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Venerable (Monastic) · 9th century

Venerable Gregory of Khandzta

Also known as Gregory of Chandzoe · Grigol Khandzteli

A great builder of Georgian monasticism, raised in the Kartlian court, who founded monastic communities in the Klarjeti wilderness during the Arab period.

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