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Georgia, its rivers and mountains

Georgia
Georgia (country) ; Repose of St. Anthimus, Bishop of Georgia, Commemorated on September 14 ; Martyr Susanna the Queen of Georgia; New Martyr Isaac of Georgia, Commemorated on September 16; Greatmartyr and Prince Bidzina of Georgia, Commemorated on September 18; Arrival of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God in Georgia, Commemorated on September 26; St Melchizedek I, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Commemorated October 1 ; St Sidonia of Georgia, Commemorated on October 1 ; St Jotham Zedgenidze, Commemorated on October 30; Martyr David the Prince of Georgia; Martyr Evdemoz the Catholicos of Georgia, Commemorated October 4 ; Venerable Nicholas, Radiant Star of the Georgians, Commemorated on November 3 ; St John of Georgia, Commemorated November 4 ; Martyr Constantine the King of Georgia, Commemorated on November 10 ; Martyrdom of the Greatmartyr George of Georgia, Commemorated on November 10 ; Martyr Michael (Gobron) of Georgia, Commemorated on November 17 ; Venerable Hilarion the Monk and Wonderworker of Thessalonica, Georgian, Commemorated on November 19 ; Hieromartyr Gregory (Peradze) of Georgia, Commemorated on November 23 ; Hieromartyr Abibus, Bishop of Nekressi in Georgia, Commemorated on November 29 ; St Vakhtang Gorgasali, King of Georgia, Commemorated on November 30 ; Hierarch Samuel, Second Catholicos of Georgia, Commemorated on November 30 ; Hierarch Peter, First Catholicos of Georgia, Commemorated on November 30 ; St Jesse, Bishop of Tsilkan in Georgia, Commemorated on December 2 ; 100,000 Martyrs of Tbilisi by the Mongols, Commemorated December 11 ; Synaxis of the Saints of Georgia, Commemorated on December 11 ; Venerable George the Scribe, of Khakhuli, Commemorated on December 19 ; New Martyr Theologia, Commemorated on January 2; New Martyr George of Iberia, Commemorated January 2; St Euthymius (Takaishvili), Commemorated on January 3 ; Apostle Thaddeus of the Seventy, Commemorated January 4; Martyr Abo the Perfumer, of Tibilisi, Georgia, Commemorated January 8 ; St Nino (Nina), Equal of the Apostles and Enlightener of Georgia, Commemorated January 14 ; Venerable Salome of Ujarma, Commemorated January 15 ; St Ephraim the Lesser, Commemorated January 18 ; Venerable Hieromonk Alexei of Teklati, Commemorated on January 18 ; St Anthony the Founder of Monasticism in Georgia, Commemorated January 19 ; St Macarius the Stylite of Martkobsk, Georgia, Commemorated on January 19 ; St Euthymius the Confessor, Commemorated on January 20 ; St George (John) of Georgia, Commemorated January 21 ; St John, Commemorated on January 23 ; St Gabriel, Bishop of Imereti, Commemorated January 25 ; Blessed David IV the King of Georgia, Commemorated January 26 ; Martyr Ashot Curapalati, King of of Artanuji, Commemorated on January 29 ; St Arsenius of Iqalto in Georgia, Commemorated February 6; Venerable Shio Mgvime; St Prochorus of Georgia; Fathers and Martyrs of the Georgian Monasteries in Jerusalem, Commemorated February 12 ; St Nicholas the Catholicos of Georgia; St John (Chrysostom) IV, the Catholicos of Georgia, Commemorated on March 3; St Demetrius the Devoted, King of Georgia, Commemorated on March 16; Hieromartyr Gabriel the Lesser, Commemorated on March 17; GREGORY THE ILLUMINATOR, APOSTLE TO ARMENIA (23 March 332); St George Matskevereli of Georgia, Commemorated on April 2; Martyr Suchias and his Soldiers in Georgia, Commemorated on April 15; St Basil Ratishvili of Georgia, Commemorated on April 18; Right-believing Tamara, Queen of Georgia, Commemorated on May 1; St Mamai the Catholicos of Georgia, Commemorated on May 3; St John Zedazneli of Zaden, in Georgia with his 12 Disciples, Commemorated on May 7; St Akaki Asistavi of Georgia, Commemorated on May 7; Holy Queen Tamara, Commemorated on May 8; Repose of the Venerable Shio the Anchorite of Georgia, Commemorated on May 9; St Euthymius the New, Founder of the Iveron Monastery and His Fellow Georgian Saints of Mt. Athos, Commemorated on May 13; Martyr David of Georgia, Commemorated on May 18; The Entrance of St Nino (Nina) the Enlightener into Georgia, Commemorated on May 19; St Damiane (Demetrius) the King and Hymnographer, Commemorated on May 23; Martyred Fathers and Mothers of Atchara, Commemorated on May 29; St (John) Tornike of Mt Athos, Commemorated on June 12; St Anthimus, Bishop of Georgia, Commemorated on June 13; St Kaikhosro the Georgian, Commemorated on June 16; St Shalva of Akhaltsikhe, Commemorated on June 17; Martyr Archil II the King of Georgia, Commemorated on June 21; Martyr Luarsab II the King of Georgia, Commemorated on June 21; Martyr Orentius, one of the seven martyred brothers in Georgia, Commemorated on June 24; Feast of All Saints of Georgia, Commemorated on June 26

