Zakaria of Baretelteli

Saint Zakaria of Baretelteli was a Georgian monk and builder of the 9th century, a disciple of David of Midznadzori. In Klarjeti he raised the monastery of Baretelta and was its abbot. The reports about him come from the Life of Gregory of Khandzta, written by George Merchule. The Church of Georgia counts him among the saints and commemorates him on 5 October (old style; 18 October new style), in the Synaxis of the venerable fathers and mothers of the Klarjeti desert (8th-9th centuries).