Gregory of Raà ¡ka or Grigorije Raà ¡ki (Serbian Cyrillic: ÃÂÃÂøóþÃÂøÃÂõ àðÃÂúø; early 14th century, 1275-1321) was a medieval Serbian writer and copyist, and Bishop of Raà ¡ka.
He lived in the second half of the 13th and the first half of the 14th century. He is a Serbian monk who lived and wrote on the Holy Mountain, in Hilandar, in his youth. He also struggled in the monastery of SopoÃÂani. He is a true follower of the spirit of Mount Athos, completely committed to Mount Athos and Byzantine-Orthodox spirituality. Raà ¡ka is the author of two very short texts of unusual literary beauty. He was then elected Bishop of Raà ¡ka and returned to Serbia - Raà ¡ka, to "remain" in Ras. For the monastery of the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, Ras in 1305, he copied KrmÃÂija of Saint Sava's Raà ¡ka krmÃÂija and in that manuscript, he left an excellent record of the need to read books and his transcribed and edited work. The record is characterized by stylistic and linguistic perfection and clear, poetic expression. His inscription in 4 verses (2 in the Byzantine "political verse" in the twelfth and two in the fourteenth), engraved on the silver cross of King Milutin, intended for the same monastery, is also known, in which there is a tendency towards an asymmetrical arrangement of verses and proper use of caesura.
Inscription on the KrmÃÂija of Saint Sava, Verses of the Holy Cross, in: "Six Writers of the 14th Century" (Grigorije Raà ¡ki, Jakov of Serres, Elder Siluan, Anonymous Athonite, Monk Jefrem, Marko PeÃÂki), selection, today's language version and edited by Dimitrija BogdanoviÃÂ. Belgrade, Prosveta, SKZ, 1986. Biblioteka Stara srpska knjià ¾evnost u 24 knjige, knj. 10.