Tbilisi, Georgia (Kura River 9)
Tbilisi; St Euthymius the Elder of the St John the Baptist Monastery, Commemorated on August 8; St Sarmean, the Catholicos of Kartli, Georgia, Commemorated August 21 ; St Sarmean, the Catholicos of Kartli, Georgia; Martyr Susanna the Queen of Georgia, Commemorated August 28 ; Translation of the relics of St Alexander Nevsky; St George (John) of Georgia, Commemorated September 8 ; Hieromartyr Dositheus of Tbilisi, Commemorated September 12 ; Arrival of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God in Georgia, Commemorated on September 26; Martyr Constantine the King of Georgia, Commemorated on November 10 ; Arrival of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God in Georgia; St Onuphrius of the St David Gareji Monastery, Georgia, Commemorated September 29 ; Martyr Kozman, Commemorated October 17 ; Hierarch Alexander, Bishop of Guria and Samegrelo, Commemorated October 27 ; 100,000 Martyrs of Tbilisi by the Mongols, Commemorated on October 31 ; Hieromartyr Gregory (Peradze) of Georgia, Commemorated November 23 ; St Vakhtang Gorgasali, King of Georgia, Commemorated on November 30 ; 100,000 Martyrs of Tbilisi by the Mongols, Commemorated December 11 ; Blessed Xenia of St Petersburg, Commemorated January 24; Martyr Abo the Perfumer, of Tibilisi, Georgia, Commemorated January 8 ; St Euthymius the Confessor, Commemorated on January 20 ; St Gabriel, Bishop of Imereti, Commemorated January 25 ; Blessed David IV the King of Georgia, Commemorated January 26 ; Martyr Ashot Curapalati, King of of Artanuji, Commemorated on January 29 ; St Evagrisi the disciple of St Shio; St Ambrose the Confessor, Commemorated on March 16 ; Hieromartyr Gabriel the Lesser, Commemorated on March 17; Holy Queen Tamara, Commemorated on May 8; St David Gareji, Commemorated on June 9;

Kura (Mtkvari) River Folder

Kura (Mtkvari) River

Kura (Mtkvari) River Source (Lesser Caucasus)
Lesser Caucasus;

Kura (Mtkvari) River 1

Kura (Mtkvari) River 2

Kura (Mtkvari) River 3

Kura (Mtkvari) River 4 (current border)

Kura (Mtkvari) River 5 (ravine begins)

Kura (Mtkvari) River 6 (ravine ends)

Kura (Mtkvari) River 7 (Liakhvi River)

Kura (Mtkvari) River 8 (Mtskheta, Aragvi River)

Kura (Mtkvari) River 9 (Tiblisi)

Kura (Mtkvari) River 10 (Rustavi)

Kura (Mtkvari) River 11 (Shamkori)

Kura (Mtkvari) River 13 (Shirvan)

Kura (Mtkvari) River Mouth (Caspian Sea)

Nedzvi Akhaldaba monastery (new settlement monastery)
Nedzvi Akhaldaba (new settlement) monastery; St Gregory of Chandzoe in Georgia, Commemorated on October 5

Caucasian Albania
Caucasian Albanian ; Martyr Suchias and his Soldiers in Georgia, Commemorated on April 15;

Ganja, Azerbaijan
Ganja, Azerbaijan; St Shalva of Akhaltsikhe, Commemorated on June 17;

Shamkori (Shamkir Region)
Shamkori (Shamkir Region); St Shalva of Akhaltsikhe, Commemorated on June 17;

Turkish Azerbaijan invasion of Georgia (1195)
Shamkir, Azerbaijan; Right-believing Tamara, Queen of Georgia, Commemorated on May 1; Holy Queen Tamara, Commemorated on May 8; St Shalva of Akhaltsikhe, Commemorated on June 17;

battle near Shamkori (Shamkir, Azerbaijan)
Shamkir, Azerbaijan; Right-believing Tamara, Queen of Georgia, Commemorated on May 1; Holy Queen Tamara, Commemorated on May 8; St Shalva of Akhaltsikhe, Commemorated on June 17;

Hereti Kingdom of Kakheti Region, Georgia
Hereti Kingdom of Kakheti Region; Blessed David IV the King of Georgia, Commemorated January 26 ; Martyr Ashot Curapalati, King of of Artanuji, Commemorated on January 29 ; St Damiane (Demetrius) the King and Hymnographer, Commemorated on May 23; Holy Queen Dinar, Commemorated on June 30;

Hereti, Georgia
Hereti; Martyr Susanna the Queen of Georgia, Commemorated August 28 ; Blessed David IV the King of Georgia, Commemorated January 26 ; Martyr Ashot Curapalati, King of of Artanuji, Commemorated on January 29 ; Holy Queen Dinar, Commemorated on June 30;

Bodbe Monastery, Eastern Georgia
Bodbe Monastery; St Nino (Nina), Equal of the Apostles and Enlightener of Georgia, Commemorated January 14 ; Venerable Salome of Ujarma, Commemorated January 15 ;

Gardabani (Mtkvari River)
Gardabani if on a plateau above the Mtkvari River.

Rustavi, Kartli, Georgia (Kura (Mtkvari) River 10)
Rustavi; St Joseph the Catholicos of Georgia; St Vakhtang Gorgasali, King of Georgia, Commemorated November 30 ; Blessed David IV the King of Georgia, Commemorated January 26 ;

Tbilisi Monastery
Tbilisi Monastery; Hierarch Alexander, Bishop of Guria and Samegrelo, Commemorated on October 27 ;

Tbilisi Sioni Cathedral
Tbilisi Sioni Cathedral; Venerable John, Bishop of Manglisi, Commemorated on March 28;

Metekhi (Mtkvari (Kura) River 9, Tiblisi)
Metekhi, a neighborhood of Tiblisi; Martyr Abo the Perfumer, of Tibilisi, Georgia, Commemorated on January 8 ; St Nicholas the Catholicos of Georgia;

In 1227 Home Grown Moslem Terrorists helped Invading Moslems attack Georgia
Khwarezmid Empire; Sultan Jalal al-Din ; In 1227 Sultan Jalal al-Din of Khwarazm and his army of Turkmen attacked Georgia; 100,000 Martyrs of Tbilisi by the Mongols, Commemorated on October 31 ;

Tbilisi State University, Georgia
Tbilisi State University; Hieromartyr Gregory (Peradze) of Georgia, Commemorated November 23 ; St Euthymius (Takaishvili), Commemorated January 3 ; Georgian National Treasury;

Tbilisi Seminary
Tbilisi Seminary; Hierarch Alexander, Bishop of Guria and Samegrelo, Commemorated on October 27 ;

