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Holy Hieromartyr '''Grigol Peradze''' was a famous Georgian ecclesiastic figure, [[theologian]], historian, [[archimandrite]], Doctor of History, and Professor of the early twentieth century. Like Christ Himself, Archimandrite Grigol died for having taken upon himself the [[sin]] of another. His [[feast day]] is [[December 6]].
  
'''Grigol Peradze''' (''St. Priest Martyr Grigol''), ([[September 13]], 1899 - [[December 6]], 1942) was a famous Georgian ecclesiastic figure, [[theologian]], historian, [[Archimandrite]], PhD of History, Professor.
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== Life ==
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Archimandrite Grigol Peradze was born on [[August 31]], 1899 in the village of Bakurtsikhe, in the Sighnaghi district of Kakheti, in Eastern Georgia. His father, Romanoz Peradze, was a [[priest]].
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In 1918, Peradze graduated from the [[Tbilisi Theological Seminary]]. He then continued his studies at the Tbilisi State University graduating in 1921. On [[February 25]], 1921, Georgia was occupied by Soviet forces that had taken over the government of Russia. After his graduation he began to teach at the university, but the [[Church of Georgia]] sent him to Germany in November 1921 to study theology.
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Initially, Grigol studied theology and eastern languages at the University of Berlin from 1922 to 1925. In 1925, he transferred to the University of Bonn from which he graduated in 1927 with a doctoral degree in Philosophy, awarded for his dissertation ''History of the Georgian Monasticism from its creation until 1064''. He also attended lectures in theology at the University of Louvain until 1927.
  
== Life ==
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In early 1927, Grigol moved to England to continue his academic career. In England he found in the library collections of the British Museum and Oxford University old patristic manuscripts. In July 1927, he was named an Associate Professor at the University of Bonn, to which he returned to lecture on the history of Georgian and Armenian literature until 1932.
Grigol Peradze was born in the village of Bakurtsikhe, in the Gurjaani district of the Kakheti region, in Eastern Georgia. His father, Romanoz Peradze, was a priest.
 
  
In 1918 Peradze graduated from the [[Tbilisi Theological Seminary]], and afterwards studied at the Tbilisi State University until 1921.
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In 1931, Grigol Peradze entered a monastic life and was [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]]. He was then [[ordination|ordained]] a [[priest]] in the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of London and was appointed dean of the St. Nino Georgian Orthodox church in Paris. Also in 1931 he began to publish a Georgian scientific journal titled "''Jvari Vazisa''" ("Cross of Vine").
  
On [[February 25]], 1921, Georgia was occupied by Soviet Russia. Grigol Peradze went into exile in Germany in November the same year.
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At the invitation of Orthodox Metropolitan Dionysius Waledinsky of All Poland in 1932, Grigol taught until 1934 at the Faculty of Orthodox Theology of Warsaw University in Poland as a Professor of Patrology. In 1934, he also received the rank of [[archimandrite]].  
  
In 1926 he graduated from the University of Bonn in Germany. In 1927 he received a PhD degree in History (the title of his PhD thesis was "''History of the Georgian Monasticism from its creation until 1064''").
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Throughout the 1930s, Archim. Grigol continued his search for manuscripts concerning Georgian Christian culture. He discovered many in Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Germany, and Austria. These included manuscripts of the Typikon of the Georgian Petritsoni Monastery (Bachkovo, Bulgaria), the so-called Tischendorf manuscripts of the Apagae of the Monastery of the Holy Cross at the University Library in the University of Leipzig, Germany, as well as others.  
  
From 1927 to 1932 Peradze was an Associate Professor at the University of Bonn. From 1933 to 1942 he was a Professor of Patrology at the Faculty of Orthodox Theology of Warsaw University]], in Poland.
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The invasion of Poland by German troops in 1939 made Archim. Grigol's position in Poland precarious, for his being in solidarity with Jews in peril went without saying. He helped wherever he could. He did not hesitate to visit the imprisoned Polish Metr. Dionysius. These activities were viewed with growing suspicion by the Nazi occupiers and brought Archim. Grigol's fruitful ecclesiastic and scientific activities to an end.  
  
