Category: Saints
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…
The Hundred Thousand Martyrs of Tbilisi (†1227) — October 31 – Old Style / November 13 – New Style
13 November
Memory 13 November The Hundred Thousand Martyrs of Tbilisi (†1227) In 1227 Sultan Jalal al-Din of Khwarazm and his army…
Venerable Joseph of Alaverdi — September 15 / September 28 (Julian Calendar)
28 September
✝ Venerable Joseph of Alaverdi September 15 / September 28 (Julian Calendar) ✦ · ✦ On this day, September 15…
Venerable Ioane-Tornike Of Mt. Athos (10th Century)
8 July
Memory 25 June Tornike Eristavi (later Ioane of Mt. Athos) was a Georgian army commander famed for his victories in war…
Hieromartyr Anthimos of Iberia, Metropolitan of Wallachia — June 13 – Old Style / June 26 – New Style
8 July
On this day, June 13 according to the Julian (Old Style) Calendar — June 26 by the civil calendar —…