Establishment of Tarnovo Literary School and Language Refom
During the time of patriarch Teodosii (of Tarnovo) Evtimii founds and heads the Tarnovo literary school, which becomes an important cultural center of the Slavic Christian world. Evtimii conducts a reform in the Old Bulgarian language, a reform that widely influences the written language form in Serbia, Walachia, Moldova and the Russian principalities.
Partial list of works
Hagiographies
“Hagiography of St. Ivan of Rila”
“Hagiography of St. Ilarion Maglenski”
“Hagiography of St. Philothea Temnishka”
“Hagiography of St. Petka of Tarnovo”
Praises
“Praise for Mikhail Warrior”
“Praise for Ioan Polivotski”
“Praise for St Nedelya”
“Praise for St. Constantine and Helena”
Letters
“Letter to Cyprian"
“Letter to metropolitan Arsenii”
“Letter to Nikodim – monk of Tismen”
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