From 11th to 13th of October
2019, an international conference, titled “Byzantinistics in
Georgia”, was held at Batumi State University of Shota Rustaveli. 5
topics were suggested for discussion: “The Black Sea and the
Countries of the Black Sea Coast – a Crossroads of Cultures and
Civilization from the 4th Century Including the 15th Century”. The
conference was organized by the National Union of Georgia of the
International Association of Byzantologists, the Faculty of
Humanities of Batumi State University of Shota Rustaveli, the
Department of Byzantology of the Institute of Oriental Studies of
Academician Giorgi Tsereteli working under the auspices of Ilia
State University and the Institute of Classical Philology,
Byzantinistics and Neogrecistics working under the auspices Ivane
Javakhishvili State University. The members of the staff of Tbilisi
Theological Academy and Seminary – PhD of Philology Ketevan
Mamasakhlisi and Archpriest Giorgi Berishvili participated in the
aforementioned conference. The research had been done on the basis
of the joint fundamental grant of Tbilisi Theological Academy and
Seminary and of Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of
Georgia (#FR-18-1209).
They presented the
following speeches:
“The Old Georgian Translation of
Saint Amon of Nitra’s Writing ‘Teachings’, as the Antecedent of the
Typicon of Monasticism (author – Ketevan Mamasakhlisi)”;
“The term ‘Personal
Appropriation’ Theological Meaning in Saint Sophronius of
Jerusalem’s Nativity Homilies (author – Archpriest Giorgi
Berishvili)”.