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Saint Ioane (Chrysostom) the Catholicos (†1001)

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Saint Ioane (Chrysostom) the Catholicos (†1001)

Saint Ioane (Chrysostom) the Catholicos (†1001)

Holy Catholicos Ioane IV (Chrysostom) led the Apostolic Church of Georgia from approximately 980 to 1001.

Catholicos Basil III’s “Story of St. Shio’s Miracles” describes how the hitherto childless parents of St. Ioane prayed at length to St. Shio of Mgvime. After the birth of Ioane, his God-fearing parents sent him to be raised at Shio-Mgvime Monastery. There he acquired the sanctity and wisdom for which he would later be called “Chrysostom,” meaning “golden mouth” in Greek. By this name he has been known throughout the history of the Georgian Church.

There is yet another Ioane called “Chrysostom” who was also a Catholicos, from 1033 to 1049. This Ioane was a disciple of Holy Catholicos-PatriarchMelchizedek I and his successor as chief shepherd of the Georgian Church. His life and labors were full of the same holiness as those of the holy catholicos Ioane who is commemorated on this day. For this reason Ioane IV and Ioane V are often erroneously believed to be one and the same person.

The truth of things revealed thee to thy flock as a rule of faith, an image of meekness, and a teacher of temperance. Thereby didst thou attain the heights by humility and riches through poverty. O Father and Holy Hierarch Ioane, intercede with Christ God that our souls may be saved!

Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze

For further information on the book THE LIVES OF THE GEORGIAN SAINTS by Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze contact St. Herman Press:
St. Herman Press, P.O. Box 70, Platina, CA 96076
http://www.stherman.com/catalog/chapter_five/Lives_of_the_georgian_saints.htm

3/14/2007

Saint Nino, Equal-to-the-Apostles and Enlightener of Georgia (†335 AD)

Saint Nino, Equal-to-the-Apostles and Enlightener of Georgia (†335 AD)
Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze

Saint Nino, Equal-to-the-Apostles and Enlightener of Georgia (†335 AD)

Saint Nino, Equal-to-the-Apostles and Enlightener of Georgia (†335 AD)
Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze
Nino began to pray fervently to the Theotokos, asking for her blessing to travel to Georgia and be made worthy to venerate the Sacred Robe that she had woven for her beloved Son. The Most Holy Virgin heard her prayers and appeared to Nino in a dream, saying, “Go to the country that was assigned to me by lot and preach the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. He will send down His grace upon you and I will be your protector.”

The Lives of the Georgian Saints

The Lives of the Georgian Saints
Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze

The Lives of the Georgian Saints

The Lives of the Georgian Saints
Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze
Since the time of the ancient Greek historians, Georgia has been viewed as an enigma hidden behind impenetrable mountains and a complex language. Little has been written about this small country and its saints. Now, Pravoslavie.Ru presents the entire collection of the Lives of the Georgian saints which has been translated for the first time into English. These lives encompass the seventeen hundred years of Orthodox Christianity in Georgia. The stories of ascetics and bishops, warriors and noblemen are intertwined with the tumultuous history of the Georgian land.

Holy Hierarch Ioane of Khakhuli, Also Called Chrysostom (10th–11th centuries)

Holy Hierarch Ioane of Khakhuli, Also Called Chrysostom (10th–11th centuries)
Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze

Holy Hierarch Ioane of Khakhuli, Also Called Chrysostom (10th–11th centuries)

Holy Hierarch Ioane of Khakhuli, Also Called Chrysostom (10th–11th centuries)
Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze
In the second half of the 10th century King Davit Kuropalates founded Khakhuli Monastery in the historical region of Tao, at the gorge of the Khakhuli River, where it joins the Tortumi River. A contemporary of King Bagrat III (975–1014), St. Ioane of Khakhuli was a highly educated theologian, translator, and calligrapher. He has been called “Chrysostom” since he, like the beloved archbishop of Constantinople, delivered his sermons with extraordinary eloquence.

See also

St Tikhon the Bishop of Voronezh and Wonderworker of Zadonsk and All Russia

St Tikhon the Bishop of Voronezh and Wonderworker of Zadonsk and All Russia

St Tikhon the Bishop of Voronezh and Wonderworker of Zadonsk and All Russia

St Tikhon the Bishop of Voronezh and Wonderworker of Zadonsk and All Russia
The saint lived in very simple circumstances: he slept on straw, covered by a sheepskin coat. His humility was so great that he paid no attention to the workers who laughed at him as he walked about the monastery, pretending that he did not hear it. He often said, “Forgiveness is better than revenge.”

Saint Patrick and the Emptiness of Revenge

Saint Patrick and the Emptiness of Revenge
Gabe Martini

Saint Patrick and the Emptiness of Revenge

Saint Patrick and the Emptiness of Revenge
Gabe Martini
If literature and film that extols revenge is typical of our culture, most of us would have spent those six years plotting our own acts of vengeance against the Irish. But St. Patrick shows us a better way.

St Euthymius (Takaishvili)

St Euthymius (Takaishvili)

St Euthymius (Takaishvili)

St Euthymius (Takaishvili)
On February 10, 1963, the centennial of St. Ekvtime’s birth, his body was reburied at the Didube Pantheon in Tbilisi. When his grave was uncovered, it was revealed that not only his body, but even his clothing and footwear had remained incorrupt. St. Ekvtime’s relics were moved once again, to the Pantheon at the Church of St. Davit of Gareji on Mtatsminda, where they remain today.