At the end of the 18th century, Gabriel Mtsire, who was one of the most prominent representatives of the Gareja literary school of that time, labored in the Gareja Mravalmta monastic complex (Georgia), namely, in the monastery of St. John the Baptist (Natlismtsemeli).

Along with editorial and compiling activities, Gabriel Mtsire also had original writings which include: An Explanation of the Hierarchical Liturgy, The Life and Labors of Venerable Schemamonk Onisphore, Spiritual Stories of the Pious, An Explanation of the Our Father, An Explanation of the Mazar and A Short Story of Porfiry. Only the first two are copied into separate manuscript. In 1801-1802, St. Gabriel brought together all these works in the collection entitled the Jvarshemosili (Stavrophore).

The manuscript of “Stavrophore” (MS. Wardr. f. 6) is kept in the Bodleian Library in Oxford (England). The manuscript was written in 1801-1802 and consists of 240 pages. The project was completed in 2018 and published in the same year as the book.

Scientific work was carried out by Mikheil Kavtaria and Georgi Kalandadze.