A famous writer and an ecclesiastic figure of the 6 th -7 th centuries Ioanne Moschi was ethnically Georgian. Georgians were known as founders of monasteries, enlighteners, authors of many original literary pieces, translators and copy-writers. There were Ilarion the Georgian/Iberian on the Ulumbo Mountain, where the Byzantine Caesar Basil I sent his children for education. By that time Ilarion the Iberian's disciples, founders of the Iviron monastery, resided there. -Ioanne and Ephime (the 10 th c.); Grigol Bakurianisdze (the 11 th c.) in Bulgaria; Prokhore, the founder of the Cross Monastery (the 11 th cent.) in Jerusalem; Anthimos the Iberian, or Anthimos the Iverianua public figure in Rumania, the Georgian, ecclesiastical and political figure, writer, artist, and the founder of printing-houses; the last mamluk ruler in Iraq -David pasha Manvelashvili -the founder of the printing-house, a reformer in economic, political, cultural and military fields.The Georgian monks who lived and worked abroad founded monasteries primarily for Georgians. Their special concern was the education of those youngsters who remained in Georgia. According to a source of the 11 th century, Giorgi the Athonite, invited to Georgia by Bagrat IV, brought 80 Georgians to Byzantium to get an education: "He took responsibility not just for ten, twenty, forty, but for eighty", "While in the East, Tornike brought a number of the famed monks, dressed in rags, and his desire was only for Georgians to be the inhabitants of that monastery".The monasteries that were founded by Georgians abroad were ecclesiastical, educational and cultural centers, uniting Georgians outside the country and paving the way for the development of literature, philosophy and historiography. There emerged the best literary, grammatical and calligraphic traditions as well as the principles of translation. The monks staying abroad created their own works in Georgian and Greek languages. At the same time they translated from Greek to Georgian, and vice-versa. Hence, thanks to their activities some texts lost in original were preserved in old Georgian. Those Georgians were not only educated themselves, but they also made a significant contribution to the world culture and education. As in any medieval community, education in ancient and medieval Georgia was the prerogative of the clergy; churches and monasteries were centers where youngsters received education, which consisted of several levels. Education in medieval Georgia started at the age of 6-7. According to the evidence of the Life of Giorgi the Athonite the parents brought their children Tekle and Giorgi to the monastery when they were 7 years old. According to related evidence, the children Giorgi and his sister were taught by a woman in the primary school. Three years later Giorgi was taken to Khakhuli "to Basil, the son of Bagrat and was left with Ilarion of Tuali". Nestan, the daughter of the Indian king (from "The Knight in the Panther's Skin") started her education when she was 7, while Ilarion the Georgian did...