Kartli (town, Tbilisi)
Kartli; St Sarmean, the Catholicos of Kartli, Georgia, Commemorated on August 21; Icon of the Mother of God “the Healer”, Commemorated on September 18 ; Martyr Constantine the King of Georgia, Commemorated on November 10 ; Hieromartyr Theodore of Kvelta, Commemorated on June 8; St David Gareji, Commemorated on June 9; Martyr Luarsab II the King of Georgia, Commemorated on June 21;

Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti
Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti; Martyr Constantine the King of Georgia, Commemorated on November 10 ; St Hilarion the Georgian, the New;

Arab Muslim Conquest of Georgia 736
Arab Muslim Conquest of Georgia 736;

Jvari (Cross) Monastery
Jvari (monastery); Commemoration of the apparition of the Pillar with the Robe of the Lord under it at Mtskheta in Georgia, Commemorated October 1 ; Tkhoti Mountain is the mountain to the North West of Mtskheta. Jvari (Cross) Monestary is to the South East of Mtskheta. Ujarma village is to the North East of Mtskheta. Jvari (Cross) Monastery is at the confluence of the Aragvi and Mtkvari Rivers. The capital is Tiblizi. Hierarch Alexander, Bishop of Guria and Samegrelo, Commemorated October 27 ; St John Zedazneli of Zaden, in Georgia with his 12 Disciples, Commemorated on May 7;

Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, Mtskheta, Georgia
Svetitskhoveli Cathedral; Martyr Eustathius of Mtskheta in Georgia, Commemorated on July 29 ; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Lord at Moscow; St Melchizedek I, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Commemorated October 1 ; Hierarch Alexander, Bishop of Guria and Samegrelo, Commemorated October 27 ; Hieromartyr Abibus, Bishop of Nekressi in Georgia, Commemorated on November 29 ; St Vakhtang Gorgasali, King of Georgia, Commemorated November 30 ; Hierarch Samuel, Second Catholicos of Georgia, Commemorated November 30 ; Hierarch Peter, First Catholicos of Georgia, Commemorated on November 30; St Euthymius the Confessor, Commemorated on January 20 ; St Demetrius the Devoted, King of Georgia, Commemorated on March 16; St John Zedazneli of Zaden, in Georgia with his 12 Disciples, Commemorated on May 7; Hieromartyr Kirion II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Commemorated on June 27;

Samtavro Convent, Mtskheta, Georgia
Samtavro Convent; St Euthymius the Confessor, Commemorated on January 20 ;

Samtavro Monastery, Mtskheta, Georgia
Samtavro Monastery; Hieromartyr Abibus, Bishop of Nekressi in Georgia, Commemorated on November 29 ; St George (John) of Georgia, Commemorated January 21 ; St John, Commemorated on January 23 ; St George (John) of Georgia; St John Zedazneli of Zaden, in Georgia with his 12 Disciples, Commemorated on May 7;

Shio Mgvime monastery (the cave of Shio, Kura River 8)
Shio Mgvime (the cave of Shio); Martyr Neophytus of Urbin, Georgia, Commemorated on October 28; Hierarch Alexander, Bishop of Guria and Samegrelo, Commemorated October 27 ; Hieromartyr Abibus, Bishop of Nekressi in Georgia, Commemorated on November 29 ; St Evagrisi the disciple of St Shio; Venerable Shio Mgvime, Commemorated March 3 ; St John (Chrysostom) IV, the Catholicos of Georgia, Commemorated on March 3; St John Zedazneli of Zaden, in Georgia with his 12 Disciples, Commemorated on May 7; Repose of the Venerable Shio the Anchorite of Georgia, Commemorated on May 9;

Shida (Inner) Kartli
Shida (Inner) Kartli; Martyr Neophytus of Urbin, Georgia,Commemorated on October 28 ;

Gori, Georgia (Liakhvi River Mouth, Kura (Mtkvari) River7)
Gori, Georgia; Hieromartyr Abibus, Bishop of Nekressi in Georgia, Commemorated on November 29 ; Hierarch Alexander, Bishop of Guria and Samegrelo; St Gabriel, Bishop of Imereti, Commemorated January 25 ;

Council of Ruisi Cathedral in Urbnisi
Council of Ruisi-Urbnisi; Blessed David IV the King of Georgia, Commemorated January 26 ;

Urbnisi, Georgia (Mtkvari River 7)
Urbnisi; Martyr Neophytus of Urbin, Georgia, Commemorated October 28 ; St Nino (Nina), Equal of the Apostles and Enlightener of Georgia, Commemorated January 14 ; Blessed David IV the King of Georgia, Commemorated January 26 ; St John Zedazneli of Zaden, in Georgia with his 12 Disciples, Commemorated on May 7 ;

Ruisi - Urbnisi (Ruisi Cathedral in Urbnisi)

Kvenadkotsi (between Gori and Surami)
In 1609 Georgia suffered invasion by a Turkish army under the leadership of Deli-Mamad-khan. The young emperor gave decisive battle to the Turks near the village of Kvenadkotsi (between Gori and Surami). On the eve of battle the 14,000 Georgians spent all night in prayer. In the morning after Divine Liturgy and having received the Holy Mysteries, the Georgian forces put 60,000 enemy soldiers to flight in a heroic battle. Martyr Luarsab II the King of Georgia, Commemorated on June 21;

Argveti, Region (Westcentral Georgia)
Argveti; Martyr David the Prince of Georgia, Commemorated on October 2

Surami
Surami;

Kvelta
Kvelta; Hieromartyr Theodore of Kvelta, Commemorated on June 8;

Akhaltsikhe (Kura River 5)
Akhaltsikhe; Martyred Fathers and Mothers of Atchara, Commemorated on May 29; St Shalva of Akhaltsikhe, Commemorated on June 17;

Odzrkhe Monastery
Odzrkhe; St John of Shavtel-Gaenati, Commemorated on June 9;

Sairme
Sairme; St Jacob the Elder, and disciple of St Anthony of Chkondidi, Commemorated on October 13 ;

House of George Chorchaneli
House of George Chorchaneli; St Serapion of Zarzma, Commemorated October 29 ;

