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Euthymius of Tarnovo

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345: 488:), Euthymius was the one entrusted with the defense of Tarnovo. After a three-month siege on 17 July 1393, the Ottomans captured the capital despite its ferocious resistance; Gregory Tsamblak several years later suggested the conquest was due to treason from one of the non-Christian neighborhoods of Tarnovo. 35: 371:
When he had destroyed all the old , this second lawgiver, descending from the top of the spiritual mountain and carrying in his hands (similar to the Tablets written by God) at which he had labored, delivered to the Church in truth a heavenly treasure – all new, all true, in accord with the Gospel,
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unshakable in the force of the dogmas, like the water of life for the souls of the pious, like a knife for the tongues of the heretics, like fire for their faces. And he cried out with Paul: ‘The old has passed away. Behold! Everything has become new’ .
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During the time of patriarch Theodosius of Tarnovo Euthymius founded and ran the Tarnovo literary school, which was to quickly become an important cultural center of the Slavic Christian world.
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on Mount Athos. It was there that he first reflected on the spelling reforms and planned corrections to the translations of the clerical books.
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that was widely influential to the standardized literary languages of Serbia, Walachia, Moldova, and the Russian principalities.
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In 1375, following the death of Patriarch Joanicius, Euthymius was elected to become his successor. A supporter of
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Born around 1325 (between 1320 and 1330) and possibly an offspring of the eminent Tsamblak family of the capital
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and moral decay. Euthymius became a prominent figure in the Orthodox world and a number of
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H. Goldblatt, Orthography and Orthodoxy: Constantine Kostenecki's Treatise on the Letters
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rules and corrected inaccurately translated religious books by comparing them to the
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were massacred, but Patriarch Euthymius was reprieved and sent into exile in the
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originals. These corrected texts became models for the Orthodox churches using
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between 1375 and 1393. Regarded as one of the most important figures of
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out of the city (leading the remnants of his troops to the fortress of
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and his memory is honored on the same day as that of his namesake
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to the Bulgarian capital Tarnovo with his sizable forces. With
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describes Euthymius' language reform in the following manner.
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Establishment of Tarnovo Literary School and language reform
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Around 1371 Euthymius returned to Bulgaria and founded the
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Ivanova, Kl. (1986) (in Bulgarian). Патриарх Евтимий. С.
577:(Florence: Le Lettere, 1987), p. 33. Quotation cited in 454: 267:, his biographer, compared Euthymius' work to that of 583:. Limni, Evia, Greece: Denise Harvey. p. 129. 301:There are 15 known works by Euthymius, including 219:and, upon his release, returned to the Bulgarian 663: 553:is named after Patriarch Euthymius of Bulgaria. 298:addressed him to interpret theological matters. 571:Gregory Tsamblak, Pokhvalno slovo za Evtimii 16:14th-century Bulgarian patriarch and writer 208:. He was sent into exile on the island of 173:, with Theodosius dying soon afterwards. 398:"Hagiography of St. Philothea Temnishka" 343: 176:Euthymius then consecutively joined the 737:People associated with Zograf Monastery 226: 664: 578: 395:"Hagiography of St. Ilarion Maglenski" 165:around 1350, attracted by the fame of 401:"Hagiography of St. Petka of Tarnovo" 129:, Euthymius was the last head of the 455:Fall of Tarnovo and its consequences 235:near Tarnovo, where he grounded the 348:Statue of Patriarch Evtimiy at the 141:and an authoritative figure in the 13: 732:People associated with Great Lavra 727:People associated with Mount Athos 233:Holy Trinity Patriarchal Monastery 39:Icon of Saint Euthymius of Tarnovo 14: 748: 623: 491:Joasaph of Bdin, Metropolitan of 459:In the spring of 1393 the son of 441:"Letter to metropolitan Arsenius" 581:Mount Athos: renewal in paradise 533: 361:language reform in Old Bulgarian 33: 25:Свети Патриарх Евтимий Търновски 286:, Euthymius aimed to persecute 687:15th-century Bulgarian writers 682:14th-century Bulgarian writers 563: 517:Patriarchate of Constantinople 148: 1: 556: 522:Patriarch Euthymius has been 412:"Praise for Ioan Polivotski" 409:"Praise for Mikhail Warrior" 7: 10: 753: 702:People from Veliko Tarnovo 610: 100:Saint Euthymius of Tarnovo 27:Saint Euthymius of Tarnovo 707:Medieval Bulgarian saints 652: 643: 637: 131:Bulgarian Orthodox Church 111: 87: 77: 65: 49: 45:Patriarch of All Bulgaria 44: 32: 23: 415:"Praise for St. Nedelya" 376: 334:Constantine of Kostenets 249:Church Slavonic language 717:Tarnovo Literary School 640:Patriarch Joannicius II 579:Speake, Graham (2014). 569:P. 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Tarnovo
Bulgarian Empire
Bachkovo Monastery
Eastern Orthodox Church
Feast
Bulgarian
Patriarch of Bulgaria
medieval
Bulgaria
Bulgarian Orthodox Church
Second Bulgarian Empire
hesychasm
Eastern Orthodox
Tarnovo
monk
Kilifarevo Monastery
Theodosius of Tarnovo
Tsarigrad
Studion
Great Lavra
Athanasius the Athonite
Mount Athos
Gregory the Sinaite
Gregory Palamas
Callistus Philotheus
John Kukuzelis
Lemnos
Byzantine Emperor
John V Palaiologos

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