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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Venerable

Khvedios the Hermit

Hermit of Khandzta

A hermit of the Khandzta area in Klarjeti; canonized in 2003 by the Church of Georgia.

Feast
October 5old style October 18
Era
9th century
Place
Khandzta, Klarjeti
Order
Venerables

Life

Venerable Khvedios (Khuedi) the Hermit (eighth century) was an ascetic in the neighbourhood of the place where the Khandzta Monastery, in Klarjeti, was to be raised. He is venerated as a saint in the Synaxis of the Venerable Fathers and Mothers of Klarjeti of the Orthodox Church of Georgia, canonized in October 2002 (by other data in 2003); he is commemorated on 5 October (old calendar).

The Life of Venerable Gregory of Khandzta, written in 951 by George Merchule, says that Khvedios had a vision of Gregory's coming to Klarjeti and of the founding of Khandzta Monastery on the very place where he was struggling. No other details of his life survive.

Commemorated the same day October 5