece and the only Serbian Orthodox monastery there. It was founded in 1198 by two Serbs from the Grand Principality of Serbia, Stefan Neman ...
monastery of
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. The book is now called the "Tetravangelion of Nikola Stanjević", found in
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at the
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, collection No. 154.


See also

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Teodosije the Hilandarian Teodosije the Hilandarian or Theodosije of Hilandar (; 1246–1328) was a Serbian Orthodox clergyman and one of the most important Serbian writers in the Middle Ages; the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts named him one of the 100 most prominent ...
(1246-1328), one of the most important Serbian writers in the Middle Ages *
Elder Grigorije Elder Grigorije (; 1310–55) was a Serbian Orthodox clergyman and writer. Grigorije hailed from the Prizren region, and was a nobleman in the Serbian Empire until he took monastic vows and received the monastic title of ''elder'' (''starac''). T ...
(fl. 1310-1355), builder of
Saint Archangels Monastery The Monastery of the Holy Archangels (; ) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located in Prizren, Kosovo. The monastery was founded by the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia, Stefan Dušan (reigned 1331–1355) between 1343 and 1352 on ...
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Antonije Bagaš Anthony Bagaš, also known as Arsenije Bagaš (; ), was a Serbian nobleman from Kastoria who retreated to Mount Athos in between 1356 and 1366, where he later bought and restored the ruined Athonite monastery of Saint Paul (Agiou Pavlou) with t ...
(fl. 1356-1366), bought and restored the Agiou Pavlou monastery *
Lazar the Hilandarian Lazar (; ), also known as Lazar the Serb or Lazar the Hilandarian (), was a Serbian Orthodox monk-scribe and horologist who invented and built the first known mechanical public clock in Russia in 1404. The clock, which also struck the hours, wa ...
(fl. 1404), the first known Serbian and Russian watchmaker *
Pachomius the Serb Pachomius the Serb (; ), also known as Pachomius Logothetes (; ), was a 15th-century Serbian hagiographer who, after taking monastic vows, was schooled on Mount Athos and mastered the ornate style of medieval Serbian literature.G. M. Prokhorov, ...
(fl. 1440s-1484), hagiographer of the Russian Church *
Miroslav Gospel Miroslav Gospel (, ) is a 362-page Serbian illuminated manuscript Gospel Book on parchment with very rich decorations. It is one of the oldest surviving documents written in the Serbian recension of Church Slavonic. The gospel is considered a ...
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Gabriel the Hilandarian Gabriel the Hilandarian ( 1359–d. after 1412) was a Serbian monk-scribe. There is very little information available about Gabriel the Hilandarian, like most modest monks who lived in the 14th and early 15th century. It is known that he translated ...
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Constantine of Kostenets Constantine of Kostenets (; – after 1431), also known as Constantine the Philosopher ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Константин Филозоф, Konstantin Filozof, separator=" / "), was a medieval Bulgarian scholar, writer and chronicler, who spent mo ...
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Cyprian, Metropolitan of Kiev Cyprian ( – 16 September 1406) was a prelate of Bulgarian origin, who served as the Metropolitan of Kiev, Rus' and Lithuania (2 December 1375 – 12 February 1376) and the Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' (12 February 1376 – 1 ...
and All Rus' *
Gregory Tsamblak Gregory Tsamblak (; ; ; sr-Cyr, Григорије Цамблак; ; ), member of the Tzamplakon family, was a writer and cleric active in Bulgaria, Moldavia, Serbia, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Principality of Kiev. Biography Early life ...
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Isaija the Monk Isaija the Monk ( or in English: Inok Isaija; ca. 1300–after 1375), also known as Elder Isaija (Elder Isaiah) () and Isaija of Serres (Elder Isaiah of Serres) (), was a 14th-century Serbian monk, one of many Serbian monk-scribes in the Middle ...


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* * People from the Serbian Empire 14th-century Serbian nobility Generals of Stefan Dušan Military personnel from Skopje 14th-century Eastern Orthodox Christians 13th-century births 14th-century deaths People from medieval Macedonia Boyars of Stefan Dušan {{Serbia-bio-stub