hagiographic work entitled Life of the Elder Isaiah, written by an anonymous Athonite monk.
This work contains an intriguing reference to Saint Nicodemus of Tismana. Saint
Nicodemus, who was perhaps of Greek or even Serbian origin, was the founder of two
monasteries in Oltenia in what was in that time the Banat of Severin, and his pastoral work
was of significant importance for the later development of Romanian culture, spirituality and …