Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - Ko Teoctist pea he monika i whakawhiwhia ki a ia ka mahi hei "starets" i te Neamț Monastery, i taua wa ko te tino rongonui o te whenua. E ai ki a Nicolae Iorga, he tama ia na te "boyar" me te ahua e pa ana ki te whanau rangatira, na tana whakauru nui ki nga mahi a te kawanatanga. He tangata whai mana, he tangata whai mana, he mohio hoki ia, a, i awhina ia ki te whakatairanga i te ahurea Slavonic i Moldavia. I whakaaro hoki a Iorga i nga hononga o Teoctist ki Neamț, he pokapū nui mo te ako me te rerenga mo te taiao Slavonic, i pehia e te wikitoria Ottoman i Bulgaria
me Serbia.