Theodosius of Tarnovo

The Holy Venerable Theodosius of Tarnovo (Bulgarian: Теодосий Търновски, Teodosiy Tarnovski) (died 1363) was a high-ranking 14th-century Bulgarian cleric and hermit and the person credited with establishing hesychasm in the Second Bulgarian Empire. A disciple of Gregory of Sinai, Theodosius founded the Kilifarevo monastery and school near the then-Bulgarian capital Tarnovo and took an important part in the condemning of various heresies during the reign of Tsar Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria.

Theodosius died in 1363 at the Monastery of St Mamant in Constantinople. He went to the Byzantine capital on a visit to his fellow, Patriarch Callistus I, who consequently wrote a long passional about Theodosius. Among Theodosius' disciples was Patriarch Evtimiy, the last head of the medieval Bulgarian Orthodox Church, as well as a writer and hesychast.

References

• "Sv. prepodobni Teodosij Tǎrnovski" (in Bulgarian). Pravoslavieto.com. Retrieved 2007-01-19. 

Veliko Tarnovo Municipality
Capital: Veliko Tarnovo
Towns	Debelets Kilifarevo
Villages	Arbanasi Balvan Belchevtsi Belyakovets Bijovtsi Boychevi kolibi Boychovtsi Bochkovtsi Boyanovtsi Brankovtsi Bukovets Devetatsite Dechkovtsi Dimitrovtsi Dimovtsi Dichin Doynovtsi Dolen Enevets Dolni Damyanovtsi Dunavtsi Emen Gabrovtsi Gashtevtsi Golemanite Goranovtsi Goren Enevets Hotnitsa Ivanovtsi Ilevtsi Kapinovo Kisyovtsi Kladni dyal Klashka reka Kutsarovtsi Lagerite Ledenik Malki chiflik Malchovtsi Margovtsi Mindya Mishemorkov han Momin sbor Natsovtsi Nikyup Novo Selo Osenarite Piramidata Plakovo Pojernik Popovtsi Prisovo Prodanovtsi Pushevo Pchelishte Purovtsi Radkovtsi Raykovtsi Rashevtsi Resen Rusalya Ruskovtsi Samovodene Samsiite Seymenite Semkovtsi Shemshevo Sheremetya Shodekovtsi Suha reka Surnentsi Terziite Todorovtsi Tseperanite Tserova koria Tsonkovtsi Ushevtsi Velchevo Vetrintsi Vilare Vodoley Voneshta voda Voynezha Vuglevtsi Vurlinka Yalovo Yovchevtsi
History	Rebellion of Asen and Petar Siege of Tarnovo First and Second Tarnovo Uprising Tarnovo Constitution
Landmarks	Yantra River Emen canyon Trapezitsa Hill Hotnitsa fall Pass of the Republic
Culture	Arbanasi Monastery Church of SS. Peter and Paul Church of St Demetrius SS. Forty Martyrs Church Patriarchal Cathedral Tsarevets Veliko Tarnovo University Hotnitsa Grandmas Nicopolis ad Istrum
Notable people	Saint Evtimiy Gregory Tsamblak Petko Slaveykov Stefan Stambolov Vasil Zlatarski Krassimir Balakov Maria Ilieva Kotoōshū Grigor Nachovich Dimitar Grekov Emiliyan Stanev Ilarion Dragostinov Mitkaloto Theodosius of Tarnovo Filip Totyu