Kiril Peychinovich

Kiril Peychinovich or Kiril Pejinovi was a cleric, writer and enlightener, one of the first supporters of the use of modern Bulgarian in literature , and one of the early figures of the Bulgarian National Revival. In the Republic of Macedonia Peychinovich is considered one of the earliest contributors to modern Macedonian literature, since most of his works were written in his native Lower Polog dialect which he called most common and illiterate Bulgarian language of Lower Moesia.

Peychinovich was born in the large Polog village of Tearce in presentday Republic of Macedonia . His secular name is unknown. According to his tombstone, he received his primary education in the village of Leok . Probably he later studied at the Monastery of St. John Bigorski near Debar. Kirils father, Peychin, sold his property in Tearce and, together with his brother and his son, moved to the monastery of Hilandar in Mount Athos where the three became monks. Peychin accepted the name Pimen, his brother160 Dalmant, and his son160 Kiril . Later Kiril returned to Tetovo from there set out for the Kievo Monastery of the Holy Immaculate Theotokos, where he became a hieromonk.

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