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Grigol Peradze

From the Georgian historical journal "Artanugi» 2003 #11,
-a brief summary the Saints life.

The present special issue of “Artanuji” (2003, 11) is dedicated to the life of prominent Georgian ecclesiastical and theologian – archimandrite Grigol Peradze (1899 -1942), a fervent servant to his own country and faith.

After annexation of the Georgian republic by the Soviet Russia (1921), he continued education at the universities of Berlin and Bonn studying theology. In 1926 Grigol Peradze defended his Ph.D. on the “History of the Georgian monasticism from its origination until 1064” at the University of Bonn.

His scholar activities especially fruitful were in the 1930s – he worked under the supervision of Paul Peeters in Brussels, studied Georgian manuscripts in the libraries of the British Museum in London and Oxford University, regularly participated in the international scientific conferences, etc.

Grigol Peradze was devoid of possibility to return back to his homeland because of
Totalitarian regime established in Georgia.

He took monastic vows in 1931 and was ordained priest. Peradze founded St. Nino church in Paris (being the only Georgian church abroad during decades) in the same
Year and began to publish scientific journal “Jvari Vazisa” (‘Cross of Vine’).

Since 1933 Grigol Peradze was a Professor of Petrology at the faculty of Orthodox Theology of Warsaw University, proceeding at the same time with intensive scholar
Researches: numerous important written monuments of Georgian culture had been
Discovered by him in archives of Romania, Bulgaria, Austria, Italy, and Greece.

His fruitful ecclesiastic and scientific activities were brought to end by the unleashing of
World War II in 1939, when Fascist Germany occupied Poland. Peradze did not leave the country, which by that time had already become his second homeland; he shared the horror of war with Polish people so dear to his heart, sacrificing eventually his own life. He was martyred in a concentration camp on December 6 1942 by entering gas-chamber instead of a Jewish prisoner who had large family.

Grigol Peradze was canonized in 1995 by the Council of the Orthodox Church of Georgia the Holy Synod of Bishops of Georgia, establishing the Feast Day for Priest Martyr Grigol on 6th December.


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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.

Contents
1 Life and works
2 Some main scientific works of Grigol Peradze
3 Literature about Grigol Peradze
4 External links



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Life and works
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.

On February 25, 1921, Georgia was occupied by Soviet Russia. Grigol Peradze went into exile in Germany in November the same year.

In 1926 he graduated from the University of Bonn (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").

From 1927 - 1932 Peradze was an Associate Professor at the University of Bonn. From 1933 - 1942 he was a Professor of Patrology at the Faculty of Orthodox Theology of Warsaw University, in Poland.

In 1931, Grigol Peradze was 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 Orthodox church in Paris. In the same year he began to publish a Georgian scientific journal titled "Jvari Vazisa" ("Cross of Vine").

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.).

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. On December 6, 1942, Grigol Peradze was killed in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz (Oswiecim) when he entered a gas-chamber instead of a Jewish prisoner who had a large family.

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, Rustvelology (Shota Rustaveli was a great Georgian poet of the 12th century), etc.

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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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)
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)
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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)
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External links
Świadkowie XX wieku - Grzegorz Peradze (in Polish)
A Georgian Saint (Grigol Peradze) by Lukas Vischer.- The Ecumenical Review, January, 2000
Sviaschennomuchenik Arkhimandrit Grigorii (Peradze) (in Russian)
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