Our Holy Father John Of Zedazeni And His Twelve Disciples Abibus Of Nekresi Anthony Of Martqopi David Of Gareji

"St John Zedazneli of Zaden, in Georgia with his 12 Disciples"COMMEMORATED ON MAY 7Our Sacred Get on your way John of Zedazeni and his twelve disciples, Abibus of Nekresi, Anthony of Martqopi, David of Gareji, Zenon of Iqalto, Thaddeus of Stepantsminda, Jesse of Tsilkani, Joseph of Alaverdi, Isidore of Samtavisi, Michael of Ulumbo, Pyrrhus of Breti, Stephen of Khirsa, and Shio of Mgvime, were Syrian ascetics and the formation fathers of Georgian monastic life. St. John acknowledged his spiritual erudition in Antioch. Infantile in his youthful he was tonsured a nun and withdrew to the wasteland. The Lady, recognizing his modesty, devotion in fasting, and holier-than-thou preparedness, blessed His devoted servant with the gift of healing the repellent and casting out demons. St. John was large for his holy activities and miracles. Extraordinary crowds would throng around him, and some time ago some time he found it necessary to break from now even deeper solitude. Sack with him discrete of his disciples, he chose a aloof sector, fashioned for himself a flaw, and began to exert yourself as a hermit. Just the once the Utmost Sacred Theotokos appeared to St. John and told him, "Rank twelve monks and go with them to Georgia, the nation protester by the Equal-to-the-Apostles Nino, and increase the Christian human being of its kinfolk." Saint John connected the creativeness to his disciples, and some time ago faraway fasting and prayer he chose twelve of them: Abibus, Anthony, David, Zenon, Thaddeus, Isidore, Joseph, Jesse, Michael, Pyrrhus, Stephen, and Shio. He spent his go on disciples in the wasteland in the care of the abbot, the blessed chief Euthymius, and set off for Georgia with the twelve he had return. By divine illumination the Georgian king Parsman and Catholicos Evlavios acknowledged the good word that the venerable fathers were in Mesopotamia, on their way to Georgia, and they rash to sense them with the principled honors. King Parsman and Catholicos Evlavios met the holy fathers as they were entrance Mtskheta. The holy fathers venerated the myrrh-streaming plant of the Full of beans Situation and the Wrap of Christ at Svetitskhoveli Minster. From stage St. John and his disciples traveled over Georgia, visiting its a choice of holy sites. With the blessing of Catholicos Evlavios, St. John and his disciples noteworthy on Zedazeni Divider, anywhere a pagan temple to the idol Zadeni had when stood. The monks lived in isolated cells, burning up innocently plant life and praying evermore. Having heard of the spiritual activities of St. John and his disciples, Christian believers began to throng to Zedazeni Divider. Innumerable burned with ask for the monastic life, and some unjustifiable the world to merge the holy fathers at Zedazeni. In such a way, Zedazeni Divider was transformed now an family circle of hermits. One night the Utmost Sacred Theotokos appeared once more to St. John and instructed him to send his disciples over the property to preach the Gossip of God. In the birth, having connected the creativeness to his disciples, St. John advised them: "Our Lady Jesus Christ sent us to perform good activities for this property and its kinfolk, for they are not long planted seeds in the Christian Guarantee. As a consequence, let us go forth, each in his own sequence, to preach the Gossip of God!" St. John remained at Zedazeni and went about his usual pains in the company of the Deacon Ilia. Zedazeni Divider was weakness water, but St. John prayed to God for a spring, and the Lady sent him a healing spring at the mountain's peak. Supervise St. John's holy prayers, a rinse that often came to the spring to down was tamed and became a shelter and watch over of Zedazeni Monastery. (To this day, the beasts of Zedazeni forest trouble never overanxious a exclusive human being). Supervise St. John's intercessions, a man tranquillity and paralyzed from his childhood began to speak and demonstration. While seriously ration God for a choice of years, St. John acknowledged a sign that his death was entrance. He called his disciples, blessed them, bade them leave-taking, and spent them to place him in the cavern anywhere he had dwelt. While function Sacred Communion, St. John beheld the make public open and the ethereal powers with the armies of saints sunny forth. The Lady called St. John to Himself, saying: "I am the Lady, the God of your fire up Abraham. Extend and I mood quantity you rest from your pains." The holy fire up prayed and gave up his human being to the Lady. While his poise St. John's disciples smooth-tongued among themselves that a unwelcoming cavern was tactless to supply as their holy father's finances place, and with bring to an end deference they concealed his bomb in a church at the bed of the barrier. But abruptly a fervent quiver shook the home anywhere they stood. The earth ceased to pound innocently some time ago the impressed disciples remembered their shepherd's mood and realized that the tremors were a sign from God. So the disciples, a priest, and a deacon stripped the holy what's left and reburied St. John according to his mood. So they were reality translated, St. John's holy what's left healed a choice of repellent and demon-possessed kinfolk. In the 10th century, in vogue the time of Catholicos Mild (908-923), a church in own of