John Tornike
John Tornike | |
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A fresco of Tornike at Iviron on Mount Athos | |
| Athonite Father | |
| Born | c. 920 Kingdom of the Iberians |
| Died | 985 Mount Athos |
| Venerated in | Georgian Orthodox Church Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Major shrine | Iviron |
| Feast | June 12 (Church calendar) |
| Patronage | Georgia Mount Athos |
John Tornike (Georgian: იოანე თორნიკე, romanized: ioane tornik'e; Greek: Ιωάννης Τορνίκιος), also known as Tornike Eristavi (Georgian: თორნიკე ერისთავი; died in 985) was a retired Georgian general and monk who came to be better known as a founder of the formerly Georgian Orthodox Iviron Monastery on Mount Athos in modern-day northeastern Greece.