Kvelistsikhe Fortress, Southern Georgia
Kvelistsikhe Fortress; Martyr Michael (Gobron) of Georgia, Commemorated November 17 ;

Arab Sajid invasion of Georgia 914 Kvelistsikhe Fortress
Arab Sajid invasion of Georgia 914 Kvelistsikhe Fortress; Martyr Michael (Gobron) of Georgia, Commemorated November 17 ;

Artaani Region
Artaani Region; St Damiane (Demetrius) the King and Hymnographer, Commemorated on May 23;

Kola, Georgia
Kola; 9 Martyred brothers of Kola, Commemorated February 21 ;

Samtskhe-Saatabago
Samtskhe; Samtskhe; St Serapion of Zarzma, Commemorated October 29 ; Venerable Sabiana, Abbess of the Samtskhe Monastery, Commemorated December 31;

Ksani River Source (Greater Caucusus Mountain Range)

Ksani River Mouth (Kura River 8)

Ksani River

Tsilkani, Georgia
Tsilkani St Jesse, Bishop of Tsilkan in Georgia;

Ksani Fortress, Central Georgia (Ksani River 2)
Ksani Fortress; Greatmartyr and Prince Bidzina of Georgia, Commemorated September 18 ; St Jesse, Bishop of Tsilkan in Georgia, Commemorated on December 2 ;

Tsilkani Church, Georgia (Ksani River 1)
Tsilkani Church St Jesse, Bishop of Tsilkan in Georgia, Commemorated December 2; St John Zedazneli of Zaden, in Georgia with his 12 Disciples, Commemorated on May 7;

Aragvi River Source (North of Gudari)

Aragvi River 1 (Pshavi)

Aragvi River 2 (Tsilkan and Zedazeni Monastery)

Aragvi River Mouth (Samtavro aka Mtskheta, Kura River 8)
Aragvi Province; Greatmartyr and Prince Bidzina of Georgia;

Aragvi River

Khevsureti
Khevsureti; Greatmartyr and Prince Bidzina of Georgia, Commemorated on September 18 ;

Pshavi (Aragvi River 1)
Pshavi; Greatmartyr and Prince Bidzina of Georgia, Commemorated on September 18 ;

Zedazeni Monastery, Mtskheta, Georgia
Zedazeni Monastery. This location is only approximate. Zedazeni Monestary is located on the Zedazeni mountain the hills of Saguramo, northeast to Mtskheta and to the east side of the Aragvi River. ; Hierarch Alexander, Bishop of Guria and Samegrelo; St Jesse, Bishop of Tsilkan in Georgia, Commemorated December 2 ; Martyr John, Abbot of the Zedazeni Monastery, Commemorated December 12 ; St Euthymius the Confessor, Commemorated on January 20 ; Venerable Shio Mgvime, Commemorated on March 3; St Mamai the Catholicos of Georgia, Commemorated on May 3; St John Zedazneli of Zaden, in Georgia with his 12 Disciples, Commemorated on May 7; St John (Chrysostom) IV, the Catholicos of Georgia, Commemorated on March 3; St David Gareji, Commemorated on June 9;

Saguramo (Zedazeni)
Saguramo Range (including Zedazeni Mountain) located immediately to the north of Tiblisi and south of Saguramo and Zedazeni Monastery. ; Martyr Ilia Chavchavadze of Georgia, Commemorated on July 20 ;

Saguramo Range
Saguramo Range (including Zedazeni Mountain) located immediately to the north of Tiblisi and south of Saguramo and Zedazeni Monastery. ; Martyr Ilia Chavchavadze of Georgia, Commemorated on July 20 ;

Tkhoti Mountain
Tkhoti Mountain is the mountain to the North West of Mtskheta. Jvari (Cross) Monestary is to the South East of Mtskheta. Ujarma village is to the North East of Mtskheta. Commemoration of the apparition of the Pillar with the Robe of the Lord under it at Mtskheta in Georgia, Commemorated October 1 ; Jvari (Cross) Monastery is at the confluence of the Aragvi and Mtkvari Rivers. The capital is Tiblizi.

Tsitsamuri Forest near Tsitsamuri
Tsitsamuri Forest near Tsitsamuri Martyr Ilia Chavchavadze of Georgia, Commemorated on July 20 ;

Sarkineti Mountains
St Evagrisi the disciple of St Shio; St John (Chrysostom) IV, the Catholicos of Georgia, Commemorated on March 3;

Samtavro Transfiguration Orthodox Church
Samtavro Transfiguration Orthodox Church;

Mtskheta, Georgia (Aragvi River Mouth (Kura River 8))
Mtskheta; Martyr Eustathius of Mtskheta in Georgia, Commemorated July 29 ; Martyr Razhden of Persia the Georgian, Commemorated on August 3; Commemoration of the apparition of the Pillar with the Robe of the Lord under it at Mtskheta in Georgia; St Sidonia of Georgia; Martyr Neophytus of Urbin, Georgia, Commemorated on October 28 ; Hieromartyr Abibus, Bishop of Nekressi in Georgia, Commemorated on November 29 ; St Vakhtang Gorgasali, King of Georgia, Commemorated November 30 ; Hierarch Peter, First Catholicos of Georgia, Commemorated on November 30 ; Hierarch Samuel, Second Catholicos of Georgia, Commemorated November 30 ; St Jesse, Bishop of Tsilkan in Georgia, Commemorated on December 2 ; St Jesse, Bishop of Tsilkan in Georgia; St Nino (Nina), Equal of the Apostles and Enlightener of Georgia, Commemorated January 14 ; St Euthymius the Confessor, Commemorated on January 20 ; St George (John) of Georgia, Commemorated January 21 ; St John, Commemorated on January 23 ; St George (John) of Georgia, Commemorated September 8 ; St John Zedazneli of Zaden, in Georgia with his 12 Disciples, Commemorated on May 7; Martyr Archil II the King of Georgia, Commemorated on June 21; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Lord at Moscow, Commemorated on July 10;

Armazi Monastery, Georgia (near Mtskheta)
Armazi Monastery; St John, Commemorated on January 23 ;

