About Hadji-Georgis the Athonite
Lived 1809 – 1886 (aged 76–77). Hadji-Georgis the Athonite was a Turkish monk.
Elder Hadji-Georgis the Athonite (; born 1809; died 30 December 1886) was a Cappadocian Greek Orthodox monk and ascetic.
Early life In 1809, he was born as Gabriel in Kermira (also spelled Germir or Kermil), in what is now Melikgazi, Kayseri Province, Turkey. His father, Jordan, was a native of Kermira, while his mother, Maria, was from Gelveri (present-day Güzelyurt, Aksaray Province). Gabriel had a brother named Anastasios.
Later, Elder Hadji-Georgis founded the cell of Saint Stephen at Gregoriou Monastery.
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Who was Hadji-Georgis the Athonite?
Orthodox Christian monk
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Hadji-Georgis the Athonite was born in 1809 in Germir.
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Hadji-Georgis the Athonite died on 30 December 1886 in Istanbul.
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Hadji-Georgis the Athonite was a monk.
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Hadji-Georgis the Athonite was Turkish.
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