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Other translated hagiographical texts from ms. Ath. 8 (57)

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Summary

This anonymous hagiographical text, preserved in the Georgian manuscript Ath. 8 (57) from the Iviron Monastery on Mount Athos, is a translation from a lost Greek original. The manuscript dates to the 10th–11th centuries, but the original composition and translation dates remain uncertain. The text was likely used for monastic liturgical readings, commemorating a saint within the Georgian Orthodox tradition. The edition does not identify the saint or specific feast day, limiting liturgical contextualization. The source edition (titus) provides the Old Georgian text and an English draft, but the unidentified Greek Vorlage complicates source-critical analysis.

This text exemplifies the Georgian hagiographical tradition of translating Greek saints' lives for monastic use, reflecting the cultural and religious exchange between Greek and Georgian Orthodox communities on Mount Athos. Its anonymous preservation highlights the challenges of identifying and contextualizing lesser-known hagiographical works, and the lack of a known Greek original underscores the importance of Georgian manuscripts for reconstructing lost Byzantine texts.

Historical context

The text is preserved in Ath. 8 (57), a Georgian manuscript from the Iviron Monastery on Mount Athos, which contains a collection of hagiographical works translated from Greek. The manuscript is dated to the 10th–11th centuries, a period when Georgian monasticism flourished on Mount Athos, with the Iviron Monastery serving as a major center for translation and copying of Greek Christian literature into Georgian. This anonymous hagiography was likely intended for liturgical reading during monastic services, as hagiographical works in Ath. 8 (57) were used for edification and commemoration of saints. The original Greek composition and the date of its translation into Georgian remain unknown, and the specific saint or feast day associated with the text is not identified in the edition, limiting its placement within the liturgical calendar. The Greek Vorlage has not been identified, complicating efforts to trace the text's transmission and source-critical analysis.

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Annotation and terms

6 commentary units 2 background1 structure1 term1 caution1 reception 0 derived notes 2 open questions 1 narrative
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Pipeline notes

  • limitThe English is a machine draft produced passage by passage from the transcribed Coptic; no human has verified it. The commentary is model-written and cites only keys the pipeline could resolve.
  • registerRegister: hagiography in Old Georgian; the English keeps the liturgical formulae and the vocatives rather than normalising them.
  • structurePassages: 1 narrative.
  • sourceSource edition: titus — This text is part of the TITUS edition of Hagiographical texts from ms. Ath. 8. Copyright TITUS Project, Frankfurt a/M, 22.9.2017. No parts of this document may be republished in any form without prior permission by the copyright holder.

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მარხვათა პირველსა კჳრიაკესა დღესა შაბათსა საჴსენებელი წმიდისა და ღოჳ{ა}წლით შემოსილისა თე(ოდორე)სი ევქაიტელ ახლად სტრატიოტად მოყვანებულისა ცხოვრებაჲ და სიმხნე მისი. მათ ჟამთა ოდეს მოიწია წმიდა მოციქული ანდრია ამასიად და წმიდასა ფედიმოსს დაასხნა ჴელნი ეპისკოპოსად და დაუტევა მან ნაცვლად თჳსა, და თჳთ შთავიდა სინოპედ, სადა იგი მრავალნი საქმენი სასწ{ა}ულთანი აღასრულნა, რომელ უწყებულ არიან. ხოლო წმიდამან ფედიმოს ჴელნი დაასხნა ნეტარსა გრიგოლის საკჳრველთ მოქმედსა ეპისკოპოსად {!} ნეოკესარიასა ზედა; და ესევითარითა წესითა იქცეოდა. ოდესმე ეჩუენის და გამოეცხადის კაცთა და ოდესმე დაეფარის, ვიდრე ჟამადმდე დევნულებისა, რომელ აღდგა მორწმუნეთა {!} ზედა და იწამნეს მოწამენი. ხოლო დაჴსნილნი მომედგრდეს და შეძრწუნდეს და ფარულად აქვნდა სარწმუნოებაჲ. და უკეთუ ვისმე შეაცნიან, უმეცარ იქმნიან და თანა წარხდიან. რამეთუ ბრძანება მიეცა მეფისაგან, რათა არ გამოეძიებდენ ეგევითართა, რომელთა ფარულად აქვნდეს სარწმუნოებაჲ, არამედ მათ ხოლო_ღა ჰგუემდეს რომელნი უშიშად იყვნეს გულითა და კადნიერად ეწყნენ და ცხადად შეურაცხ_ყვიან ბრძანებაჲ მეფისა და მსახურება {!} კერპთაჲ.
English
On the first Saturday of the fasts, the commemoration of the holy and divinely-clad Theodore of Euchaita, the newly-conducted as a soldier, his life and his valor. In those times, when the holy apostle Andrew came to Amasia, he laid his hands upon the holy Phedimos as bishop and left him as his own deputy, and he himself went down to Sinope, where he accomplished many miraculous deeds, which are known. And the holy Phedimos laid his hands upon the blessed Gregory the Wonderworker as bishop over Neocaesarea; and in such a manner it proceeded. At times he would appear and reveal himself to men, and at times he would hide himself, until the time of the persecution which arose against the faithful, and the martyrs suffered martyrdom. But those who were released were troubled and terrified, and they kept the faith in secret. And if someone recognized them, they would pretend to be ignorant and would perish together with them. For an order was given by the king that such persons who kept the faith in secret should not be sought out, but only those should be punished who were fearless in heart and boldly approached and openly reviled the king's command and the service of the idols.
Citation. Tergwame, “Other translated hagiographical texts from ms. Ath. 8 (57)”, ghath:1, machine-draft, 2026. https://naxiai.com/christian/works/ghath#s1
Colophon. Source: titus · licence: This text is part of the TITUS edition of Hagiographical texts from ms. Ath. 8. Copyright TITUS Project, Frankfurt a/M, 22.9.2017. No parts of this document may be republished in any form without prior permission by the copyright holder. · model: deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor · provider: Relace · cost: $0.0011 · generated 2026-11-15.