St. John the Baptist was built on the south cache of St. John's cavern. The holy father's somber is located on the road to the altar of this church. The Sacred Object Abibus of Nekresi was holy bishop of Nekresi at the claim of Parsman VI, King of Kartli, and Catholicos Evlavios. Complete with holy zeal, Bishop Abibus new a choice of pagans to the Christian Guarantee. In the 6th century the Persians false a choice of Georgians to forbid Christ and worship fire in harmony with their own principle. Subsequently St. Abibus poured water on their altar of price to satisfy the "holy fire," the beside yourself Persians stop him heartlessly, subsequently stoned him to death. By order of the marzban (Persian viceroy), the holy what's left of Object Abibus remained for three days under the open sky. But to the marzban's bring to an end surprise, neither beast nor bird would hit them. On the fourth night, monks from Rechi Monastery wearing and translated the holy what's left to Samtavisi Monastery for principled finances. Consequent, by order of Stepanoz (600-619), the spot on independent of Kartli, the holy what's left of St. Abibus were translated once more, to Samtavro Monastery in Mtskheta, and concealed in the place of protection under the altar notable. St. Anthony of Martqopi perpetually carried with him an icon of the Redeemer "Not-Made-By-Hands" which he had brought from Edessa in Asia Ambiguous. A follower of diffidence, St. Anthony noteworthy in Lonoati Plague, but the a choice of inquisitive Christians, weak by his prayers and miracles, overanxious his solitude. So the holy fire up built a monastery for his devoted associates, withdrew in reclusion exterior the Alazani Stream, and subsequent noteworthy on Akriani Divider. In his new hermitage, he ate mostly plant life and the skin of plants, and God sent a rinse to bring him rations. Consequent St. Anthony erected a discourse at the top of the barrier and dwelt upon it for eighteen years. The venerable fire up acknowledged a sign from God in the past his death was obliging, and at the stage of his poise he was kneeling in prayer forward the icon of the Redeemer. His disciples carried his holy what's left down from the discourse and concealed them in the monastery he had founded, in pilot of the icon of the Father of God. St. David of Gareji if possible noteworthy in the boundary of Tbilisi, the new capital of Georgia. Supervise his wondrous preaching, St. David new a choice of fire-worshippers and brought kinfolk of a choice of creeds to the Christian Guarantee. One day the fire-worshippers took revenge: they bribed a expectant insect to program to their thought and accuse St. David of treachery. But the wonder-worker St. David touched his staff to the woman's womb and designed, "In the name of the Lady Jesus Christ, I management you, descendant, guide us who your real fire up is!" The descendant expressed the name of his true fire up from spotlight his mother's womb. The crowd of bystanders was gnashing your teeth and began to stone the pagan slanderers. Seriously overanxious by the rioting and unable to numbers the carnage, St. David gone with his champion Lukiane. Sts. David and Lukiane noteworthy in the Gareji Inhospitable surroundings in southeastern Georgia. The Lady provided them with rations in abundance: every day, ingot Wednesdays and Fridays, a horde of"Deserving David of the Gareji Monastery, Georgia"deer came to establish them. Lukiane milked the natural world, and in the past David completed the sign of the In a huff over the milk, it was wonderfully transformed now cheese. Gossip of the wonders performed by the holy fathers soar brusquely, and immediately the Gareji Inhospitable surroundings became a shelter for the a choice of Christians who hungered to lead a true simple life. While some time a devout nun called Dodo came from Ninotsminda, a society in eastern Georgia, and, having acknowledged a blessing from his spiritual fire up, customary the Monastery of the Utmost Sacred Theotokos on the eastern cache of the Gareji mountains. When that time the eastern medley has been called "Dodo's Drape." St. David went to Jerusalem on pilgrimage, but in the past he wearing stage, he abruptly judged himself unworthy and dared not go in to the gates of the city. He prayed enthusiastically forward the city gates, subsequently, in his indecipherable modesty, chose three stones to pause with him as raw materials and gone. That especially night an angel appeared to Patriarch Elias of Jerusalem and told him that a nun named David, who had wearing from Georgia, was cargo whisper all the diplomacy of the Sacred Moor. The patriarch's messengers found St. David and under arrest from him two of the stones. The third stone he carried back to Gareji Monastery. Having served the Lady his whole life, frank faraway strife and a choice of problems, the God-pleasing St. David reposed calmly and was concealed at David-Gareji Monastery. St. Jesse of Tsilkani was holy bishop of Tsilkani by Catholicos Evlavios, at the tiny bit of St. John of Zedazeni. The holy fire up preached to a choice of crowds and new a choice of unbelievers. Sooner than yearning, a choice of associates had gathered around him. St. Jesse, equate St. John's other disciples, was endowed with the special to work miracles. Just the once St. John momentous to test the depend on of his disciples, and he necessary each of them to perform a trend. Subsequently it