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{{cleanup}}[[Image:StGrigolPeradze.jpg|thumb|St. Grigol Peradze]]Holy Hieromartyr '''Grigol Peradze''' was a famous Georgian ecclesiastic figure, [[theologian]], historian, [[archimandrite]], Doctor of History, and Professor of the early twentieth century. Like Christ Himself, Archimandrite Grigol died for having taken upon himself the [[sin]] of another. His [[feast day]] is [[December 6]].
'''== Life ==Archimandrite Grigol Peradze''' (''Stwas born on [[August 31]], 1899 in the village of Bakurtsikhe, in the Sighnaghi district of Kakheti, in Eastern Georgia. Priest Martyr Grigol'')His father, Romanoz Peradze, (was a [[September 13priest]]. In 1918, 1899 - Peradze graduated from the [[December 6Tbilisi Theological Seminary]], 1942) was a famous Georgian ecclesiastic figure, . He then continued his studies at the Tbilisi State University graduating in 1921. On [[theologianFebruary 25]], historian1921, Georgia was occupied by Soviet forces that had taken over the government of Russia. After his graduation he began to teach at the university, but the [[ArchimandriteChurch of Georgia]]sent him to Germany in November 1921 to study theology.  Initially, PhD Grigol studied theology and eastern languages at the University of Berlin from 1922 to 1925. In 1925, he transferred to the University of Bonn from which he graduated in 1927 with a doctoral degree in Philosophy, awarded for his dissertation ''History, Professorof the Georgian Monasticism from its creation until 1064''. He also attended lectures in theology at the University of Louvain until 1927.
== Life ==In early 1927, Grigol Peradze was born moved to England to continue his academic career. In England he found in the village library collections of Bakurtsikhethe British Museum and Oxford University old patristic manuscripts. In July 1927, in he was named an Associate Professor at the Gurjaani district University of Bonn, to which he returned to lecture on the Kakheti region, in Eastern Georgiahistory of Georgian and Armenian literature until 1932. His father In 1931, Romanoz Grigol Peradze, entered a monastic life and was [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]]. He was then [[ordination|ordained]] a [[priest]] in the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of London and was appointed dean of the St. Nino Georgian Orthodox church in Paris. Also in 1931 he began to publish a Georgian scientific journal titled "''Jvari Vazisa''" ("Cross of Vine").
At the invitation of Orthodox Metropolitan Dionysius Waledinsky of All Poland in 1932, Grigol taught until 1934 at the Faculty of Orthodox Theology of Warsaw University]] in Poland as a Professor of Patrology. In 1918 Peradze graduated from 1934, he also received the rank of [[Tbilisi Theological Seminaryarchimandrite]], and afterwards studied at the Tbilisi State University until 1921.
On [[February 25]]Throughout the 1930s, 1921, Georgia was occupied by Soviet RussiaArchim. Grigol Peradze went into exile continued his search for manuscripts concerning Georgian Christian culture. He discovered many in Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Germany , and Austria. These included manuscripts of the Typikon 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 November the same yearUniversity of Leipzig, Germany, as well as others.
In 1926 he graduated from the University The invasion of Bonn Poland by German troops in 1939 made Archim. Grigol's position in Poland precarious, for his being in Germanysolidarity with Jews in peril went without saying. In 1927 He helped wherever he received a PhD degree in History (could. He did not hesitate to visit the title of his PhD thesis was "''History of imprisoned Polish Metr. Dionysius. These activities were viewed with growing suspicion by the Georgian Monasticism from its creation until 1064'Nazi occupiers and brought Archim. Grigol'")s fruitful ecclesiastic and scientific activities to an end.
From 1927 to 1932 Peradze On [[May 4]], 1942, he was an Associate Professor at arrested by the University German Gestapo for sheltering and aiding Jews and other victims of Bonnfascist persecutions. <ref>[http://www.geocities.com/sisauri/language/geo/feradze. From 1933 to html Lukas Vischer: A Georgian Saint: Grigol Peradze (1899-1942 )]</ref> The priceless collection of Georgian manuscripts he was had collected (in hopes of returning them to Georgia) disappeared a Professor of Patrology at the Faculty of Orthodox Theology search of his quarters. Initially, incarcerated in Pawiak prison in Warsaw University]], he was deported to Auschwitz in PolandNovember 1942.
In 1931At Auschwitz, Grigol Peradze a German officer was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[priest]] in killed by one of the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Londoninmates. In 1934To get a confession, he received the rank guards drove everyone out of Archimandritethe barracks completely naked into the below freezing weather. In 1931To save the innocent prisoners from freezing to death, he founded a Georgian StArchim Grigol chose to take the blame for the murder. Nino Georgian Orthodox church in Paris. In Upon his admission the guards let loose dogs on the same year he began to publish a Georgian scientific journal titled "''Jvari Vazisa''" ("Cross of Vine")[[martyr], then poured gasoline over him, and lit him on fire.
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 It was on [[Petritsoni MonasteryDecember 6]] (Bachkovo, Bulgaria)1942, the so-called Tischendorf manuscripts of the Apagae of the Monastery of the Holy Cross at the University Library 4:45PM, that Grigol Peradze was martyred in the University Nazi concentration camp of LeipzigAuschwitz. In the end, Germanylike Christ Himself, etc.)Archimandrite Grigol died for having taken upon himself the sin of another.
The invasion of Poland by German troops in 1939 made Grigol Peradze's position precarious. For him being in solidarity with Jews in peril went without saying; and he helped wherever he could. Nor did he hesitate to visit the imprisoned Polish Metropolitan Dionysios. These activities were viewed with growing suspicion by the Nazi occupiers and Peradze's fruitful ecclesiastic and scientific activities were brought to an end in 1942 when, on was [[May 4glorification|glorified]], he was arrested by the German Gestapo. <ref>[http://www.geocities.com/sisauri/language/geo/feradze.html Lukas Vischer: A Georgian Saint: Grigol Peradze (1899-1942)]</ref> On [[December 6]], 1942, Grigol Peradze was killed Orthodox and Apostolic Church in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz instead of a Jewish man who had a large family1995.
Main fields of scientific activity of Grigol Peradze were: the history of the [[Church of Georgia|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.==Reference==<references/>
== Principal scientific works by Grigol Peradze was canonized by ==The main fields of scientific activity of Grigol Peradze were: the history of the Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church in 1995. The Feast Day for St. Priest Martyr Grigol is December 6, source studies of the history of Georgia and the Georgian Church, Patrology, history of Georgian literature, and Rustvelology (Shota Rustaveli a great Georgian poet of the 12th century).
== 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)
* Im Dienste der Georgischen Kultur.- "Aus der Welt des Ostens", Königsberg, 1940, pp. 30-50 (in German)
==Notes and referencesSources==<references*[http:/>/www.pravoslavie.ru/english/7363.htm Holy Hieromartyr Grigol (Peradze) (1942)]*[[Wikipedia:Grigol Peradze]]
== Literature about Grigol Peradze ==
* [http://www.geocities.com/sisauri/language/geo/feradze.html Lukas Vischer: A Georgian Saint: Grigol Peradze (1899-1942)]
* [http://www.kosciol.pl/article.php/20041230232911240/print Świadkowie XX wieku - Grzegorz Peradze (in Polish)]
* [http://www.pravoslavie.ru/cgi-bin/sykon/client/display.pl?sid=381&did=1601 Sviaschennomuchenik Arkhimandrit Grigorii (Peradze) (in Russian)]
* Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grigol_Peradze
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