Nathanael Ohridski
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Bulgarian language
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/) (26 October 1820, Kučevište
Cucer-Sandevo municipality
Čučer-Sandevo is a municipality in northern Republic of Macedonia. Čučer-Sandevo is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found...
, Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
– 18 September 1906, Plovdiv
Plovdiv
Plovdiv is the second-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia with a population of 338,153 inhabitants according to Census 2011. Plovdiv's history spans some 6,000 years, with traces of a Neolithic settlement dating to roughly 4000 BC; it is one of the oldest cities in Europe...
, Bulgaria
Bulgaria
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) was a Bulgarian
Bulgarians
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cleric, writer and revolutionary from Macedonia
Macedonia (region)
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, one of the first supporters of literature in modern Bulgarian (as opposed to Church Slavonic) and one of the early figures of the Bulgarian National Revival
Bulgarian National Revival
The Bulgarian National Revival , sometimes called the Bulgarian Renaissance, was a period of socio-economic development and national integration among Bulgarian people under Ottoman rule...
. Nathanael is considered ethnic Macedonian
Macedonians (ethnic group)
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in the Republic of Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
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Biography
Nathanael was born as Nesho (Nedyalko) Stoianov Stankov Boykikev or village of KučevišteCucer-Sandevo municipality
Čučer-Sandevo is a municipality in northern Republic of Macedonia. Čučer-Sandevo is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found...
, near Skopje, then Ottoman Empire. He studied at Kučevište monastery, and in 1835 went to study in Samokov
Samokov
Samokov is a town in Sofia Province in the southwest of Bulgaria. It is situated in a kettle between the mountains Rila and Vitosha, 55 kilometres from the capital Sofia...
. Then continued his education in Prilep
Prilep
Prilep is the fourth largest city in the Republic of Macedonia. It has a population of 66,246 citizens. Prilep is known as "the city under Marko's Towers" because of its proximity to the towers of Prince Marko.-Name:...
, where along with teacher George Samurkashev translate in Bulgarian language the treatise "The Service of Jews and their evil", published in 1839 by Teodosiy Sinaitski
Teodosiy Sinaitski
Theodosius of Sinai was a Bulgarian priest, writer and printer. He founded the first Bulgarian printing-house in Thesaloniki. Theodosius of Sinai is considered a Macedonian in the Republic of Macedonia....
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In 1837 Boykikev become a monk in Zograf Monastery
Zograf Monastery
The Saint George the Zograf Monastery or Zograf Monastery is a Bulgarian Orthodox monastery on Mount Athos in Greece...
, named Nathanael. One year later he went to Chişinău
Chisinau
Chișinău is the capital and largest municipality of Moldova. It is also its main industrial and commercial centre and is located in the middle of the country, on the river Bîc...
, to study in the local theological school. He continued his education in the Theological Seminary in Odessa
Odessa
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, Russia
Russia
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. In 1840-1841 he took part in translating of "Christian Mirror", printed in Moscow
Moscow
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in 1847. He graduated Theological Academy in Kiev
Kiev
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in 1851 with thesis on the medieval Bulgarian Orthodox church history.
Nathanael published the book "A friendly letter by Bulgarian to Greek" in 1853 (Prague
Prague
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, Church Slavonic language).He was a ministry of Dobrovets monastery in Moldova
Moldova
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in 1854-1869. In 1863 along with Ivan Seliminski arhimandrit Nathanael was a Bulgarian delegate in Moravia
Moravia
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in the celebration of 1000 years of work of Saints Cyril and Methodius
Saints Cyril and Methodius
Saints Cyril and Methodius were two Byzantine Greek brothers born in Thessaloniki in the 9th century. They became missionaries of Christianity among the Slavic peoples of Bulgaria, Great Moravia and Pannonia. Through their work they influenced the cultural development of all Slavs, for which they...
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Nathanael published in 1865 "Slav-Bulgarian primer" (Bucharest
Bucharest
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) and "Incident in Skopje Eparchy" (Brăila
Braila
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), which describes antigreek clerical and cultural movement of the Bulgarians in Northern Macedonia
Macedonia (region)
Macedonia is a geographical and historical region of the Balkan peninsula in southeastern Europe. Its boundaries have changed considerably over time, but nowadays the region is considered to include parts of five Balkan countries: Greece, the Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania, Serbia, as...
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Nathanael was Bulgarian bishop in Ohrid
Ohrid
Ohrid is a city on the eastern shore of Lake Ohrid in the Republic of Macedonia. It has about 42,000 inhabitants, making it the seventh largest city in the country. The city is the seat of Ohrid Municipality. Ohrid is notable for having once had 365 churches, one for each day of the year and has...
in 1874-1880. He was also one of the leaders in the Kresna-Razlog Uprising
Kresna-Razlog Uprising
The Kresna-Razlog Uprising was a Bulgarian uprising against the Ottoman rule, predominantly in the areas of Kresna and Razlog in the region of Pirin Macedonia in late 1878 and early 1879...
. Nathanael was bishop of Lovech
Lovech
Lovech is a town in north-central Bulgaria with a population of 36,296 as of February 2011. It is the administrative centre of the Lovech Province and of the subordinate Lovech Municipality. The town is located about 150 km northeast from the capital city of Sofia...
from 1880 to 1891, and from 1891 until his death was bishop of Plovdiv
Plovdiv
Plovdiv is the second-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia with a population of 338,153 inhabitants according to Census 2011. Plovdiv's history spans some 6,000 years, with traces of a Neolithic settlement dating to roughly 4000 BC; it is one of the oldest cities in Europe...
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Nathanael Ohridski was a full member of the Bulgarian Learned Society (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
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Enternal links
Sources
- Енциклопедия "Българската възрожденска интелигенция. Учители, свещеници, монаси, висши духовници, художници, лекари, аптекари, писатели, издатели, книжари, търговци, военни..."(Съставители: проф. д-р Николай Генчев, Красимира Даскалова), С. 1988, с. 446-447
- Натанаил Охридски - Борба за България, ISBN 954071432X Веска Топалова, Издател:УИ "Св. Климент Охридски", 2003.http://www.pe-bg.com/?cid=9&pid=10076
See also
Kresna-Razlog UprisingKresna-Razlog Uprising
The Kresna-Razlog Uprising was a Bulgarian uprising against the Ottoman rule, predominantly in the areas of Kresna and Razlog in the region of Pirin Macedonia in late 1878 and early 1879...