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Venerable (Monastic) · 6th century

Venerable Shio of Mgvime

Also known as Shio Mgvime · Shio of the Cave

One of the Thirteen Syrian (Assyrian) Fathers who brought monasticism to Georgia; he withdrew to a cave near Mtskheta and founded the great Shio-Mgvime Monastery.

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Notes

Also commemorated May 9. One of the Thirteen Syrian Fathers of Georgia.

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org)