Category: Saints
Saint Giorgi of Atsquri — April 2 – Old Style / April 15 – New Style
2 April
Few biographical details about St. Giorgi of Atsquri have been preserved in the writings of the famous 10th-century Georgian hagiographers…
Venerable Father Pimen, Fool-For-Christ And Enlightener of Dagestan And His Companion Anton Meskhi, The Censurer of Kings (13th Century) — March 16 – Old Style / March 29 – New Style
2 April
Saint Pimen the Fool-for-Christ and Anton Meskhi (of Meskheti, in southern Georgia) lived in the 13th century, when the Mongols…
Venerable Ioane of Shavta, Bishop of Gaenati and Evlogi The Prophet and Fool-For-Christ (13TH CENTURY) — April 1 – Old Style / April 14 – New Style
2 April
The great Georgian hymnographer, philosopher, and orator St. Ioane of Shavta labored in the 12th and 13th centuries, during the…
Saint Ambrosi the Confessor, Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia — March 16 – Old Style / March 29 – New Style
2 April
Saint Ambrosi the Confessor Memory 16 (29) March Saint Ambrosi the Confessor, ( Besarion Khelaia ) was born in 1861.…
Saint Nino, Equal To The Apostles And Enlightener Of Georgia (†335 AD) — January 14 – Old Style / January 27 – New Style
2 March
The virgin Nino of Cappadocia was a relative of Great-martyr George and the only daughter of a widely respected and…
Venerable Hieromonk Alexi (Shushania) (†1923) — January 18 – Old Style / January 31 – New Style
26 September
Saint Alexi (Shushania) was born September 23, 1852, in the village of Noqalaqevi, in the Senaki district of Samegrelo, to…
Venerable Anton Of Martkophi, The Stylite (6th Century) — January 19 – Old Style / February 1 – New Style
26 September
In the verdant lands of Georgia during the 6th century, the venerable Anton of Martkopi, accompanied by the Thirteen Syrian…