Gregory Tsamblak; (c.1365-1420) was a Bulgarian

Bulgarians

The Bulgarians are a South Slavic nation and ethnic group native to Bulgaria and neighbouring regions. Emigration has resulted in immigrant communities in a number of other countries.-History and ethnogenesis:...

 writer and cleric, metropolitan of Kiev between 1413 and 1420. His name is also spelled Gregorije Camblak.

He was born in the capital of the Bulgarian Empire

Second Bulgarian Empire

The Second Bulgarian Empire was a medieval Bulgarian state which existed between 1185 and 1396 . A successor of the First Bulgarian Empire, it reached the peak of its power under Kaloyan and Ivan Asen II before gradually being conquered by the Ottomans in the late 14th-early 15th century...

 Tarnovo in a rich family. Tsamblak was a disciple of the prominent Bulgarian hesychast

Hesychasm

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, writer and follower of Patriarch Evtimiy of Bulgaria

Patriarch Evtimiy of Bulgaria

Saint Evtimiy of Tarnovo was Patriarch of Bulgaria between 1375 and 1393. Regarded as one of the most important figures of medieval Bulgaria, Evtimiy was the last head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church in the Second Bulgarian Empire...

. After the fall of Bulgaria under Ottoman domination following the Bulgarian-Ottoman Wars

Bulgarian-Ottoman Wars

The Bulgarian-Ottoman wars were fought between the disintegrating Bulgarian Empire and the new emerging Turkic power, the Ottoman Turks in the second half the 14th century and the beginning of the 15th century. The war ended with the collapse of the once powerful Bulgarian Empire in 1422. The...

 he emigrated first to Constantinople

Constantinople

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, then became presbyter of the Church of Wallachia

Wallachia

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 and Moldavia

Moldavia

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, and then he went to Serbia

Serbia

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 where he was abbott of Visoki Decani until finally becoming metropolitan of Kiev

Kiev

Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

. At Visoki Decani he wrote a biography of Stefan Uros III Decanski.

In 1409 Gregory Tsamblak came to Kiev. Continued action of metropolitan of Kiev Cyprians. In 1414 he became the metropolitan of Kiev. Participated in Council of Constance

Council of Constance

The Council of Constance is the 15th ecumenical council recognized by the Roman Catholic Church, held from 1414 to 1418. The council ended the Three-Popes Controversy, by deposing or accepting the resignation of the remaining Papal claimants and electing Pope Martin V.The Council also condemned and...

 and called for the agreement and church connections.

Tsamblak Hill

Tsamblak Hill

Tsamblak Hill is a rocky hill trending 900 m in north-south direction, 500 m wide and rising to 113 m in eastern Byers Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica....

 on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands

South Shetland Islands

The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...

, Antarctica is named after Gregory Tsamblak.