Georgian monk, religious writer, theologian and translator (1009-1065)
Saint
George the Hagiorite
A fresco of George at Iviron on Mount Athos
Athonite Father
Born
1009 Trialeti, Kingdom of Georgia
Died
27 June 1065 Athens
Venerated in
Eastern Orthodox Church Georgian Orthodox Church
Feast
27 June (OS) (10 July NS)
Patronage
Georgia Mount Athos
George the Hagiorite[a] (Georgian: გიორგი მთაწმინდელი) (1009 – 27 June 1065)[1] was a Georgian monk, calligrapher, religious writer, theologian, and translator, who spearheaded the activities of Georgian monastic communities in the Byzantine Empire. His epithets Mt'ats'mindeli and At'oneli, meaning "of the Holy Mountain" (Hagiorite) and "of Athos" (Athonite) respectively, are a reference to his association with the Iviron monastery on Mount Athos, where he served as hegumen.
One of the most influential Christian churchmen of medieval Georgia, George acted as an arbitrator and facilitator of cross-cultural engagement between his native country and the Byzantine Empire. He extensively translated the Fathers of the Church, the Psalms, works of exegesis and synaxaria from Greek – some things which had not previously existed in Georgian, revised some others, and improved the translations of one of his predecessors, Euthymius of Athos, to whom (and also to John of Athos) George dedicated his most important original work "The Vitae of John and Euthymius". Active also in Georgia, he helped regulate local canon law, and brought his young compatriots to be educated at Athos. His defense of the autocephaly of the Georgian Orthodox church when it was questioned by the Patriarch of Antioch made him one of the most venerated saints in Georgia. He featured prominently during the Great Schism between the Eastern and Western Christendom, being one of the few Eastern churchmen who defended the separated Western brethren.
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^Speake, Graham (2018-06-07). A History of the Athonite Commonwealth: The Spiritual and Cultural Diaspora of Mount Athos. Cambridge University Press. p. 59. ISBN 9781108425865.
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