was St. Isidore's turn, he descended to the Ksani Stream, crossed over it, subsequently touched his staff to the water and cried out, "In the name of the Lady, I management you to thrive me!" Openly the water began to transmission in the contradictory sequence, and it followed every move of the venerable father's staff. St. Isidore led the water to Tsilkani Monastery. Having witnessed this trend, a choice of kinfolk were new to the true Guarantee. St. Isidore acknowledged a sign from paradise in the past his poise was on the road to. He partook of the Sacred Assistance and prayerfully gave up his human being to God. St. Isidore is concealed in the Tsilkani Minster of the Utmost Sacred Theotokos. St. Joseph of Alaverdi perpetually carried with him a spiteful that had been formed from the plant of the Life-giving In a huff of our Redeemer. With the blessing of his tutor, St. Joseph preached the Gospel of Christ over the command of Kartli in eastern Georgia and subsequent noteworthy in the Alaverdi wasteland. Just the once St. Joseph encountered a pagan nobleman and preached to him the Gossip of God. Seriously emotional by Fr. Joseph's grace-filled preaching, the nobleman founded a monastery in Alaverdi. Villagers from the series command heard about the holy father's bring to an end spiritual feats, and a choice of of them spent the world to exert yourself with him. The degree of ascetics in the command began to widen methodically from that time. Subsequently his yearning and labor-filled life was draw doodles to an end, St. Joseph straight a new abbot for the monastery and reposed calmly in the Lady. To this day a choice of miracles trouble engaged place over his somber at Alaverdi Monastery. From his youthful St. Shio of Mgvime (of the cavern) was a champion of St. John of Zedazeni, and he followed him to Georgia. St. Shio noteworthy in Sarkineti, a command northwest of Mtskheta. The Utmost Sacred Theotokos blessed the nun, and he carried out his pains in harmony with her revelations. A dove would bring rations to the blessed fire up, and St. Evagre (at that time the independent of Tsikhedidi) witnessed this trend one day seeing that hunting in the sector. Seriously emotional by his unbroken pains, the prince spent the world to become St. Shio's champion. It was not yearning forward St. Shio's wasteland was extensive with kinfolk who longed for the simple life. St. Shio founded a monastery in Sarkineti, gathered roughly two thousand monks to exert yourself stage with him, and instructed them in a strict simple life. Having performed heroic miracles, St. Shio finally vowed to God that he would leave behind the remainder of his life in a well that he had dug for himself. He straight Evagre abbot of the monastery and went now reclusion at the stun of the well. Represent he spent fifteen years and reposed calmly in the Lady. St. Shio's holy what's left are concealed in that well, and to this day a choice of miracles trouble engaged place over his somber."Deserving Shio Mgvime"St. Pyrrhus of Breti, called the "Holy Conceive of of Shame," founded a monastery in Breti, on the periphery of the Jvaristsqali Stream. His holy what's left are concealed in the church at that monastery. "St Pyrrhus of Breta, in Georgia"St. Isidore of Samtavisi preached the Christian Guarantee in Kartli for a choice of years, in harmony with his teacher's ideas. On the eastern periphery of the Rekhula Stream, he founded Samtavisi Monastery of the Picture of the Redeemer "Not-Made-By-Hands." He reposed and was concealed at that monastery. St. Thaddeus of Stepantsminda if possible preached in Mtskheta, and subsequent he founded a monastery at the bed of Zedazeni Divider. While St. John's poise, St. Thaddeus continued to preach over Kartli and erected a choice of new churches. Plus them, the Minster of the Protomartyr Stephen in Urbnisi is a lofty turn of phrase. Adjoining the end of his life St. Thaddeus withdrew to a cavern at Tsleva Divider not far from the city of Kaspi. He reposed calmly and is concealed in that place. St. Stephen of Khirsa and his companions preached over the command of Kakheti in eastern Georgia. Consequent St. Stephen founded Khirsa Monastery on the road to Kharnabuji Bastion. He is concealed in the place of protection of the Minster of the Protomartyr Stephen at Khirsa. St. Zenon of Iqalto preached the Christian Guarantee in northern Kakheti and founded Iqalto Monastery. He reposed calmly, some time ago accomplishing a choice of good works on behalf of the true Guarantee. St. Zenon is concealed at Iqalto in the Minster of the Picture of the Redeemer "Not-Made-By-Hands." St. Michael of Ulumbo preached the Christian Guarantee in northern Kartli and Ossetia. He founded a monastery in the Ulumbo (named some time ago Mt. Olympus (in old Georgian Mt. Olympus is memorable as Mt. Ulumbo), a heart of monasticism in Bythinia, Asia Ambiguous.) sector, anywhere his wonder-working what's leftwere subsequent concealed. "St Michael of Ulompo, Georgia "Innumerable Georgian children trouble been raised at the monasteries founded by the Thirteen Syrian Fathers. For centuries the Holy diplomacy of the holy ascetics has soar among the Georgian kinfolk and over their land. These monasteries and the holy fathers who founded them arise to protect the Georgian kinfolk against all form of sin and unbelief.SOURCE:"SAINT OR Meal POSTED THIS Daytime 2009(with 2008's enlist featuring in what's more):"