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Saint Tbeli Abuseridze (13th century)

Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze

Holy Father Tbeli Abuseridze lived and labored in the 13th century. His father Ioane, the archduke of Upper Atchara, perished in a battle with the Turks. After Tbeli’s mother was widowed, she was tonsured a nun and given the name Ekaterine. Tbeli’s brothers, Abuseri and Bardan, were also well-known figures in their time.

[Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]

Holy Martyr Kristepore Guruli

Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze

It is commonly believed that St. Kristepore Guruli was martyred, but little information exists about him to prove this. Kristepore’s name has been preserved in the nation’s memory, and he is commemorated in the Church calendar.

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Holy Martyrs Metropolitan Nazar of Kutaisi-Gaenati, Priests German, Ieroteos and Simon, Archdeacon Besarion, and All the New Martyrs of the Totalitarian Regime (†1924)

Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze

Metropolitan Nazar of Kutaisi-Gaenati was born in 1872 in the village of Didi Jikhaishi in Imereti. His forefathers belonged to a long lineage of clergy, and the future metropolitan was nurtured in the Church from the earliest years of his youth.

[Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]

Venerable Martyrs Geronti, Serapion, German, Besarion, Mikael, Svimeon, and Otar of the Davit-Gareji Monastery (†1851)

Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze

Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries the Dagestanis were continually raiding and pillaging the Davit-Gareji Wilderness. They destroyed churches and monasteries, stole sacred objects, and tortured and killed many of the monks who labored there.

[Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

May God Give You Wisdom! The Letters of Fr. John Krestiankin. Letters to Monks and Nuns. Part 7

He who turns back is not fit for the Kingdom of Heaven. But the enemy is warring against you, and you need to experience all of this, pass through this, to conquer his intrigues by patience.

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Venerable Ekvtime, Abbot of the Monastery of St. John the Baptist (†1804)

Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze

Saint Ekvtime was abbot of the Monastery of St. John the Baptist in the Davit-GarejiWilderness. In the chronicles of the monastery he is commemorated as a “man of many labors.”

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The Nine Kherkheulidze Brothers with Their Mother and Sister and Nine Thousand Martyrs of Marabda (†1625)

Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze

In the Feast of the Annunciation in the year 1625, the Georgians annihilated the army of the Persian shah Abbas I in the Battle of Martqopi. The victory unified Georgia’s eastern provinces of Kartli and Kakheti. It also instilled hope in other enslaved peoples of the Transcaucasus, and rebellions began to break out everywhere.

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Saint Razhden, Protomartyr of the Georgian Church (†457)

Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze

Saint Razhden the Protomartyr was descended from a noble Persian family. When Holy King Vakhtang Gorgasali married the daughter of the Persian king Hormuzd III Balunducht, the queen took Razhden with her to Georgia.

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Saint Arsen, Bishop of Ninotsminda (†1082)

Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze

Arsen of Ninotsminda was an ascetic who labored in the 11th century. History tells us that he was a brilliant translator, writer, calligrapher, and theologian, and indeed one of the greatest Church figures of his time.

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Saint Tsotne Dadiani the Confessor (13th century)

Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze

Saint Tsotne Dadiani, a virtuous military leader and the prince of Egrisi, lived in the middle of the 13th century. During that time Georgia languished under the yoke of Mongol oppression.

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Holy Martyr Evstati of Mtskheta (†589)

Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze

Saint Evstati, a Persian by descent, was a fire-worshipper named Gvirobandak prior to his baptism into the Christian Faith. When he arrived in Georgia and settled in Mtskheta, he was deeply drawn to the morals and traditions of the Georgian people, and he resolved to convert to Christianity.

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Venerable Giorgi of Mt. Athos, the Builder (†1029)

Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze

The venerable Giorgi the Builder was the third abbot of the Iveron Monastery on Mt. Athos. According to some sources, he was a nephew of St. Ioane, the founder and first abbot of the Iveron Monastery.

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