In 1931, Grigol Peradze was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[priest]] in the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of London. In 1934, he received the rank of Archimandrite. In 1931, he founded a Georgian St. Nino Georgian Orthodox church in Paris. In the same year he began to publish a Georgian scientific journal titled "''Jvari Vazisa''" ("Cross of Vine").
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On [[May 4]], 1942, he was arrested by the German Gestapo for sheltering and aiding Jews and other victims of fascist persecutions. The priceless collection of Georgian manuscripts he had collected (in hopes of returning them to Georgia) disappeared a search of his quarters. Initially, incarcerated in Pawiak prison in Warsaw, he was deported to Auschwitz in November 1942.
  
In the 1930s, Peradze discovered numerous important written manuscripts of Georgian Christian culture in Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Germany, and Austria (Georgian manuscripts of the Typicon of the Georgian [[Petritsoni Monastery]] (Bachkovo, Bulgaria), the so-called Tischendorf manuscripts of the Apagae of the Monastery of the Holy Cross at the University Library in the University of Leipzig, Germany, etc.).
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At Auschwitz, a German officer was killed by one of the inmates. To get a confession, the guards drove everyone out of the barracks completely naked into the below freezing weather. To save the innocent prisoners from freezing to death, Archim Grigol chose to take the blame for the murder. Upon his admission the guards let loose dogs on the [[martyr], then poured gasoline over him, and lit him on fire.  
  
The invasion of Poland by German troops in 1939 made Peradze's position precarious. For him being in solidarity with Jews in peril went without saying; and he helped wherever he could. Nor did he hesitate to visit the imprisoned Polish Metropolitan Dionysios. These activities were viewed with growing suspicion by the Nazi occupiers and Peradze's fruitful ecclesiastic and scientific activities were brought to an end in 1942 when, on [[May 4]], he was arrested by the German Gestapo. <ref>[http://www.geocities.com/sisauri/language/geo/feradze.html Lukas Vischer: A Georgian Saint: Grigol Peradze (1899-1942)]</ref> On [[December 6]], 1942, Grigol Peradze was killed in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz instead of a Jewish man who had a large family.
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It was on [[December 6]], 1942, at 4:45PM, that Grigol Peradze was martyred in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz. In the end, like Christ Himself, Archimandrite Grigol died for having taken upon himself the sin of another.
  
Main fields of scientific activity of Grigol Peradze were: the history of the [[Church of Georgia|Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church]], source studies of the history of Georgia and the Georgian Church, Patrology, history of Georgian literature, Rustvelology (Shota Rustaveli was a great Georgian poet of the 12th century), etc.
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Grigol Peradze was [[glorification|glorified]] by the Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church in 1995.  
  
Grigol Peradze was canonized by the Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church in 1995. The Feast Day for St. Priest Martyr Grigol is December 6.
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== Principal scientific works by Grigol Peradze ==
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The main fields of scientific activity of Grigol Peradze were: the history of the Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church, source studies of the history of Georgia and the Georgian Church, Patrology, history of Georgian literature, and Rustvelology (Shota Rustaveli a great Georgian poet of the 12th century).
  
== Some main scientific works of Grigol Peradze ==
 
 
* Die Anfänge des Mönchtums in Georgien.- "Zeitschrift für Kirchengeschichte", 47, Heft 1, Stuttgart, 1928, pp. 34-75 (in German)
 
* Die Anfänge des Mönchtums in Georgien.- "Zeitschrift für Kirchengeschichte", 47, Heft 1, Stuttgart, 1928, pp. 34-75 (in German)
 
* L'activité littéraire des moines géorgiens au monastère d'Iviron au mont Athos.- "Revue d'histoire ecclésiastique", 27, Fasc. 3, Paris, 1927, pp. 530-539 (in French)
 
* L'activité littéraire des moines géorgiens au monastère d'Iviron au mont Athos.- "Revue d'histoire ecclésiastique", 27, Fasc. 3, Paris, 1927, pp. 530-539 (in French)
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* Im Dienste der Georgischen Kultur.- "Aus der Welt des Ostens", Königsberg, 1940, pp. 30-50 (in German)
 
