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The current Constitution of Georgia recognizes the special role of the Georgian Orthodox Church in the country's history, but also stipulates the independence of the church from the state. Government relations are further defined and regulated by the Concordat of 2002. The Georgian Orthodox Church is the most trusted institution in Georgia.
Holy Protection Greek Orthodox Monastery, White Haven, Pennsylvania. Abbess Olympiada. Spiritual Father: Elder Ephraim of Arizona. St. John Chrysostom Greek Orthodox Monastery, Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. Abbess Melanie. Spiritual Father: Elder Ephraim of Arizona. The Living Spring Greek Orthodox Monastery, Dunlap, California. Abbess Markella.
He reorganized and refurbished the Iviron cloister, and made it into a vibrant center of Georgian Orthodox culture. At some point between 1052 and 1057, George left his fellow monk George of Oltisi in charge of the Iviron monastery, and set off to Antioch to appear before the Patriarch to defend his brethren, accused by a group of the Greek ...
St. Thomas Orthodox Church in Sioux City, Iowa is a parish of the Great Plains Deanery [1] of the Diocese of Wichita and Mid-America, [2] part of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, [3] [4] a constituent archdiocese of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East. [5]
Gabriel became a monk at the Georgian monastery of Iviron on Mount Athos and lived there during the period when the monastic community was led by another Georgian saint, John the Iberian. Gabriel led strictly religious and rough life: he wore clothes made of animal hair, drank only water and remained silent most of the time, avoiding talking ...
"The Glory of Iveria" by M. Sabinin remains one of the most revered Georgian Orthodox icons to this day.. Mikhail Pavlovich Sabinin (Russian: Михаил Павлович Сабинин, Georgian: მიხეილ პავლეს ძე საბინინი, monk Gobron, Georgian: გობრონ; 1845–1900) was a Russo-Georgian monk, historian of the Georgian Orthodox Church ...
John Tornike (Georgian: იოანე თორნიკე, romanized: ioane tornik'e; Greek: Ιωάννης Τορνίκιος), also known as Tornike Eristavi (Georgian: თორნიკე ერისთავი; died in 985) was a retired Georgian general and monk who came to be better known as a founder of the formerly Georgian Orthodox Iviron Monastery on Mount Athos in modern-day ...
This is a list of Eastern Orthodox bishops and archbishops. See also Eastern Orthodox Church organization and Patriarch . This article forms part of the series