George Ghmertshemosili

Venerable George Ghmertshemosili, whose name means "Clothed in God", was a Georgian hermit monk of the tenth century, the spiritual teacher of Saint George the Hagiorite. In his desire for solitude and for withdrawal from the turmoil of the world, he left Georgia and settled to struggle on the Black Mountain, also called the Wonderful Mountain, near Antioch. In those times there were countless churches and monasteries there, and misunderstandings sometimes arose among monks of different nations. The holy father found shelter in the clefts of an impassable mountain and settled there.

The struggling monks of the place knew his holy life well; today very little is known of it, but it is plain that he was at once a great ascetic and a man of significance for the world, above every nationality. He is commemorated on 3 July (new style; 16 July on the Julian calendar of Georgia).