Ujarma Village, Mtskheta, Georgia
Commemoration of the apparition of the Pillar with the Robe of the Lord under it at Mtskheta in Georgia; Tkhoti Mountain is the mountain to the North West of Mtskheta. Jvari (Cross) Monestary is to the South East of Mtskheta. Ujarma village is to the North East of Mtskheta. Jvari (Cross) Monastery is at the confluence of the Aragvi and Mtkvari Rivers. The capital is Tiblizi. St Vakhtang Gorgasali, King of Georgia;

Tsiv-Gombori Range
Tsiv-Gombori Range;

David Gareja Mountains

Kakheti (Tvali is capital of Kakheti)
Kakheti; Greatmartyr Ketevan the Queen of Georgia; Venerable Hilarion the Monk and Wonderworker of Thessalonica, Georgian; Martyr Abo the Perfumer, of Tibilisi, Georgia; Venerable Salome of Ujarma; St Anthony the Founder of Monasticism in Georgia; St Nicholas the Catholicos of Georgia; Martyr Archil II the King of Georgia, Commemorated on June 21;

Iori River Source (above Ersto)

Iori River 1 (Ertso Valley, Tianeti)

Iori River 2 (Kakheti region Eastern Georgia)

Iori River 3 (Tvali, Gare Valley)

Iori River 4 (David Gareja Monastery)

Iori River Mouth (Kura River 11)

Iori River (from Ersto Valley)

Martkopi, Georgia
Martkopi, Georgia; St Anthony the Founder of Monasticism in Georgia, Commemorated on January 19 ; St Macarius the Stylite of Martkobsk, Georgia, Commemorated on January 19 ;

David Gareja monastery complex (Georgia)
David Gareja monastery complex (Georgia) ; St Euthymius the Elder of the St John the Baptist Monastery, Commemorated on August 8; Hieromartyr Kozman; St Euthymius the Elder of the St John the Baptist Monastery; Martyr Gerontius of the St David Gareji Monastery, Georgia, Commemorated on August 12; Martyr Otar of the St David Gareji Monastery, Georgia, Commemorated on August 12 ; Venerable Serapion, Abbot and Wonderworker of the St. John the Baptist Monastery ; Venerable Simeon the Wonderworker, Commemorated September 4 ; Hierarch Alexander, Bishop of Guria and Samegrelo, Commemorated on October 27 ; Venerable Hilarion the Monk and Wonderworker of Thessalonica, Georgian, Commemorated on November 19 ; St Onuphrius of the St David Gareji Monastery, Georgia, Commemorated September 29 ; St Joseph the Catholicos of Georgia; Hierarch Alexander, Bishop of Guria and Samegrelo; St Gabriel, Bishop of Imereti, Commemorated January 25 ; St Pimen of Salosi the Enlightener of Dagestan and the North Caucasus People, Commemorated on March 16; Hieromartyr Gabriel the Lesser, Commemorated on March 17; Venerable John, Bishop of Manglisi, Commemorated on March 28; 6,000 Martyrs of the St David Gareji Monastery, Georgia, Commemorated on April 26; St John Zedazneli of Zaden, in Georgia with his 12 Disciples, Commemorated on May 7; Venerable Dodo of the St David-Gareji Monastery, Georgia, Commemorated on May 17; St Damiane (Demetrius) the King and Hymnographer, Commemorated on May 23; Fathers martyred by the Dagestanians, Commemorated on June 1; St David Gareji, Commemorated on June 9;

Abbas I of Persia war with Georgia (1616)
Abbas I of Persia attack on Georgia (1616) ; 6,000 Martyrs of the St David Gareji Monastery, Georgia, Commemorated on April 26;

Dagestani Invasions of David Gareja Monastery 1851
Dagestani Invasion 1851; Martyr Gerontius of the St David Gareji Monastery, Georgia, Commemorated on August 12; Martyr Gerontius of the St David Gareji Monastery, Georgia, Commemorated on August 12;

Dagestani Raid on David Gareja Monastery 1630
Dagestani Raid on David Gareja Monastery 1630 Abbas I of Persia attack on Georgia (1616) ; Hieromartyr Kozman, Commemorated on July 18; 6,000 Martyrs of the St David Gareji Monastery, Georgia, Commemorated on April 26;

Ujarma, Kakheti, Georgia
Ujarma, Kakheti; St Vakhtang Gorgasali, King of Georgia, Commemorated on November 30 ;

Gare (Sagarego) (Gare Valley of Gare-Kakheti Area)
Gare (Sagarego) (Gare Valley of Gare-Kakheti Area) ; 6,000 Martyrs of the St David Gareji Monastery, Georgia, Commemorated on April 26;

Gare-Kakheti
Gare-Kakheti. Outer Kakheti (გარე კახეთი, Gare Kakheti) along the middle Iori River basin; 6,000 Martyrs of the St David Gareji Monastery, Georgia, Commemorated on April 26;

Kakheti (Tvali or Gare or Sagarego is the capital of Kakheti)
Tvali; Gare (Gare Valley); Sagarego Kakheti; 6,000 Martyrs of the St David Gareji Monastery, Georgia, Commemorated on April 26; Martyr Archil II the King of Georgia, Commemorated on June 21;

Tvali, Kakheti, Georgia
Tvali, Kakheti, Georgia ; Venerable Macarius the Faster, Abbot of the Khakhuli Monastery, Commemorated December 21 ;

Tianeti (Lori River 1)
Tianeti; Martyr Archil II the King of Georgia, Commemorated on June 21;

Ertso (upper Lori river valley)
Ertso; Martyr Archil II the King of Georgia, Commemorated on June 21;

Alazani River Source (Greater Caucasus Range)
Alazani River;

Alazani River Valley 1 (Alsquri)

Alazani River Valley 2 (Qvareli)

Alazani River Valley 3 (Tsurtavi)

Alazani River Valley 4 (Hereti and Zakatalsk Regions)

Alazani River Valley 5

Alazani River Mouth (Kura River 11)

