Tetri Giorgi
A Georgian syncretistic form of Saint George with lunar cult roots.
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Starting in the 11th or 12th century, the country was called "Georgia" due to the widespread devotion to Saint George there.[1]
Quick Facts
- Name
- Tetri Giorgi (თეთრი გიორგი, "White George")
- Associated saint
- Saint George
- Region
- Northeastern highland districts of Georgia
- Feast day
- 14 August (tetrigiorgoba)
- Chief shrine
- 14th-century church overlooking Atsquri
- Akhmeta Municipality
- Kakheti
- Coat of arms use
- 1918–1921 and 1991–2004
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
A separate feast day of Tetri Giorgi (tetrigiorgoba) was once marked annually on 14 August.[2] Many pilgrims from eastern Georgian provinces attended an overnight feast at the saint's chief shrine on that date.[2] That shrine is a 14th-century church overlooking the village Atsquri in what is now Akhmeta Municipality, Kakheti.[2] From Late Antiquity onward, Saint George received veneration in Georgia.[1]
The Kakheti region is particularly linked to the cult of Tetri Giorgi.[3] Because Georgia's Social-Democratic government looked unfavorably on Christian symbolism, the image was made more secular.[4]
What the cited sources add
Revaz Gabashvili, a critic of the contemporary Georgian government, recalls that the coat of arms design was made more secular.[4] The State Center of Folklore of Georgia's 2008 article provides the details of the feast day and shrine location.[2]
References
- Wikipedia, "Tetri Giorgi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Tuite, "Sakralität und Mobilität im Kaukasus und in Südosteuropa", Verlag der Österreichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2017, p. 21–56; Assfalg, "Theologische Realenzyklopädie, XII", 1984, p. 389–393; Khintibidze, "Philologie, Typologie und Sprachstruktur: Festschrift für Winfried Boeder zum 65. Geburtstag", Peter Lang Verlag, 2002 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Tetri Giorgi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: თეთრი გიორგი (Tetri Giorgi). State Center of Folklore of Georgia. April 14, 2008. Retrieved on April 30, 2009 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Tetri Giorgi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Yarshater, Ehsan (ed., 1983), The Cambridge history of Iran, pp. 533-534. Cambridge University Press, . "lurking within the Georgians' conception of St George m (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Tetri Giorgi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Gabashvili, Revaz, "მოგონებები" ("Memoirs"), pp. 119-120, in: Sharadze, Guram & Sanikidze, Levan (ed., 1992), დაბრუნება (ქართული ემიგრანტული ლიტ-რა) ("The Comeb (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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Sources
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- Wikipedia: Tetri Giorgi (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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