* Im Dienste der Georgischen Kultur.- "Aus der Welt des Ostens", Königsberg, 1940, pp. 30-50 (in German)
  
==Notes and references==
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==Sources==
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*[http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/7363.htm Holy Hieromartyr Grigol (Peradze) (1942)]
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*[[Wikipedia:Grigol Peradze]]
  
 
== Literature about Grigol Peradze ==
 
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* David Kolbaia (editor) "St. Grigol (Peradze) works nr 1, in: Pro Georgia Journal of Kartvelological Studies nr 13, 200.
 
* David Kolbaia (editor) "St. Grigol (Peradze) works nr 1, in: Pro Georgia Journal of Kartvelological Studies nr 13, 200.
  
== External links ==
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== External link ==
* [http://www.geocities.com/sisauri/language/geo/feradze.html Lukas Vischer: A Georgian Saint: Grigol Peradze (1899-1942)]
 
 
* [http://www.kosciol.pl/article.php/20041230232911240/print Świadkowie XX wieku - Grzegorz Peradze (in Polish)]
 
* [http://www.kosciol.pl/article.php/20041230232911240/print Świadkowie XX wieku - Grzegorz Peradze (in Polish)]
* [http://www.pravoslavie.ru/cgi-bin/sykon/client/display.pl?sid=381&did=1601 Sviaschennomuchenik Arkhimandrit Grigorii (Peradze) (in Russian)]
 
* Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grigol_Peradze
 
  
  
 
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Latest revision as of 19:43, October 23, 2012

St. Grigol Peradze

Holy Hieromartyr Grigol Peradze was a famous Georgian ecclesiastic figure, theologian, historian, archimandrite, Doctor of History, and Professor of the early twentieth century. Like Christ Himself, Archimandrite Grigol died for having taken upon himself the sin of another. His feast day is December 6.

Life

Archimandrite Grigol Peradze was born on August 31, 1899 in the village of Bakurtsikhe, in the Sighnaghi district of Kakheti, in Eastern Georgia. His father, Romanoz Peradze, was a priest.

In 1918, Peradze graduated from the Tbilisi Theological Seminary. He then continued his studies at the Tbilisi State University graduating in 1921. On February 25, 1921, Georgia was occupied by Soviet forces that had taken over the government of Russia. After his graduation he began to teach at the university, but the Church of Georgia sent him to Germany in November 1921 to study theology.

Initially, Grigol studied theology and eastern languages at the University of Berlin from 1922 to 1925. In 1925, he transferred to the University of Bonn from which he graduated in 1927 with a doctoral degree in Philosophy, awarded for his dissertation History of the Georgian Monasticism from its creation until 1064. He also attended lectures in theology at the University of Louvain until 1927.

In early 1927, Grigol moved to England to continue his academic career. In England he found in the library collections of the British Museum and Oxford University old patristic manuscripts. In July 1927, he was named an Associate Professor at the University of Bonn, to which he returned to lecture on the history of Georgian and Armenian literature until 1932.

In 1931, Grigol Peradze entered a monastic life and was tonsured a monk. He was then ordained a priest in the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of London and was appointed dean of the St. Nino Georgian Orthodox church in Paris. Also in 1931 he began to publish a Georgian scientific journal titled "Jvari Vazisa" ("Cross of Vine").

At the invitation of Orthodox Metropolitan Dionysius Waledinsky of All Poland in 1932, Grigol taught until 1934 at the Faculty of Orthodox Theology of Warsaw University in Poland as a Professor of Patrology. In 1934, he also received the rank of archimandrite.

Throughout the 1930s, Archim. Grigol continued his search for manuscripts concerning Georgian Christian culture. He discovered many in Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Germany, and Austria. These included manuscripts of the Typikon of the Georgian Petritsoni Monastery (Bachkovo, Bulgaria), the so-called Tischendorf manuscripts of the Apagae of the Monastery of the Holy Cross at the University Library in the University of Leipzig, Germany, as well as others.