Alazani River

Tsurtavi
Gachiani; Martyr Susanna the Queen of Georgia;

Bakurtsikhe, Eastern Georgia
Bakurtsikhe, Georgia; Hieromartyr Gregory (Peradze) of Georgia, Commemorated on November 23 ;

Khirsa Monastery in Kakheti, Georgia
Khirsa Monastery in Kakheti ; St George (John) of Georgia, Commemorated September 8 ; St Anthony the Founder of Monasticism in Georgia, Commemorated January 19 ;

Kakheti Region (Eastern Georgia)
Kakheti Region; St George (John) of Georgia, Commemorated September 8 ; Greatmartyr and Prince Bidzina of Georgia, Commemorated September 18 ; Venerable Hilarion the Monk and Wonderworker of Thessalonica, Georgian, Commemorated on November 19 ; Hieromartyr Abibus, Bishop of Nekressi in Georgia, Commemorated on November 29 ; St Vakhtang Gorgasali, King of Georgia, Commemorated November 30 ; Martyr Abo the Perfumer, of Tibilisi, Georgia, Commemorated on January 8 ; Venerable Salome of Ujarma, Commemorated January 15 ; St Anthony the Founder of Monasticism in Georgia, Commemorated January 19 ; St Arsenius of Iqalto in Georgia, Commemorated February 6; St Nicholas the Catholicos of Georgia; St Damiane (Demetrius) the King and Hymnographer, Commemorated on May 23; Martyr Luarsab II the King of Georgia, Commemorated on June 21;

Qvareli in Kakheti, Georgia (Alazani River Valley 2)
Qvareli in Kakheti, Georgia (Alazani River Valley 2) Martyr Ilia Chavchavadze of Georgia, Commemorated July 20 autocephaly

Nekressi, Georgia (Alazani River 2)
Nekressi ; Hieromartyr Abibus, Bishop of Nekressi in Georgia, Commemorated on November 29 ; St John Zedazneli of Zaden, in Georgia with his 12 Disciples, Commemorated on May 7;

Village of Gremi in Kakheti
Village of Gremi in Kakheti; St John Chimchimeli the Philosopher;

Kingdom of Kakheti, Eastern Georgia
Kingdom of Kakheti; Venerable Salome of Ujarma, Commemorated January 15 ; St Damiane (Demetrius) the King and Hymnographer, Commemorated on May 23;

Telavi (Alazani River 1)
Telavi; Hieromartyr Kirion II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Commemorated on June 27;

Iqalto monestary
Iqalto monestary; St Arsenius of Iqalto in Georgia; St John Zedazneli of Zaden, in Georgia with his 12 Disciples, Commemorated on May 7;

Iqalto
Iqalto; St Arsenius of Iqalto in Georgia, Commemorated February 6; St John Zedazneli of Zaden, in Georgia with his 12 Disciples, Commemorated on May 7;

Alaverdi Monestary (Alazani River 1)
Alaverdi Monestary; Greatmartyr Ketevan the Queen of Georgia, Commemorated September 13 ; Venerable Joseph, Abbot of Alaverdi, Georgia, Commemorated September 15 ; Greatmartyr and Prince Bidzina of Georgia, Commemorated September 18 ; St John Zedazneli of Zaden, in Georgia with his 12 Disciples, Commemorated on May 7; Hieromartyr Kirion II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Commemorated on June 27;

Akhmeta, Kakheti
Akhmeta; St Joseph the Catholicos of Georgia ;

Atsquri (Akhmeta, Alazani River 1)
Atsquri (Akhmeta, Alazani River 1); Tetri Giorgi (Saint George), his chief shrine – a 14th-century Orthodox Christian church overlooking the village Atsquri in what is now Akhmeta Municipality ; St George Matskevereli of Georgia, Commemorated on April 2; St Ephraim the Great of Atsquri, Commemorated on April 15;

Bakhtrioni Fortress (Strategic Crossroads to Caucasus Mts)
Bakhtrioni Fortress (Strategic Crossroads to Caucasus Mts) ; Greatmartyr and Prince Bidzina of Georgia, Commemorated September 18 ;

Tusheti
Tusheti; Greatmartyr and Prince Bidzina of Georgia, Commemorated on September 18 ;

Talsk River

Zakatalsk region (Talsk River)
Zakatalsk region; Founding of the Church of St George, Commemorated November 10 ; St Damiane (Demetrius) the King and Hymnographer, Commemorated on May 23;

Zakatalsk (Talsk River)
Zakatalsk (Talsk River) ; Founding of the Church of St George, Commemorated November 10 ;

Meskheti Range
Meskheti Range near Abastumani Georgia;

Kvabliani River Source (Meskheti Range)

Kvabliani River Mouth (Kura River 5)

Kvabliani River

Tsiskvili (Zarzma)
Tsiskvili: the residents of Tsiskvili met them with hostility and tried to block their path. That very same night a miracle occurred: an earthquake split the rocks that were holding back Lake Satakhve and washed away the entire village of Tsiskvili. Only two brothers survived. To this day this place has been called “Zarzma” [the word “zari” is often used to denote a tragic occurrence]. Zarzma monastery St Serapion of Zarzma, Commemorated on October 29 ;

Zarzma monastery
Zarzma monastery; St Serapion of Zarzma, Commemorated October 29 ; Venerable Michael of Parekhi, Commemorated on May 27;

Javakheti Mountains
Javakheti Range runs north to souith;

Javakheti River Source (Javakheti Mountains)

Javakheti River (Southern Georgia)

Samtskhe region (Southern Georgia, aka Meskheti and Javakheti)
Samtskhe; Samtskhe; Repose of St. Anthimus, Bishop of Georgia, Commemorated on September 14 ; St Serapion of Zarzma, Commemorated October 29; St Jotham Zedgenidze, Commemorated on October 30; Venerable Sabiana, Abbess of the Samtskhe Monastery, Commemorated on December 31; Martyr Ashot Curapalati, King of of Artanuji, Commemorated on January 29 ; St George Matskevereli of Georgia, Commemorated on April 2; Venerable Michael of Parekhi, Commemorated on May 27; St Anthimus, Bishop of Georgia, Commemorated on June 13; Venerable George of Mt. Athos, Georgian, Commemorated on June 27;

