Gregory Tsamblak

Gregory Tsamblak or Grigorij Camblak Bulgarian: Григорий Цамблак; c. 1365–1420 was the Bulgarian writer together with cleric who was a metropolitan of Kiev between 1413 together with 1420. A Bulgarian noble, Tsamblak lived and worked in Bulgaria, but also in Medieval Serbia and Kyivan Rus and indebted these two countries to himself through his literary works, which live a heritage of their national literatures, especially the species of Old Serbian Vita presented popular in the monasteries of the 12th century.

Medieval Serbia

Tsamblak stayed in Serbia from 1402 until his departure for Rus. During his sojourn in Serbia at Visoki Dečani, he wrote a biography of Stephen Uroš III Dečanski of Serbia, a hymn for the church expediency honoring Stefan of Dečani, and a relation on the transfer of the remnants of Saint Paraskeva to Serbia, and he also rewrote the good to St. Petka Paraskeva.