Grigol Peradze
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Grigol Peradze (Georgian: გრიგოლ ფერაძე; 13 September 1899 – 6 December 1942) was a prominent Georgian ecclesiastic figure, philologist, theologian, historian, and professor of patristics in the interwar period.
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Hieromartyr and Archimandrite | |
Born | August 31 1899 Bakurtsikhe Village, Signakh uezd, Tiflis Governorate, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Imperial Russia (Bakurtsikhe, Signagi, Kakheti, Georgia) |
Died | December 6 1942 Auschwitz Concentration Camp, German-occupied Poland |
Honored in | Eastern Orthodox Church |
Feast | December 6 |
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After providing help to Jews in Poland, he was arrested and sent to Auschwitz, where he was ultimately killed. He was canonized by the Eastern Orthodox Church as a martyr in 1995 and is celebrated on December 6.