Shio of Mgvime
Shio of Mgvime | |
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| Bishop, Preacher | |
| Born | Antioch, Byzantine Empire |
| Died | Mtskheta, Kingdom of Iberia |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Major shrine | Shio-Mgvime monastery |
| Feast | May 22 |
| Patronage | Georgia |
Shio of Mgvime (Georgian: შიო მღვიმელი, romanized: shio mghvimeli; lit.'Shio of the Cave'[1]), sometimes known as Simeon of Mgvime,[2][3] was a 6th century anchorite, desert father, thaumaturgus and one of the thirteen Assyrian apostles of the Georgian kingdom of Iberia. He is venerated as a saint who introduced the notion of a strict ascetic life to the Georgian Church.[4]
Life
He was born in Antioch. At the age of 20, he became a disciple of the famous hermit John of Zedazeni,[5] distributed his property to peasants and monasteries, and became a monk himself.[6] In the middle of the 6th century, he lived in Mtskheta. Monk Shio separated from his brethren and founded the Shio-Mgvime monastery on Sarkine mountain.[7][8] Initially, Shio lived in a small cave, which was converted into a church around the 9th century, the monastery became a large organization during the time of Shio.[9] On his own initiative, the first church named after John the Baptist was built here. Shio performed an extraordinary feats of endurance,[10] by spending the last years of his life in total seclusion, in a 12 metre deep cave,[11] he was buried there.[12] His feast day is on May 22.
See also
References
- ↑ Rapp, p. 99
- ↑ Calendarul tuturor sfinților de peste an și locurile din Italia unde pot fi cinstite moaștele lor (in Romanian). Episcopul Siluan al Episcopiei Ortodoxe Române a Italiei, Monahia Maria Popa. Mănăstirea Adormirea Maicii Domnului - Roma. November 4, 2013. p. 44. ISBN 978-606-93067-2-7.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ↑ German, Andrei (May 29, 2020). "1500 Years of Georgian Monasticism—St. Shio-Mgvime Monastery". OrthoChristian. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
One of these followers was Shio, and this name itself was derived from Shimon—Simeon
- ↑ Soltes, p. 104
- ↑ Rapp, p. 100
- ↑ Charkiewicz, p. 37
- ↑ Rapp, p. 102
- ↑ Tchekhanovets, p. 184
- ↑ Charkiewicz, pp. 47-48
- ↑ Soltes, p. 110
- ↑ Tchekhanovets, p. 185
- ↑ Charkiewicz, p. 52
Bibliography
- Rapp, S. H. Jr (2014) The Sasanian World through Georgian Eyes: Caucasia and the Iranian Commonwealth in Late Antique Georgian Literature, Ashgate Publishing, ISBN 978-1-4724-2552-2
- Soltes, O. (1999) National Treasures of Georgia, Bloomsbury, ISBN 978-0-85667-501-0
- Tchekhanovets, Y. (2018) The Caucasian Archaeology of the Holy Land: Armenian, Georgian and Albanian Communities Between the Fourth and Eleventh Centuries CE, ISBN 978-90-04-36555-1
- Charkiewicz, J. (2005) Gruzińscy święci, Warszawa: Warszawska Metropolia Prawosławna, ISBN 978-83-60311-87-5