Yoakim Karchovski was a priest, teacher, and writer who lived from approximately 1750 to 1820 during the Ottoman Empire. An early figure of the Bulgarian National Revival, he was educated in Constantinople and served as a cleric in several locations, including Kratovo, Samokov, and Kyustendil. After his wife passed away, he entered monastic life around 1807 and later became a hieromonk in 1819. Throughout his literary work, he identified his language and himself as Bulgarian.