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Peter the Iberian

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doctrine. These Churches (Armenian, Coptic, etc) believe that Peter the Iberian was a Miaphysite and an anti-Chalcedonian, whereas this view is not shared by the Georgian Orthodox Church. Although his biographies do not discuss this issue, some of the scholars who side with the Armenian sources
405:" and "an exceedingly wonderful person". He gained numerous followers and disciples. According to the medieval sources, he was an author of several famous religious works. However, none of them survived to be written under the name of Peter. For three years he lived at the 375:, Peter refused to write to or receive letters from home lest it undermine his ascetic discipline. At some point around 445, the bishop of Maiuma ordained Peter though Peter attempted to avoid serving as a priest in favour of monastic life. 298:. It remains uncertain whether they had planned to return to Constantinople or if this was an escape, nevertheless their presence in Jerusalem was commonly known and they were not forced to return. 305:, a famous ascetic whom Peter had met earlier in Constantinople and who might have inspired him to follow her. Melania bestowed upon them the monastic garb in a ceremony in the 393:
In the early 470s, Peter moved to Peleia near Ascalon where he continued ascetic activities, visiting various towns and villages of Palestine. Here he acquired great fame as a
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Sh. Nutsubidze. "Mystery of Pseudo-Dionys Areopagit (a monograph), Tbilisi, 1942; E. Honigmann, Pierre l'Iberian et les ecrits du Pseudo-Denys l'Areopagita. Bruxelles, 1952.
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Besik Khurtsilava. The inscriptions of the Georgian Monastery in B'ir el-Qutt and their chronology,"Christianity in the Middle East", No 1, Moscow, 2017, pp. 129โ€“151
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conducting the ceremony, as well money which they used to build their own monastery (later called the monastery of the Iberians) and which they converted into a
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to ensure the loyalty of Iberia to the Byzantines rather than to the Persians. Here he received a brilliant education under a personal patronage of the
840:แƒชแƒฎแƒแƒ•แƒ แƒ”แƒ‘แƒ แƒžแƒ”แƒ แƒขแƒ” แƒ˜แƒ‘แƒ”แƒ แƒ˜แƒกแƒ, แƒแƒกแƒฃแƒ แƒฃแƒšแƒ˜ แƒ แƒ”แƒ“แƒแƒฅแƒชแƒ˜แƒ แƒ’แƒ”แƒ แƒ›แƒแƒœแƒฃแƒšแƒ˜แƒ“แƒแƒœ แƒ—แƒแƒ แƒ’แƒ›แƒœแƒ, แƒ’แƒแƒ›แƒแƒ™แƒ•แƒšแƒ”แƒ•แƒ, แƒ™แƒแƒ›แƒ”แƒ›แƒขแƒแƒ แƒ”แƒ‘แƒ˜ แƒ“แƒ แƒ’แƒแƒœแƒ›แƒแƒ แƒขแƒ”แƒ‘แƒ˜แƒ—แƒ˜ แƒกแƒแƒซแƒ˜แƒ”แƒ‘แƒšแƒ”แƒ‘แƒ˜ แƒ“แƒแƒฃแƒ แƒ—แƒ แƒ˜. แƒšแƒแƒšแƒแƒจแƒ•แƒ˜แƒšแƒ›แƒ, แƒ—แƒ‘แƒ˜แƒšแƒ˜แƒกแƒ˜, 1988. 901: 337: 896: 794:
Shalva Nutsubidze. Peter the Iberian and problems of Areopagitics. - Proceedings of the Tbilisi State University, vol. 65, Tbilisi, 1957 (Russian)
911: 740: 603: 946: 886: 951: 756: 379: 812: 776: 728: 678: 574: 314: 103: 745: 417:, formerly belonging to Eudocia and now managed by a follower of his. He died there in 491 and was buried in his monastery near 852:ะ. ะœะฐั€ั€. ะ–ะธั‚ะธะต ะŸะตั‚ั€ะฐ ะ˜ะฒะตั€ะฐ, ั†ะฐั€ะตะฒะธั‡ะฐโ€”ะฟะพะดะฒะธะถะฝะธะบะฐ ะธ ะตะฟะธัะบะพะฟะฐ ะœะพะนัŽะผัะบะพะณะพ V ะฒะตะบะฐ. ะŸั€ะฐะฒะพัะปะฐะฒะฝั‹ะน ะฟะฐะปะตัั‚ะธะฝัะบะธะน ัะฑะพั€ะฝะธะบ. 1896 ะณ. ั‚. 16. 218: 891: 294:. When he was about twenty, the young prince, together with his mentor Mithradates, left the palace and made a pilgrimage to 348: 771:
Jan-Eric Steppa, John Rufus and the World Vision of Anti-Chalcedonian Culture, (Gorgias Press, 2002), xxvii + 199 pp. 
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David Marshall Lang, "Peter the Iberian and His Biographers". Journal of Ecclesiastical History, vol. 2 (1951), pp 156โ€“168
214: 500: 382:. He only served for six months before some Christians were banished by the decree of the local ruler. Peter escaped to 306: 926: 797:
A. Kofsky. "Peter the Iberian and the Question of the Holy Places," Cathedra 91 (1999), pp. 79โ€“96 (Hebrew).
