Kozma Zografski

Kozma Zografski
Козма Зографски
Born 13th century
Died 22 September 1323
Venerated in Bulgaria, the Eastern Orthodox world
Feast 22 September

Kozma Zografski (Bulgarian: Козма Зографски) was a medieval Bulgarian saint venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Saint Kozma was born in the second half of the 13th century in Tarnovo, the capital of the Bulgarian Empire, to a noble family. He received solid education and was fluent in Greek language.[1] His family wanted to marry him but he desired to become a monk and eventually left for Mount Athos. He went to the Bulgarian Zograf Monastery but eventually retired to a rock cell that he carved himself in the vicinity of the monastery.[1] He lived there as an ascetic until his death on 22 September 1323.[1][2]

His hagiography was written in Greek and translated in Bulgarian by protohegumen Euthymius in 1802.[2] According to the hagiography Kozma Zografski was able to see spirits hidden from the sight of men.[1] The feast day of Kozma Zografski is 22 September.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Saint Kozma Zografski". Official site of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 Andreev, Lazarov & Pavlov 2012, p. 375

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