Day II
On July 4, 2022, Giorgi
Natenadze, a student involved in the Master’s degree program,
defended his thesis on the topic – “Work and Literary Heritage of
Saint Antimoz of Iberia”. The Supervisor of his work was
Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor Gvantsa Koplatadze, the
Reviewer -
Doctor of Ecclesiastical Law, Archpriest Alexi Kshutashvili. The session was presided over by the Rector of TTAS, Protopresbyter Giorgi Zviadadze.
Doctor of Ecclesiastical Law, Archpriest Alexi Kshutashvili. The session was presided over by the Rector of TTAS, Protopresbyter Giorgi Zviadadze.
Giorgi Natenadze introduced the
content of his Master’s degree thesis to the audience - reviewed
the biography of Saint Antimoz of Iberia, spoke in detail about his
ecclesiastical, cultural and educational work and his
martyrdom.
The scientific supervisor of the
Master’s degree student, Professor Gvantsa Koplatadze, positively
evaluated Giorgi Natenadze’s work. She drew the audience’s
attention especially to the part of the work, which contains
theological analysis of Saint Antimoz’s sermons and which even
displays the studet’s skills necessary for independent scientific
research.
While reviewing the work,
Archpriest Alexi Kshutashvili, traditionally analyzed its
structural features and content. He noted that the special role and
merit of Saint Antimoz of Iberia in the life of the Romanian people
is substantiated in the work. In addition, an in-depth analysis is
given to the cultural and educational reforms that are associated
with Saint Antimoz and were aimed at renewing the Romanian written
and liturgical language, ecclesiastical legislation and law making,
development of the rhetorical genre, construction of churches and
monasteries, etc. The reviewer noted that the modern studies of
Georgian and foreign scientists are referred to in the master’s
degree thesis.
The student extensively and
comprehensively answered the questions of Protopresbyter Giorgi
Zviadadze, professors: Archpriest Bidzina Gunia and Archpriest
Maxime Chanturia.
The members of the council
evaluated the master’s thesis with a high score and congratulated
the graduate on the award of an academic degree of Master of
Theology.
Giorgi Natenadze expressed his
cordial gratitude to the Rector and professors of the school for
their labour, support and caring attitude.