Javakheti (Javakheti River)
Javakheti; Martyr Ashot Curapalati, King of of Artanuji, Commemorated on January 29 ;

Meskheti (mountainous area of Southwestern Georgia)
Meskheti; St Arsenius the Great, Catholicos of Georgia, Commemorated on September 25 ; St Gregory of Chandzoe in Georgia, Commemorated October 5 ; New Martyr George of Iberia, Commemorated on January 2 ; St Pimen of Salosi the Enlightener of Dagestan and the North Caucasus People, Commemorated on March 16;

Vardzia Cave Monestary (Javakheti River)
Vardzia Monestary; St John Shavteli of Salosi, Bishop of Gaenati, Georgia, Commemorated on April 1; Holy Queen Tamara, Commemorated on May 8; St John of Shavtel-Gaenati, Commemorated on June 9;

Tsqarostavi Church
Erusheti or the Tsqarostavi Church in the Javakheti region. Hierarch Samuel, Second Catholicos of Georgia, Commemorated November 30 ;

Kumurdo Cathedral
Kumurdo Cathedral; St Zosimas II of Kumurdo, Commemorated on May 1;

Javakheti Region (Southern Georgia)
Javakheti Region, Historically, Javakheti borders in the west to the Kura River (Mtkvari), and in the north, south and east with the Shavvasheti, Samsari and Nialiskuri mountains.; Hierarch Samuel, Second Catholicos of Georgia, Commemorated on November 30 ; Martyr Ashot Curapalati, King of of Artanuji, Commemorated on January 29 ; St Damiane (Demetrius) the King and Hymnographer, Commemorated on May 23;

Mt. Kokhta (in the Meskheti region of southern Georgia)
Mt. Kokhta (in the Meskheti region of southern Georgia) St Tsotne Dadiani the Confessor, Commemorated July 30 ;

Ninotsminda (Javakheti River, Meskheti Region)
Ninotsminda; St Arsenius the Bishop of Ninotsminda, Commemorated on July 31 ; St John Zedazneli of Zaden, in Georgia with his 12 Disciples, Commemorated on May 7;

Ajara River Source (along the border)

Adjara River Mouth (Chorokhi River 6)

Ajara River

Khikhani Fortress and Village in Upper Atchara
Khikhani Village in Upper Atchara, Khikhani Fortress in the region of Khulo St Tbeli Abuseridze, Commemorated August 17;

Atchara (Adjara river region of Southwestern Georgia)
Atchara (Adjara River region of Southwestern Georgia); Hieromartyr Theodore of Atchara, Commemorated on February 17; Gallows and a guillotine were erected in the villages of Atcharistsqali, Keda, Chakvi, Khulo, Machakhela, and Gonio. The documents preserved in the manuscript collection at Akhaltsikhe Museum describe in even more horrific detail the martyrdom of the Atcharan Christians. Martyred Fathers and Mothers of Atchara, Commemorated on May 29;

Chorokhi River Source (Kesis Dagi)

Chorokhi River 3 (Khakhuli Monastery)

Chorokhi River 4 (Nigali Gorge)

Chorokhi River 6 (Ajara River Mouth)

Chorokhi River Mouth (Black Sea)

Chorokhi River

Artaz region, Western Georgia or Armenia
Artaz region; Principality of Hamamshen; Apostle Thaddeus of the Seventy, Commemorated January 4;

Atchara, Western Georgia or Armenia
Atchara; Principality of Hamamshen; Apostle Thaddeus of the Seventy, Commemorated January 4 ; Martyred Fathers and Mothers of Atchara, Commemorated on May 29;

Gonio (Chorokhi River Mouth, Black Sea)
Gonio; Martyred Fathers and Mothers of Atchara, Commemorated on May 29;

Shemokmedi, Guria
Batumi, Guria; metropolitan of Batumi-Shemokmedi; Shemokmedi Monestary ; Hierarch Alexander, Bishop of Guria and Samegrelo, Commemorated on October 27 ;

Ishkhani monastery
Ishkhani monastery; St Gregory of Chandzoe in Georgia, Commemorated October 5 ;

Khakhuli Church
Khakhuli Church ; Venerable Macarius the Faster, Abbot of the Khakhuli Monastery, Commemorated December 21 ;

Khakhuli Monastery, Georgia (Chorokhi River 3)
Khakhuli Monastery; St Hilarion of Tvali ; Venerable George the Scribe, of Khakhuli, Commemorated December 19 ; Venerable Macarius the Faster, Abbot of the Khakhuli Monastery, Commemorated December 21 ; St John of Khakhuli the Oqropiri, also called Chrysostom, Commemorated on March 10; St Basil of Georgia, the son of King Bagrat III, Commemorated on May 27; Venerable George of Mt. Athos, Georgian, Commemorated on June 27;

Tao-Klarjeti region, Georgia
Tao-Klarjeti region; Venerable George the Scribe, of Khakhuli, Commemorated on December 19 ; Venerable Macarius the Faster, Abbot of the Khakhuli Monastery, Commemorated December 21 ; Martyr David of Georgia, Commemorated on May 18;

Nigali valley, Southwestern Georgia (Chorokhi River 4)
Nigali valley; Martyr Ashot Curapalati, King of of Artanuji, Commemorated January 29 ;

Klarjeti River

Parekhi Monastery (Opiza)
Parekhi Monastery; St Serapion of Zarzma, Commemorated October 29 ; Venerable Michael of Parekhi, Commemorated on May 27;

Opiza Monastery
Opiza Monastery; St Serapion of Zarzma, Commemorated October 29 ;

Shavshet-Klarjeti Region, Soutwestern Georgia (Klarjeti River)
Shavshet-Klarjeti Region; Martyr Ashot Curapalati, King of of Artanuji, Commemorated January 29 ; Venerable Michael of Parekhi, Commemorated on May 27;

