Joseph of Alaverdi | |
Titles: | Abbot and Monk |
Birth Date: | 6th century |
Birth Place: | Antioch, Syria |
Death Date: | c. 590 |
Death Place: | Alaverdi Monastery, Georgia |
Feast Day: | September 15 |
Venerated In: | Georgian Orthodox Church Catholic Church |
Honorific Prefix: | Saint |
Joseph of Alaverdi (Georgian: იოსებ ალავერდელი|tr) was a saint who founded a monastery in Alaverdi and served as abbot. A native of Syria, he was a disciple of John of Zedazeni and one of the Thirteen Assyrian Fathers. He is mentioned in Bessarion's The Saints of Georgia. His feast day is celebrated on September 15.[1] [2]