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[[Image:ShiotheAnchorite.jpg|right|thumb|300px|St. [[John the Forerunner]], the [[Theotokos]] and St. Shio]]
Our venerable father '''Shio Mgvime''', [[Anchorite]] of Georgia, was born in Syrian Antioch. His parents were Christians and raised their son as their only heir. The youth received a fine education, ; he studied the [[Bible|Holy Scripture]] , and already in his early years by a young age he became was accomplished in his ability to expound expounding the Word of God. After hearing about a holy ascetic named John, Shio secretly left his parental parents' home and went to the saint. However, John made the youth return to his parents, and foretold foretelling that his parents they would become [[monk|monastics]]. The This prediction was soon fulfilled. Shio later distributed his inheritance and also received the monastic tonsure from St. John.
Twenty years later, Shio set off to Georgia to preach the Word of God with twelve other chosen disciples of St. John. With the blessing both of his teacher and of the Georgian Katholikos Eulabius, St. Shio settled in a cave west of the city of Mtskhet, where he made austere ascetic efforts and was vouchsafed miraculous visions. The solitary life of the ascetic became known, and soon the place of the saint's struggles was transformed into a [[monastery]], where he established a church dedicated to the [[Trinity|Most Holy Trinity]].
