Gregory Tsamblak
Illustration — Gregory Tsamblak (left) at the Council of Constance Gregory Tsamblak (c. 1365), member of the Tzamplakon family, was a Bulgarian writer and cleric active in Bulgaria, Moldavia, Serbia, Lithuania, and the Principality of Kiev.
Gregory Tsamblak
Ulrich von Richental (died in c. 1438) · Chronik des Konstanzer Konzils (Prague manuscript), page 217v. · Public domain
- Born
- 1365 · Veliko Tarnovo.
- Died
- 1420 · Kyiv.
- Nationality
- Second Bulgarian Empire · Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- Occupation
- writer · eastern orthodox priest · hagiographer · cleric · bishop
- Languages
- Old Church Slavonic · Church Slavonic
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Illustration — Gregory Tsamblak (left) at the Council of Constance Gregory Tsamblak (c. 1365), member of the Tzamplakon family, was a Bulgarian writer and cleric active in Bulgaria, Moldavia, Serbia, Lithuania, and the Principality of Kiev.
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Biography
• Illustration — Consecration of Gregory as metropolitan, miniature from the Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible, 16th century
Early life
Early life
He was born into the Tzamplakon family in the Bulgarian capital of Tarnovo around 1364–1365.
Serbia
Serbia
During his sojourn in Serbia he wrote a biography of Stephen Uroš III, a hymn for the church service honoring Stefan of Dečani, and a report on the transfer of the remnants of Saint Paraskeva to Serbia, for which he also rewrote the service.
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
In 1414, Grand Duke Vytautas attempted to re-establish the Metropolis of Lithuania. He arranged for a synod of bishops to elect Gregory as the metropolitan of Lithuania. The consecration took place without the consent of Patriarch Euthymius II of Constantinople, who deposed and anathematized him and who confirmed the same in letters to Metropolitan Photius of Kiev, Emperor Manuel II Palaeologos, and Grand Prince Vasily I of Moscow. After Gregory's death in the winter of 1419–1420, Photius made peace with Vytautas. As a result, the entirety of the Metropolis of Kiev and all Rus', including Galicia, was unified under Photius until his death in 1431. The rivalry between Vilnius and Moscow effectively ended in 1448, when Moscow began selecting the metropolitans independently without approval from the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
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Identity
Gregory Tsamblak is recorded as writer, eastern orthodox priest, hagiographer, cleric and bishop.
Metropolitan of Kyiv Gregory Tsamblak participating in the Council of Constance from 1414 to 1418. Depicted in a Prague manuscript of the Chronik des Konstanzer Konzils.
Ulrich von Richental (died in c. 1438) · Chronik des Konstanzer Konzils (Prague manuscript), page 155r.
Metropolitan of Kyiv Gregory Tsamblak participating in the Council of Constance from 1414 to 1418. Depicted in a Prague manuscript of the Chronik des Konstanzer Konzils.
Ulrich von Richental (died in c. 1438) · Chronik des Konstanzer Konzils (Prague manuscript), page 155v.
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1365
Gregory Tsamblak born at Veliko Tarnovo.
1420
Gregory Tsamblak died at Kyiv.
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Veliko Tarnovo.
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