Euthymius Of Tŭrnovo

Euthymius Of Tŭrnovo (born c. 1317—died c. 1402) was an Orthodox patriarch of Tŭrnovo, near modern Sofia, monastic scholar and linguist whose extensive literary activity spearheaded the late medieval renaissance in Bulgaria and erected the theological and legal bases for the Orthodox churches of Eastern Europe. Bulgarian by birth, Euthymius joined the monastery of Kilifarevo, near modern Burgas, Bulg., where he became the leading disciple of Theodosius, whom he succeeded as spokesman for Hesychasm, the...