17:
206:
123:. Gregory played a prominent role to mobilize popular sentiment against Muslim presence in the Caucasus. His influence grew so strong that he was able to affect both the political and the private lives of the Georgian princes.
126:
Saint
Gregory of Khandzta died as a centenarian in 861, surrounded by followers and disciples. The Georgian Orthodox Church marks his memory on the day of his death, October 18. His life was compiled in the
88:(ხანძთა) which soon attracted an increasing number of brethren. He founded several other monasteries in Klarjeti, and subsequently he was elected as their
292:
282:
267:
302:
96:
functioned as centres of wisdom for centuries and played an important role in the development of a national
Georgian culture.
287:
262:
243:
191:
72:, whose wife was Gregory's paternal aunt. He left his home when he was young and became a monk in the region of
115:
as his residence and stronghold in his effort to assert independence from other regional powers, such as the
297:
236:
151:"Upper-Story Chapels Near the Sanctuary in Churches of the Christian East", Natalia Teteriatnikov,
170:
16:
307:
104:
178:
217:
80:), the only region of Georgia free of Arab presence. After a short time in the monastery of
312:
8:
277:
272:
229:
100:
116:
58:
50:
42:
28:
174:
120:
132:
69:
45:
ecclesiastic figure and a founder and leader of numerous monastic communities in
213:
256:
89:
54:
46:
128:
61:
having crafted an iadgari (a
Georgian manuscript collection of hymns).
93:
108:
112:
85:
73:
205:
20:
Saint Grigol of
Khandzta. An 18th-century miniature from Georgia.
77:
65:
81:
165:
Castellanus, Petrus (2001). "H̬andzt′a , Gregory of".
254:
68:, Gregory was raised at the court of the prince
32:
237:
164:
244:
230:
49:, a historical region in the Southwest of
293:9th-century people from Georgia (country)
84:(ოპიზა), he founded his own monastery at
15:
179:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.12323
283:Christian monks from Georgia (country)
255:
53:. He is considered an important early
200:
158:
64:Born into an aristocratic family in
268:Centenarians from Georgia (country)
41:; 759 – 5 October 861) was a
13:
303:Hymnwriters from Georgia (country)
192:St. Gregory of Chandzoe in Georgia
57:of Christian hymns written in the
14:
324:
212:This article about a saint is a
204:
185:
145:
76:(now located in north-eastern
1:
138:
288:9th-century Christian saints
216:. You can help Knowledge by
155:, Vol. 42, (1988), pp. 65-72
92:. The monasteries and their
7:
263:Saints of Georgia (country)
10:
329:
199:
103:, the presiding prince of
33:
171:Oxford University Press
21:
153:Dumbarton Oaks Papers
19:
101:Ashot I Kuropalates
25:Gregory of Khandzta
167:Grove Music Online
99:At the same time,
22:
225:
224:
117:Abbasid Caliphate
59:Georgian language
39:Grigol Khandzteli
320:
298:Men centenarians
246:
239:
232:
208:
201:
194:
189:
183:
182:
162:
156:
149:
131:work written by
121:Byzantine Empire
36:
35:
328:
327:
323:
322:
321:
319:
318:
317:
253:
252:
251:
250:
198:
197:
190:
186:
163:
159:
150:
146:
141:
133:Giorgi Merchule
70:Nerse of Iberia
34:გრიგოლ ხანძთელი
12:
11:
5:
326:
316:
315:
310:
305:
300:
295:
290:
285:
280:
275:
270:
265:
249:
248:
241:
234:
226:
223:
222:
209:
196:
195:
184:
157:
143:
142:
140:
137:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
325:
314:
311:
309:
308:Hymnographers
306:
304:
301:
299:
296:
294:
291:
289:
286:
284:
281:
279:
276:
274:
271:
269:
266:
264:
261:
260:
258:
247:
242:
240:
235:
233:
228:
227:
221:
219:
215:
210:
207:
203:
202:
193:
188:
180:
176:
172:
168:
161:
154:
148:
144:
136:
134:
130:
124:
122:
118:
114:
110:
107:, had chosen
106:
102:
97:
95:
91:
90:archimandrite
87:
83:
79:
75:
71:
67:
62:
60:
56:
52:
48:
44:
40:
30:
26:
18:
218:expanding it
211:
187:
166:
160:
152:
147:
129:hagiographic
125:
98:
63:
55:hymnographer
47:Tao-Klarjeti
38:
24:
23:
313:Saint stubs
278:861 deaths
273:759 births
257:Categories
139:References
94:scriptoria
135:in 951.
113:Klarjeti
109:Artanuji
86:Khandzta
74:Klarjeti
43:Georgian
29:Georgian
119:or the
51:Georgia
105:Iberia
78:Turkey
66:Kartli
31::
82:Opiza
214:stub
175:doi
111:in
259::
173:.
169:.
37:,
245:e
238:t
231:v
220:.
181:.
177::
27:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
.JPG)
