Teoctist Blajevici

Born in Tișăuți village, he attended gymnasium in nearby Suceava, followed by high school and professional training at the theological institute in Cernăuți until 1831.

He offered catechism for young seminarians, was part of the diocesan administration, taught as a substitute at the gymnasium and normal school in Cernăuți, was abbot of Dragomirna Monastery (1863–1874) and of Cernăuți Cathedral (1874–1877).

He was elected Metropolitan of Bukovina and Dalmatia in 1877, serving until his death in Cernăuți two years later.

An erudite man, he wrote poems and fables in a vivid folk language.

Publishing both in books and magazines, he used the pen name Teoctist Șoimul ("the falcon").