Prochorus the Iberian ( ka, პროხორე ქართველი, tr) (c. 985–1066) – was a

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monk and founder of the

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Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

. According to the Georgian ''

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'' of Prochorus, he was born in the

Kingdom of the Iberians The Kingdom of the Iberians ( ka, ქართველთა სამეფო, tr) was a medieval Georgian monarchy under the Bagrationi dynasty which emerged circa 888 AD, succeeding the Principality of Iberia, in historical region of Tao-K ...

under the name of George of Shavsheti ( ka, გიორგი შავშელი, tr) and was raised in the local monastery, where he became a monk, and later a priest. Around 1010–1015, aged 30, Prochorus would leave for the

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. He would stay for number of years in the Lavra of Saint Sabas. Prochorus later would move to Jerusalem in an attempt to gather his Georgian compatriots who were scattered throughout the

Palestinian Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...

monasteries. Per ''Vita'', Prochorus would construct the monastery in 1064 by the order of the King

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and his donations brought to the Holy Land by

George the Hagiorite George the Hagiorite ( ka, გიორგი მთაწმინდელი) (1009 – 27 June 1065) was a Georgian monk, calligrapher, religious writer, theologian, and translator, who spearheaded the activities of Georgian monastic communiti ...

. Prochorus died in 1066. He is venerated as a

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and his

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in the

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is February 12.Charkiewicz, p. 103

References

Bibliography

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, Paris * Tchekhanovets, Yana (2018) The Caucasian Archaeology of the Holy Land, Armenian, Georgian and Albanian Communities Between the Fourth and Eleventh Centuries CE,

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, {{ISBN, 978-90-04-36555-1 985 births 1066 deaths Saints of Georgia (country) Eastern Orthodox saints Christian monks from Georgia (country) 11th-century Christian saints 11th-century people from Georgia (country) Founders of Christian monasteries