Tag: Saints
Venerable Ekvtime of Mt. Athos, the Translator(†1028) — May 13 – Old Style / May 26 – New Style
18 May
St. Ekvtime with his father, St. Ioane, on the left. Venerable Ekvtime of Mt. Athos was the son of St.…
Repose of Venerable Shio of Mgvime (6th century) — May 9 – Old Style / May 22 – New Style
18 May
An Antiochian by birth, St. Shio of Mgvime was among the Thirteen Syrian Fathers who preached the Christian Faith in…
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 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,…