Grigol Peradze
Grigol Peradze | |
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Auschwitz Concentration Camp ,
German-occupied Poland | |
Honored in | Eastern Orthodox Church |
Feast | December 6 |
Grigol Peradze (
After providing help to Jews in Poland, he was arrested and sent to Auschwitz, where he was ultimately killed. He was canonized by the Eastern Orthodox Church as a martyr in 1995 and is celebrated on December 6.
Life and works
Grigol Peradze was born in the village of
In 1918 Peradze graduated near the top of his class, and afterwards studied at the Tbilisi State University until 1921. In the years 1919–21 he also served in the army. He fought against the Bolsheviks in defense of the Democratic Republic of Georgia. Later, for a short time he was a teacher in a small village near Gori.[3]
On 25 February 1921 Georgia was occupied by Soviet Russia. Grigol Peradze went into exile in Germany in November the same year. However, he would retain the fallen government's
In ordinary times Peradze would have studied in Russia; this route was now closed to him, and other talented students; the Church sought to send students to come to
From 1927 to 1932 Peradze was an associate professor at the University of Bonn. From 1933 to 1942 he was a professor of
Around
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
The
Peradze is commemorated by his memorial chapel in Warsaw, a museum in his hometown, memorial plaques at the University of Warsaw and on St. George's Church, Bakurtsikhe, where he was baptized.[12]
His main fields of scientific activity were the history of the
Grigol Peradze was canonized by the Georgian Orthodox Church in September 1995.
Works
- 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", 23, 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 Muséon", 42, Fasc. 2, Louvain, 1929, pp. 90–99 (in German)
- Les Monuments liturgiques prébyzantins en langue géorgienne.- "Le Muséon", 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)
- Irakli Jinjolava: The Ecumenical Vocation of the Orthodox Church According to the Georgian Theologian and Saint Priest-Martyr Grigol Peradze. In: Ostkirchliche Studien 65 (2016) S. 237–270.
- Irakli Jinjolava: A Portrait of Grigol Peradze Against the Background of the Ecumenical Vocation in the Orthodox Church. In: Pro Georgia, 2019, t. 29, s. 287–291.
References
- ^ a b "Თამარ ჭუმბურიძე – გრიგოლ ფერაძის ცხოვრების გზა". wordpress. 12 September 2009.
- ^ "Nieznany polski święty. Żywot i obywatelstwo Grzegorza Peradze". teologiapolityczna.pl. 14 February 2018.
- ^ a b "75 lat temu w Auschwitz zginął prawosławny męczennik św. Grzegorz Peradze".
- ^ a b Григорий (Перадзе Григол Раманозович). Saint Tikhon's Orthodox University
- ^ Maria Przełomiec (2018). "Gruziński Kolbe". przewodnik-katolicki.pl.
- ^ a b "Როგორ შევიდა ტყვედ ჩავარდნილი გრიგოლ ფერაძე გაზის კამერაში ებრაელი მრავალშვილიანი მამის ნაცვლად". tbiliselebi.ge. 22 December 2017.
- ^ "ჩემი პატრიარქი – ბექა მინდიაშვილი – მატიანე". Matiane.wordpress.com. 22 October 2009. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ a b Jaroslaw Charkiewicz (30 December 2004). "Świadkowie XX wieku – Grzegorz Peradze". Kosciol.pl.
- ^ Joanna Kiwilsz (2011). "Święty archimandryta Grzegorz Peradze". Nowa Gazeta Praska.
- ^ "Lukas Vischer: A Georgian Saint: Grigol Peradze (1899–1942)". geocities.com. Archived from the original on 29 July 2009. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze, Lives of the Georgian Saints, trans. David and Lauren Elizabeth Ninoshvili and ed. Lado Mirianashvili and the St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood (Platina, Cal.: St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 2006), 424–426.
- ^ "W Bakurciche upamiętniono św. Grzegorza Peradze i gruzińskich oficerów WP". dzieje.pl. 13 September 2017.
- ^ "Father Archimandrite Grigol Peradze" (PDF). Pro-Georgia, Journal of Kartvelological Studies. Centre for East European Studies, Oriental Institute, University of Warsaw. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
- ^ "Mikheil Saakashvili – Georgia will not kneel, or lick the conqueror's boots". InterPressNews. 26 October 2013. Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
Further reading
- 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.
- Irakli Jinjolava: The Ecumenical Vocation of the Orthodox Church According to the Georgian Theologian and Saint Priest-Martyr Grigol Peradze. In: Ostkirchliche Studien 65 (2016) S. 237–270.
External links
- Lukas Vischer: A Georgian Saint: Grigol Peradze (1899–1942)
- Świadkowie XX wieku – Grzegorz Peradze (in Polish)
- Sviaschennomuchenik Arkhimandrit Grigorii (Peradze) (in Russian)
- Irakli Jinjolava: The Ecumenical Vocation of the Orthodox Church According to the Georgian Theologian and Saint Priest-Martyr Grigol Peradze (in English)