On November 2, Tbilisi
Theological Academy and Seminary hosted the famous Georgian poet
Manana Chitishvili.
“Poetry is a path leading to God.
My life is in service to God, God’s grace protects me and guides my
poetry. Poetry has always been a very serious matter to me. I felt
responsibility for words at all ages. I have always searched for
that one word which most accurately expressed what I had to say,” -
with these words Manana Chitishvili introduced herself to the
audience. At this meeting, she was both a narrator and a reciter.
His personal virtues, depth and imagery of her poetry added special
charm, emotional charge, warmth and light to the meeting.
The poet spoke about the
beginning of her creative path, when her poems were first published
in the journal “The Literary Georgia”, about the first book she
published at the age of 25 and about the difficulties and joys that
accompanied the process of her creative work.
”I am grateful that I grew up in
the Region of Ksani Valley,” - said the poet, - “I owe my
vocabulary entirely to this valley, the dialectal forms of Kartli
still live in my poetry, and I have kept alive the words which I
learned from my ancestors. I have come here with a special
responsibility to meet young people, because the new generation is
the society of tomorrow of our country. If the youth is interested
in a poet’s work, it means that immortality of poetry will be
secured. At this meeting I feel the interest of the young people in
my poetry and I am happy,” - noted the poet.
She thanked the Rector of Tbilisi
Theological Academy and Seminary, Protopresbyter Giorgi Zviadadze,
professors, teachers and students for the warm and interesting
meeting, and presented the library with a collection of poems,
titled “What Kind of Spring Is Coming”. The book was published in
2020.
At the end of the meeting, a
conversation took place in a question-and-answer format. Archdeacon
Demetre Davitashvili, Head of the Department of Liturgics and
Pastoral Theology, and Eka Pavlenishvili, Assistant to the Head of
the Department of Psychology, thanked the guest for her visit and
an interesting presentation. The meeting was organized musically by
the TTAS choir of singers conducted by Lasha Zaalishvili.