The invasion of Poland by German troops in 1939 made Archim. Grigol's position in Poland precarious, for his being in solidarity with Jews in peril went without saying. He helped wherever he could. He did not hesitate to visit the imprisoned Polish Metr. Dionysius. These activities were viewed with growing suspicion by the Nazi occupiers and brought Archim. Grigol's fruitful ecclesiastic and scientific activities to an end.

On May 4, 1942, he was arrested by the German Gestapo for sheltering and aiding Jews and other victims of fascist persecutions. The priceless collection of Georgian manuscripts he had collected (in hopes of returning them to Georgia) disappeared a search of his quarters. Initially, incarcerated in Pawiak prison in Warsaw, he was deported to Auschwitz in November 1942.

At Auschwitz, a German officer was killed by one of the inmates. To get a confession, the guards drove everyone out of the barracks completely naked into the below freezing weather. To save the innocent prisoners from freezing to death, Archim Grigol chose to take the blame for the murder. Upon his admission the guards let loose dogs on the [[martyr], then poured gasoline over him, and lit him on fire.

It was on December 6, 1942, at 4:45PM, that Grigol Peradze was martyred in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz. In the end, like Christ Himself, Archimandrite Grigol died for having taken upon himself the sin of another.

Grigol Peradze was glorified by the Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church in 1995.

Principal scientific works by Grigol Peradze

The main fields of scientific activity of Grigol Peradze were: the history of the Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church, source studies of the history of Georgia and the Georgian Church, Patrology, history of Georgian literature, and Rustvelology (Shota Rustaveli a great Georgian poet of the 12th century).

  • Die Anfänge des Mönchtums in Georgien.- "Zeitschrift für Kirchengeschichte", 47, Heft 1, Stuttgart, 1928, pp. 34-75 (in German)
  • L'activité littéraire des moines géorgiens au monastère d'Iviron au mont Athos.- "Revue d'histoire ecclésiastique", 27, Fasc. 3, Paris, 1927, pp. 530-539 (in French)
  • Über das georgische Mönchtum.- "Internationale Kirchliche Zeitschrift", 34, Heft 3, Bern, 1926, pp. 152-168 (in German)
  • Die Probleme der ältesten Kirchengeschichte Georgiens.- "Oriens Christianus", 29, Bd. 7, Wiesbaden, 1932, pp. 153-171 (in German)
  • Zur vorbyzantinischen Liturgie Georgiens.- "Le Museon", 42, Fasc. 2, Louvain, 1929, pp. 90-99 (in German)
  • Les Monuments liturgiques prébyzantins en langue géorgienne.- "Le Museon", 45, Fasc. 4, Louvain, 1932, pp. 255-272 (in French)
  • The Liturgy of Saint Peter.- "Kyrios", 2, Fasc. 3, 1937, pp. 260-262
  • An Account of the Georgian Monks and Monasteries in Palestine as revealed in the Writings of Nongeorgian Pilgrims.- "Georgica", 2, Vol. 4-5, London, 1937, pp. 181-246
  • Über die Georgischen Handschriften in Österreich.- "Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes", 47, Heft 3-4, Wien, 1940, pp. 219-232 (in German)
  • Im Dienste der Georgischen Kultur.- "Aus der Welt des Ostens", Königsberg, 1940, pp. 30-50 (in German)

Sources

Literature about Grigol Peradze

  • Victor Nozadze. "Grigol Peradze".- Georgian journal "Mamuli", Buenos-Aires, No 5, 1952
  • Tamar Dularidze. About the life and death of Grigol Peradze.- "Russkaia Misl", New York, 13-19.VII, 1995 (In Russian)
  • "Artanuji" (The Georgian historical scientific journal), Tbilisi, No 11, 2003 (Special issue: Grigol Peradze), 120 pp (In Georgian)
  • David Kolbaia (editor) "St. Grigol (Peradze) works nr 1, in: Pro Georgia Journal of Kartvelological Studies nr 13, 200.

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