YOAKIM KURCHOVSKY 1750-1820

This photostat below is the first page of a religious work by Yoakim Kurchovsky who was born in the village Oslomeni, Kichevo district. He died in l820. He was a monk and teacher in the Monastery of Debar, St Ivan Bigor. Later he became a teacher in Kratovo, Samokov and Krivapalanka. He dedicated his life to awakening the simple folk from the double bondage - political under the Turks, and spiritual under the Greeks.

He was the first writer with Sofroniy Vrachansky to find a way to print his books. Before that all book were handwritten (including the History of Father Paisii). So that the people could understand them he did not write them in Old Church Slavonic but in the spoken language of the people which he called the simple Bulgarian language "prosteshiy yazik bolgarskiy"

Note: Haji is a Turkish word which means the person has made a pilgrimage to the Holy Places (eg Jerusalem). The title KYR is a Greek word meaning Mr or Sir.

Narrative about the fearful
Second Coming of Christ,
gathered from various Holy Writings
and translated into simple Bulgarian
for the benefit of simple uneducated people.

written by HAJI YOAKIM the Teacher

and printed by the Honourable Sirs
Haji PETSA from Shtip
Haji STANKO from Kratovo,
and Dimitriy FILIPOVICH
from Egri dere Palanka
for the saving of their SOUL.

Trustee Dimitriy lOANNOVICH
zuzura from Sechishta

in the City of Budapest Hungary
1814

YOAKIM KURCHOVSKY 1750-1820 This photostat below is the first page of a religious work by Yoakim Kurchovsky who was born in the village Oslomeni, Kichevo district. He died in l820. He was a monk and teacher in the Monastery of Debar, St Ivan Bigor. Later he became a teacher in Kratovo, Samokov and Krivapalanka. He dedicated his life to awakening the simple folk from the double bondage - political under the Turks, and spiritual under the Greeks. He was the first writer with Sofroniy Vrachansky to find a way to print his books. Before that all book were handwritten (including the History of Father Paisii). So that the people could understand them he did not write them in Old Church Slavonic but in the spoken language of the people which he called the simple Bulgarian language "prosteshiy yazik bolgarskiy" Note: Haji is a Turkish word which means the person has made a pilgrimage to the Holy Places (eg Jerusalem). The title KYR is a Greek word meaning Mr or Sir.
	Narrative about the fearful Second Coming of Christ, gathered from various Holy Writings and translated into simple Bulgarian for the benefit of simple uneducated people. written by HAJI YOAKIM the Teacher and printed by the Honourable Sirs Haji PETSA from Shtip Haji STANKO from Kratovo, and Dimitriy FILIPOVICH from Egri dere Palanka for the saving of their SOUL. Trustee Dimitriy lOANNOVICH zuzura from Sechishta in the City of Budapest Hungary 1814
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