Venerable Martyr Michael, Abbot of Zobe, and the 36 Venerable Martyrs with Him (†780–790) — October 1 / October 14 (Julian Calendar)

On this day, October 1 according to the Julian Calendar (October 14 civil calendar), the Georgian Orthodox Church commemorates the Venerable Martyr Michael, Abbot of Zobe, and the thirty-six Venerable Martyrs with him.

The holy Abbot Michael and the thirty-six venerable martyrs with him laboured in asceticism at the Monastery of Zobe, near Sebaste in Armenia, in the north-eastern part of Asia Minor. At the end of the eighth century the Saracens attacked the monastery, and the saints, having commended themselves to Christ, were put to the sword.