First Sentence

"Translator's acknowledgements: For the historical and hagiographic comments in our footnotes, we have used publicly available information on the Internet, including OrthodoxWiki, Wikipedia, and the official web pages of individual churches and monasteries in various countries. Special thanks are due to Ana Khvedelidze, who volunteered to format the text, and Vladimer Tsamalashvili for his help in the production phase of this translation. The printing of the English translation was made possible by the generous donation from the Gubeladze family: Mariam-Manana, Nino, Ana, Jacob-Jimsher, Tamar, and Lazare."