Contextul istoric al raporturilor Țărilor Române cu spațiile Ortodoxiei răsăritene din Caucaz în timpul Mitropolitului Antim Ivireanul

Abstract

The paper traces history of spreading Christianity in Georgia in the XVII and XVIII century, showing its significance for making the Georgian nation. Based on historic sources the story includes the international context to the process. History of the Georgian Church embraces contribution of the leaders in the different times. The King of the Georgians Vakhtang VI asked the Patriarch of Jerusalem to give him a helping hand in the organization of the printing office. The Patriarch of Jerusalim Crizanth Notharas forwarded the request of the King of the Georgians to Antim Iverieli to Vlakheti. And Antim received the permission from the Prince of Vlakheti, Constantin Brancoveanu (1688-1714), to render help to the King Vakhtang VI, he immediately sent to Tbilisi his best printer Mihai Ishtvanovich. Thanks to Antim Iverieli or Iberieli to his homeland Georgia (he was born between  the years of 1650-1660 and died in 1716), many works in other languages whose originals have been lost are only known due to the Georgian translations. He was a wonderful calligrapher, xylographer, engraver, and sculptor and he knew a lot of foreign languages: - Besides the native Georgian language, he spoke several languages, viz Greek, Arabic, Rumanian, Old Slavonic (Slavic), Turkish. In the paper are discussed the services of the organization of the Georgian printing
office. Georgian ecclesiastics loved the Holy lands, where they had closer relations with the world’s church and ecclesiastical world.