Gregory Tsamblak

Gregory Tsamblak (left) on the Council of Constance.

Gregory Tsamblak (Bulgarian: Григорий Цамблак); (c.1365-1420) was a Bulgarian 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 Tarnovo in a rich family. Tsamblak was a disciple of the prominent Bulgarian hesychast, writer and follower of Patriarch Evtimiy of Bulgaria. After the fall of Bulgaria under Ottoman domination following the Bulgarian-Ottoman Wars he emigrated first to Constantinople, then became presbyter of the Church of Wallachia and Moldavia, and then he went to Serbia where he was abbott of Visoki Decani until finally becoming metropolitan of Kiev. At Visoki Dečani in Medieval Serbia he wrote A Biography of and Service to Stephen Uroš III Dečanski of Serbia On the Transfer of Relics of Saint Paraskevi.

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 and called for the agreement and church connections.

Tsamblak Hill on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Gregory Tsamblak.

Preceded by Cyprian, Metropolitan of Kiev

Metropolitan of Kiev, Galychyna and All-Rus' 1414–1420

Succeeded by Photius, Metropolitan of Kiev