Nathanael Ohridski

Nathanael of Ohrid, Nathanael of Plovdiv or Nathanael of Zograf, born Nesho Stanov Boykikev; (Bulgarian/Macedonian: Натанаил Охридски) (26 October 1820 in Kučevište, Ottoman Empire – 18 September 1906 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria) was a Bulgarian cleric, writer and revolutionary from Macedonia, 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. Nathanael is considered ethnic Macedonian in the Republic of Macedonia.

Nathanael was born as Nesho (Nedyalko) Stoianov (Stankov) Boykikev or village of Kučevište, near Skopje, then Ottoman Empire. He studied at Kučevište monastery, and in 1835 went to study in Samokov. Then continued his education in Prilep, where along with teacher George Samurkashev translate in Bulgarian language the treatise "The Service of Jews and their evil", published in 1839 by Theodosius of Sinai.

In 1837 Boykikev become a monk in Zograf Monastery, named Nathanael. One year later he went to Chişinău, to study in the local theological school. He continued his education in the Theological Seminary in Odessa, Russia. In 1840-1841 he took part in translating of "Christian Mirror", printed in Moscow in 1847. He graduated from Kiev Theological Academy in 1851 with thesis on the medieval Bulgarian Orthodox church history.

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