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Venerable (Monastic) · 10th century

Saint John of Khakhuli the Oqropiri

Also known as John of Khakhuli · John Chrysostom of Khakhuli · Ioane Okropiri

A monk of the Khakhuli Monastery in the Tao region of Georgia, John was renowned for his holiness and learning, earning the epithet Oqropiri (Golden-mouthed) after St John Chrysostom.

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints