Category: Saints
Venerable Fathers Mikael and Arsen the Georgians (9th century) — May 3 – Old Style / May 16 – New Style
18 May
The biographies of Sts. Mikael and Arsen the Georgians have unfortunately not been preserved. It is known that they were…
Venerable Hieromartyr Gabriel the Lesser (†1802) — March 17 – Old Style / March 30 – New Style
21 April
Memory 17 (30) March Venerable Hieromartyr Gabriel the Lesser (†1802) Saint Gabriel the Lesser was a major figure in…
Holy Martyrs of Kvabtakhevi Monastery (†1386) — April 10 – Old Style / April 23 – New Style
21 April
Memory 10 (23) April In the 14th century, during the reign of King Bagrat V (1360–1394), Timur (Tamerlane) invaded…
Holy Royal Martyr Queen Shushanik (†475) — August 28 – Old Style / September 10 – New Style
20 April
Memory 28 August (10 September) Saint Shushanik, a devout woman, was wed to the Georgian prince Varsken, ruler of Hereti.…
Holy Great-martyr Queen Ketevan (†1624) — September 13 – Old Style / September 26 – New Style
5 January
The Life and Martyrdom of the Holy Queen Ketevan Holy Queen Ketevan the Martyr, radiant in faith and steadfast in…
Holy Confessors Ioane (Maisuradze) and Giorgi-Ioane (Mkheidze) (†1957 & †1960) — September 8 – Old Style / September 21 – New Style
4 January
Archimandrite Ioane (Basil Maisuradze in the world) was born in the town of Tskhinvali in Samachablo around 1882. He was…
Saint Eprem the Great of Atsquri (9th century) — April 15 – Old Style / April 28 – New Style
3 January
Memory 15 April (28 April) Saint Eprem the Great of Atsquri — one of the most important figures in…
Holy King Demetre The Devoted (†1289) — March 12 – Old Style / March 25 – New Style
26 November
Saint Demetre the King, also called “the Devoted,” was a great-grandson of Holy Queen Tamar.God sent St. Demetre many tribulations…
Holy Hierarch Ioane Of Khakhuli (10th–11th Centuries) — March 10 – Old Style / March 23 – New Style
26 November
In the second half of the 10th century King Davit Kuropalates founded Khakhuli Monastery in the historical region of Tao,…
Saint Ioane (Chrysostom) The Catholicos (†1001) — March 3 – Old Style / March 16 – New Style
25 November
Holy Catholicos Ioane IV (Chrysostom) led the Apostolic Church of Georgia from approximately 980 to 1001.Catholicos Basil III’s “Story of…