406: 238: 189: 837:แƒซแƒ•แƒ”แƒšแƒ˜ แƒฅแƒแƒ แƒ—แƒฃแƒšแƒ˜ แƒแƒ’แƒ˜แƒแƒ’แƒ แƒแƒคแƒ˜แƒฃแƒšแƒ˜ แƒšแƒ˜แƒขแƒ”แƒ แƒแƒขแƒฃแƒ แƒ˜แƒก แƒซแƒ”แƒ’แƒšแƒ”แƒ‘แƒ˜, IV, แƒ”. แƒ’แƒแƒ‘แƒ˜แƒซแƒแƒจแƒ•แƒ˜แƒšแƒ˜แƒก แƒ“แƒ แƒ›. แƒฅแƒแƒ•แƒ—แƒแƒ แƒ˜แƒแƒก แƒ แƒ”แƒ“แƒแƒฅแƒชแƒ˜แƒ˜แƒ—, แƒข. แƒ—แƒ‘. 1968 . 720: 936: 843:แƒžแƒ”แƒขแƒ แƒ” แƒ˜แƒ‘แƒ”แƒ แƒ˜แƒ”แƒšแƒ˜ (แƒคแƒกแƒ”แƒ•แƒ“แƒ-แƒ“แƒ˜แƒแƒœแƒ˜แƒกแƒ” แƒแƒ แƒ”แƒแƒžแƒแƒ’แƒ”แƒšแƒ˜). แƒจแƒ แƒแƒ›แƒ”แƒ‘แƒ˜. แƒ—แƒแƒ แƒ’แƒ›. แƒ”แƒคแƒ แƒ”แƒ› แƒ›แƒชแƒ˜แƒ แƒ˜แƒกแƒ. แƒก. แƒ”แƒœแƒฃแƒฅแƒแƒจแƒ•แƒ˜แƒšแƒ˜แƒก แƒ’แƒแƒ›แƒแƒช. แƒ—แƒ‘. 1961. 750: 42: 741:
A. Kofsky. Peter the Iberian. Pilgrimage, Monasticism and Ecclesiastical Politics in Byzantine Palestine
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was written by his disciple, John Rufus (John of Beth Rufina), later his successor as bishop of Maiuma.
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Asceticism And Christological Controversy in Fifth-century Palestine: The Career of Peter The Iberian
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Lang, D M. "Peter the Iberian and his biographers." Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 1951: 158-168
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and Peter became acquainted with the monastic circles in the region. According to his biographer,
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Shalva Nutsubidze. Mystery of Pseudo-Dionys Areopagit, Tbilisi, 1942 (Georgian, English summary)
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accept the idea that he was an anti-Chaldeonian, while others do not. For example,
430: 398: 268: 210: 140: 831:แƒฅแƒแƒ แƒ—แƒฃแƒšแƒ˜ แƒšแƒ˜แƒขแƒ”แƒ แƒแƒขแƒฃแƒ แƒ˜แƒก แƒฅแƒ แƒ”แƒกแƒขแƒแƒ›แƒแƒ—แƒ˜แƒ. แƒข. I แƒจแƒ”แƒ“แƒ’. แƒก. แƒงแƒฃแƒ‘แƒแƒœแƒ”แƒ˜แƒจแƒ•แƒ˜แƒšแƒ˜แƒก แƒ›แƒ˜แƒ”แƒ . แƒข. I. แƒ—แƒ‘. 1944. 734: 802: 585: 439: 326: 278:
In 423, at the age of about five, the prince was sent as a political hostage to
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The Lives of Peter the Iberian, Theodosius of Jerusalem, and the Monk Romanus
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under their new names Peter and John. Peter brought with him also relics of
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and Ernest Honingmann believe that he was a Neoplatonic philosopher.
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His accomplishments include founding the first Georgian monastery in
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from Lives and Legends of the Georgian Saints by David Marshall Lang
267:). His father, King Bosmarios of Iberia, invited noted philosopher 429:
Various eastern Churches think that he may have deviated from the
402: 397:. He was called "pillar of Orthodoxy", "Great Peter", "the second 383: 336: 217:. Some have claimed that he is the author known conventionally as 23: 485:, in Greek has been preserved as a manuscript of c. 13th century. 849:แƒก. แƒงแƒแƒฃแƒฎแƒฉแƒ˜แƒจแƒ•แƒ˜แƒšแƒ˜. แƒ‘แƒ”แƒ แƒซแƒœแƒฃแƒšแƒ˜ แƒšแƒ˜แƒขแƒ”แƒ แƒแƒขแƒฃแƒ แƒ˜แƒก แƒ˜แƒกแƒขแƒแƒ แƒ˜แƒ. แƒข. III. แƒ—แƒ‘. 1973. 783:
Pierre l'iberian et les ecrits du Pseudo-Denys l'Arรฉopagite
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Bitton-Ashkelony, Brouria; Kofsky, Aryeh (February 2006).
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Die Insel Kreta in vier Jahrtausenden, gesammelte Aufsรคtze
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In 452, he was consecrated bishop of Maiuma by Patriarch
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Zachariah of Mitylene, Syriac Chronicle (1899). Book 6
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version originally written by Peter's contemporary,
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Index

Saint

Monastery of the Cross
Jerusalem
Kingdom of Iberia
Yavne-Yam
Palaestina Prima
Eastern Christianity
Feast
Georgian Church
Syriac Christianity
Oriental Orthodoxy
Christology
Zeno the Prophet
John the Laz
Severus of Antioch
John Rufus
Desert Fathers
Georgian
romanized
Georgian
theologian
philosopher
Christianity
Christian Neoplatonism
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
Bethlehem
Maiuma
Gaza
Bir el Qutt inscriptions

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