The children loved him so much that on the feast of St. It is said that he always had candy or a special treat to give to the little ones. He enjoyed spending time with his guests, especially with children. Ioane welcomed them warmly, spreading a festal meal before them. When visitors came to the monastery seeking advice or solace, Fr. Accustomed to hard work from his childhood, he skillfully administered the agricultural labors of the monastery. He was appointed abbot shortly thereafter. Ioane went to Betania Monastery, where his first spiritual father was still laboring. The other monk suffered only minor injuries and returned to the monastery on his own. Ioane’s nearly lifeless body and brought it to Samtavro Monastery in Mtskheta. Ioane and the other monk away, and shot them in the back.īelieving them to be dead, they tossed them in a nearby gorge. Once a band of armed Chekists broke into the monastery, led both Fr. He settled at Armazi Monastery outside of Mtskheta, where the Bolsheviks had left just one monk to labor in solitude.
Then, due to the increasingly troubling circumstances there, he left the Holy Mountain with the other Georgian monks sometime between 19. Throughout his life the holy father dedicated himself to serving God and his brothers in Christ in hopes that his own life might be fruitful for them.įr. The monk Ioane was soon ordained to the priesthood. John the Theologian, whom he revered deeply and sought to emulate. He was tonsured a monk and named Ioane in honor of St. Among the brothers he was distinguished for his simplicity and obedience. John the Theologian at IveronMonastery on Mt.
Spiridon (Ketiladze), the main priest at Betania Monastery, to restore the monastery between 18.įrom his youth Basil was eager to enter the monastic life, and in 1903, according to God’s will, he moved to the Skete of St. Basil was barely in his teens when he helped Fr. He was raised in a peasant family and taught to perform all kinds of handiwork. Giorgi-Ioane (Mkheidze) and Ioane (Maisuradze)Īrchimandrite Ioane (Basil Maisuradze in the world) was born in the town of Tskhinvali in Samachablo around 1882.
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