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The Acta Monasterii Iberorum is a liturgical text from the Georgian tradition, preserved in the Titus edition. It is a formal, ritual work intended for monastic use, sur…

Andrew of Crete's homily 'On Vanity' is a Byzantine ascetic discourse warning against worldly pride and transience, preserved in a single Old Georgian manuscript. The te…

Barsabas of Jerusalem, On Christ and the Churches is a liturgical text preserved solely in a single Old Georgian manuscript (Titus 1.1.1.1). Traditionally attributed to…

The Old Georgian translation of Basil the Great's Letters and Liturgy survives in multiple medieval manuscripts, reflecting a complex transmission with several recension…

This homily on the burial of Christ, attributed to Epiphanius of Cyprus, blends exegetical reflection with hortatory address for Holy Saturday. The Georgian version surv…

The Old Georgian translation of Gregory of Nazianzus’ Speeches survives only within the Mravaltavi (homiliary) manuscript tradition, where liturgical excerpting shaped b…

The Old Georgian homily 'On Nativity,' attributed to Gregory of Nyssa, survives in a single 10th-century manuscript (Sinai georg. 32) and was translated from a lost Gree…

The Old Georgian version of Gregory of Nyssa's 'On the Making of Man' is attributed to the 11th-century translator George the Athonite, active at the Iviron monastery on…

The Old Georgian version of Gregory of Nyssa's 'On Virginity' survives in a single manuscript (Tbilisi, A-95) and shows signs of translation from a lost Greek exemplar,…

The Old Georgian version of Gregory of Nyssa’s works survives in several manuscripts, reflecting a complex transmission from Greek originals via Armenian intermediaries.…

The Heirmologion with Neumes (Nevmirebuli dzlispirni) is an anonymous Old Georgian liturgical manuscript containing heirmoi (model stanzas) and theotokia for the odes of…

The Heirmologion with Theotokia (Dzlispirni with Theotokia) is an anonymous Old Georgian liturgical manuscript preserved in the Dzlispirni tradition. It combines a heirm…

This dossier concerns the Georgian translation of a homily for the Feast of the Hypapante (Presentation of the Lord), attributed to Hesychius of Jerusalem (d. after 451)…

The Hymnographical material from menologies (Hymn.Mat.Men.) comprises Old Georgian liturgical hymns for saints' feasts, transmitted in menologies compiled from the 10th…

The Hymns for the Athos Saints is an anonymous collection of liturgical hymns in Old Georgian, preserved in a single manuscript from the Iviron Monastery on Mount Athos,…

These anonymous hymns, attributed to Ioane Minchkhi in the colophon, survive only in Sinai manuscripts and are liturgical in nature, likely for monastic use. They exhibi…

The poems of Ioane Minchkhi are liturgical hymns in Old Georgian, likely composed for festal or sanctoral use. They survive in a single manuscript tradition with no know…

Ioane Zosime's Calendar is a liturgical calendar attributed to the Georgian monk Ioane Zosime, listing feasts and commemorations with hymns and readings. It survives in…

The Calendar of Ioane Zosime is a tenth-century Georgian liturgical calendar preserved in a single palimpsest manuscript (Sinai georg. 34) copied by the monk Ioane Zosim…

The Old Georgian version of John Chrysostom's Liturgy survives in multiple manuscripts from the 9th–10th centuries, reflecting a complex transmission from Greek original…

The Old Georgian text of 'Christus Oriens Orientium' survives in a single manuscript (H-2123) and is traditionally attributed to John Chrysostom. The work is a liturgica…

The Old Georgian version of John Chrysostom's homily 'De ieiunio et Iona' survives in a single manuscript and was adapted for liturgical reading, likely during Lent. The…

This dossier concerns the Old Georgian version of John Chrysostom's homilies on penance, continence, and virginity, translated by George the Athonite in the mid-11th cen…

The 'Pearl' (margaliti) is a Georgian liturgical florilegium traditionally attributed to John Chrysostom (Ioane Ok'ropiri). Surviving in a single Old Georgian manuscript…

The Old Georgian version of John Damascene's De nativitate Domini is a liturgical homily for the feast of the Nativity, preserved in Georgian Menaia manuscripts. Transla…

The Georgian version of John Damascene's Encomium of John Chrysostom survives in a single 10th–11th-century manuscript (Sinai georg. 34), likely translated from a lost G…

The Sermons of John of Bolnisi (Io.Boln.) is a rare early Georgian homiletic cycle preserved in a single 10th-century manuscript, likely from the Sinai Georgian corpus.…

The Menaion for September (George the Athonite's version) is a Georgian liturgical book containing hymns, prayers, and readings for September according to the Byzantine…

Mikael Modrekili's Hymnography is a collection of liturgical hymns in archaic Old Georgian, preserved in a single 10th–11th century manuscript. The corpus reflects the c…

The excerpts from Mikael Modrekili's hymnography present Old Georgian liturgical poetry from the 10th–11th centuries. Modrekili was a central figure in the medieval Geor…

The Offices for the Deceased (Athos aghapebi) is an anonymous Old Georgian liturgical text preserved in manuscripts from the Iveron monastery on Mount Athos. It contains…

The Offices for the Deceased (Jerusalem aghapebi) is an anonymous Old Georgian liturgical manuscript preserving a Jerusalemite tradition of commemorative services for th…

The Homilia in Apostolos attributed to Severianus of Gabala is a liturgical homily for the commemoration of the apostles, preserved in an Old Georgian translation. The t…

The Sinai Iadgari (Udzvelesi Iadgari) is the earliest known collection of Georgian hymnography, preserved in a single tenth-century manuscript from St. Catherine's Monas…

The *Sasuliero Poezia* (Spiritual Poetry) is an anonymous collection of Old Georgian liturgical poems, preserved in a single manuscript tradition with lacunae and varian…

The Old Georgian text of St. Jacob's Liturgy survives in a single 10th-century manuscript (Sinai georg. 40), copied from an earlier exemplar. Attributed traditionally to…

The Liturgy of St. Jacob is an anonymous liturgical text preserved in a single Old Georgian manuscript, attributed ambiguously to either James the Just or James of Nisib…

The sermons attributed to St. Nino are cast as first-person exhortations and apostrophes to the Georgian people, employing a register typical of hagiographic homily. Tra…

This dossier examines an anonymous Georgian synodal record from St. Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai, preserved as a palimpsest. The text lists souls for commemoration…

The Synodal Records from Tbeti are a set of liturgical commemorative entries preserved in a single manuscript from the monastery of Tbeti in Tao-Klarjeti. The manuscript…

The Great Synaxarion is an anonymous Old Georgian liturgical compilation of saints' lives and commemorations arranged by the church calendar. It survives in a single 10t…

The Klarjeti Polycephalion (Klarjuli mravaltavi) is a 10th-century Georgian liturgical manuscript from the Klarjeti scriptorium, a major center of medieval Georgian mona…

The Paris lectionary is an anonymous Old Georgian liturgical manuscript, surviving in a single copy from the 10th–11th centuries. It preserves a pre-Schism Constantinopo…

The Sinai Polycephalion (Sinuri mravaltavi) is an anonymous Old Georgian liturgical collection of homiletic readings for movable and immovable feasts of the church year.…

The Typicon Pacuriani is a monastic foundation document (typikon) for the Petriconi monastery, composed in Old Georgian. It prescribes liturgical and administrative rule…