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Martyrdom of Abo
Tbileli by
Ioane Sabanisdze (8th century) The Life of
Grigol Khandzteli by
Giorgi Merchule (10th century) A
History of the
Georgian Kings ("Tskhovreba...
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Gregory of
Khandzta (Georgian: გრიგოლ ხანძთელი,
Grigol Khandzteli; 759 – 5
October 861) was a
Georgian ecclesiastic figure and a
founder and
leader of...
- large-scale
monastic movement in Klarjeti. He
granted the monk
Grigol Khandzteli material help to
build the
monastery church at
Khandzta and
helped build...
- epidemics, he
patronized the
local monastic communities established by
Grigol Khandzteli, and
encouraged the
settlement of the
Georgians in the region. As a result...
-
Kartlis Tskhovreba and
contemporary hagiography such as the Vita of
Grigol Khandzteli by
Giorgi Merchule evidence that
Ashot was a keen
supporter of monasticism...
-
David II, King of Iberia.
During Ashot's tenure, the Vita of
Saint Grigol Khandzteli was
composed by
Giorgi Merchule.
Ashot actively supported the development...
- of
Prince Adarnase I,
Gurgen was
baptized by the
prominent monk
Grigol Khandzteli. He
inherited from his
father the
duchy of
Upper Tao,
including the residence...
- "The Vita of
Grigol Khandzteli", a
hagiographic novel dealing with the life of the
prominent Georgian churchman St.
Grigol Khandzteli (Gregory of Khandzta)...
- in 827),
prince of
Kakheti in
eastern Georgia from 786 to 827
Grigol Khandzteli (Gregory of Khandzta, 759–861),
Georgian church leader Grigol Kipshidze...
- "who was of the
House of
David the Prophet". The Life of St.
Grigol Khandzteli,
written in 951 by the
Georgian hagiographer Giorgi Merchule, is next...
