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Venerable (Monastic) · 11th century
Saint Euthymius the New and the Georgian Fathers of Iveron
Also known as Euthymius the Athonite · John the Iberian · George the Hagiorite · Gabriel of Iveron
The Georgian fathers who founded and adorned the Iveron Monastery on Mount Athos — John the Iberian and his son Euthymius the Athonite, and George the Hagiorite — great translators who rendered the Scriptures and the writings of the fathers into Georgian, with Gabriel who received the Portaitissa icon from the sea.
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Notes
Named group of the Iveron founders commemorated together. Sts John (the Iberian) and Gabriel of Iveron, named among these fathers, are also commemorated individually on Jul 12.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints