Evdemon I ( Georgian .; D. 1642) - Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia in 1632 - 1642. , participated in a conspiracy against Tsar Rostom , pursuing a policy of Islamization of Georgia. Revered in the Georgian Orthodox Church in the guise of a holy martyr . Memory October 4 (12) [1] .
| Eudaimon I | |
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| cargo. ევდემოზ | |
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| Birth | Georgian kingdom |
| Death | 1642 Narikala |
| Monastic name | Evdemon |
| Is revered | Georgian Orthodox Church |
| In the face | holy martyr |
| Main shrine | Relics in Anchiskhati Church |
| Day of Remembrance | October 4 (12) |
| Asceticism | Catholicos Patriarch of Georgia |
Content
- 1 Early life
- 2 Catholicos Patriarch
- 3 Decease and veneration
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Early life
About the early life of St. Evdemon practically does not know anything, except that he came from a noble Georgian family Diasamidze and was the archbishop of Bodbe in 1617 - 1619 [2] .
It is also known that the son of Tsar Teimuraz I was married to the niece of St. Evdemona [3] .
Catholicos Patriarch
He was elevated to the patriarchal throne shortly before the expulsion of Teymuraz I from Kartli by Iranian Shah Abbas II . In 1633, the Muslim Rostom Shah was elevated to the royal throne, and the patriarch was in opposition to this in connection with the imposition of Muslim customs. [3]
Soon after accession to the throne, Rostom married Mariam , a woman from a noble Georgian family who was a devout Christian and spiritual daughter of patr. Evdemona. In the person of Queen St. Eudaimon found an influential patron of the Church, thanks to which it was possible to restore the destroyed Orthodox churches and facilitate the rewriting of spiritual literature. So, with the assistance of the queen, the monks rewrote the largest historical collection “ Kartlis Tskhovreba ” [2] [4] .
However, pat. Evdemon continued to make plans for the return of Teymuraz I to the royal throne and the overthrow of the shah’s power [3] .
Demise and Honor
In 1642, Patriarch Evdemon took part in a conspiracy of the Georgian nobility against Tsar Rostom with the aim of returning to the royal throne the expelled to Kakheti Teimuraz I. When Teimuraz I was already nominated from the Kakheti army, the conspirators were uncovered and arrested. Teimuraz I , despite the letters of the patriarch Eudémon, returned to Kakheti , and Saint Eudémon himself was strangled in prison. His body was dropped from the tower of the Ganja Gate, was found by a group of Christians and buried near Anchiskhati Church in Tbilisi [5] .
Saint Edemon was probably glorified in the Georgian Church as early as the 18th century [3] , the day of his memory is October 4 (12) .
The relics of the saint rest in the oldest church in the capital Anchiskhati .
Notes
- ↑ Machitadze, Archpriest Zakaria. Lives of the Georgian Saints. - Platina, California: St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 2006.
- ↑ 1 2 Kacharava, Eka. The Chronology of the Archbishops of Alaverdi Part II. - 3rd International Septuaginta Summer School. - Tbilisi, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Eudaimon I . Orthodox Encyclopedia (February 12, 2013).
- ↑ Rayfield, Donald. Edge of Empires: A History of Georgia. - London: Reaktion Books, 2012.
- ↑ Take Born Egnatashvili. New Kartlis Tskhovreba. - 1959.