Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Georgian history, ethnographic heritage and customary law contains a lot of interesting information about the cult of St. George. In ancient Samegrelo, there was a law of god, in particular the law of St. George. A person suspected of committing a crime was made to swear in front of any powerful- miraculous icons, mostly it was the icon of St. George. There are facts of criminals, otherwise not proven to be guilty, being handed down to St. George’s icon. Georgian man is that rare case, when being handed down to an icon, even otherwise not proven guilty, would kneel before the icon, with confession and repentance, which is an obvious sign of deep faith, special awe and respect for St. George. In our work, we pay more attention to the attitude of Georgians towards the church and icon of St. George in Ilori, which indicates that St. The cult of George was part of Georgian customary law. The work is also interesting from a procedural point of view, especially for readers interested in the history of Georgian law. Our paper focuses on icon of St. George of Ilori. It is also interesting form procedural point of view, especially for reader interested in history of Georgian law.
Author: Lali Gabisonia
Institution: Sokhumi State University
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4402815453