Shavshet, Georgia
Shavshet, Georgia; Martyr Ashot Curapalati, King of of Artanuji, Commemorated January 29 ; Venerable Michael of Parekhi, Commemorated on May 27;

Khandzta Monastery
Khandzta Monastery ; St Arsenius the Great, Catholicos of Georgia, Commemorated September 25 ; Venerable Fathers and Mothers of the Klarjeti Wilderness, Commemorated October 5 ; Martyr Ashot Curapalati, King of of Artanuji, Commemorated January 29;

Klarjeti Wilderness
Klarjeti Wilderness; St Gregory of Chandzoe in Georgia, Commemorated October 5 ; Venerable Fathers and Mothers of the Klarjeti Wilderness, Commemorated October 5 ; Martyr Nicholas Dvali; Martyr Ashot Curapalati, King of of Artanuji, Commemorated January 29; St Prochorus of Georgia;

Khandzta monastery, Klarjeti Wilderness, Southwest Georgia
Khandzta; St Arsenius the Great, Catholicos of Georgia, Commemorated September 25 ; St Gregory of Chandzoe in Georgia, Commemorated October 5 ; Martyr Ashot Curapalati, King of of Artanuji, Commemorated on January 29 ;

Tao Region - Southwestern Georgia
Tao Region; Venerable Macarius the Faster, Abbot of the Khakhuli Monastery, Commemorated December 21 ; Martyr Ashot Curapalati, King of of Artanuji, Commemorated on January 29 ; St Euthymius the New, Founder of the Iveron Monastery and His Fellow Georgian Saints of Mt. Athos, Commemorated on May 13;

Artanuji, Southwest Georgia
Artanuji; Martyr Ashot Curapalati, King of of Artanuji, Commemorated on January 29 ;

Artanuji Castle, Southwest Georgia
Artanuji Castle; Martyr Ashot Curapalati, King of of Artanuji, Commemorated on January 29 ;

Artanuji Fortress, Georgia
Artanuji Fortress ; St Vakhtang Gorgasali, King of Georgia, Commemorated November 30 ;

Greater Caucasus Mountains
Greater Caucasus Mountains;

Enguri River Source (along the border, Caucasus Mountains)

Enguri River (Inguri) Mouth (Black Sea)

Enguri River (Inguri)

Sochi, Russia
Sochi; New Martyr John the New of Sochi, who suffered at Belgrade, Commemorated on June 2;

Lazika (planned city, Black Sea)
Lazika (planned city, Black Sea); Translation of the relics of St Maximus the Confessor, Commemorated on August 13;

Samegrelo Province (Western Georgia)
Samegrelo Province; Hierarch Alexander, Bishop of Guria and Samegrelo, Commemorated on October 27 ; Venerable Hieromonk Alexei of Teklati, Commemorated on January 18 ; St Ambrose the Confessor, Commemorated on March 16

Egrisi (now Samegrelo Province)
Egrisi (now Samegrelo Province); St Jacob the Elder, and disciple of St Anthony of Chkondidi, Commemorated October 13 ;

Ilori Theological School in Ochamchire
Ilori Theological School in Ochamchire; Hierarch Alexander, Bishop of Guria and Samegrelo, Commemorated on October 27 ;

Colchis Region
Colchis Region; Apostle Matthias of the Seventy, Commemorated on August 9 ;

River Atcharistsqali 1
River Atcharistsqali; Martyred Fathers and Mothers of Atchara, Commemorated on May 29;

River Atcharistsqah

Egrisi, Northwestern Georgia
Egrisi; St Jacob the Elder, and disciple of St Anthony of Chkondidi, Commemorated October 13 ; St Vakhtang Gorgasali, King of Georgia, Commemorated November 30;

Sokhumi, Western Georgia
Sokhumi; Hierarch Alexander, Bishop of Guria and Samegrelo, Commemorated October 27 ; St Ambrose the Confessor, Commemorated on March 16;

Tskhumi, Northwestern Georgia
Tskhumi, Northwestern Georgia Martyr David the Prince of Georgia, Commemorated October 2 ;

Abkhazeti Region (Northwest Georgia, Southwest Caucasus Mts)
Abkhazeti Region, A disputed territory on the eastern coast of the Black Sea and the south-western flank of the Caucasus ; Hierarch Alexander, Bishop of Guria and Samegrelo, Commemorated on October 27 ; Martyr Abo the Perfumer, of Tibilisi, Georgia, Commemorated January 8 ; St Ephraim the Lesser, Commemorated January 18 ; St Gabriel, Bishop of Imereti, Commemorated January 25 ;

New Athos monastery, Abkhazeti, Georgia
New Athos Simono-Kananitsk monastery in the Caucasus; Icon of the Mother of God the "Deliveress", Commemorated October 17 ;

Simono-Kananitsk monastery, New Athos, in the Caucasus
New Athos Simono-Kananitsk monastery in the Caucasus; Icon of the Mother of God the "Deliveress", Commemorated October 17 ;

Pitindeia (Pitsunda)
Pitindeia (Pitsunda); Martyr Orentius, one of the seven martyred brothers in Georgia, Commemorated on June 24;

Pityus in Abkhazia, Georgia on the Black Sea
Pityus in Abkhazia on the Black Sea ; St John Chrysostom the Archbishop of Constantinople;

Rioni River Source (Caucasus Mountains)
Rioni River Source (Caucasus Mountains);

Rioni River Mouth (Black Sea)

Rioni River

Ozurgeti district of Guria, Western Georgia
Ozurgeti district of Guria; St Euthymius (Takaishvili), Commemorated January 3 ; St Gabriel, Bishop of Imereti, Commemorated January 25 ;

Guria Province (Western Georgia)
Guria; Martyr Christopher of Guria, Georgia; Hierarch Alexander, Bishop of Guria and Samegrelo, Commemorated on October 27; St Euthymius (Takaishvili), Commemorated January 3 ;

Tao region (Eastern Inland Georgia)
Tao region; St Ephraim the Lesser, Commemorated January 18 ; St Ephraim the Lesser, Commemorated February 21 ; St Damiane (Demetrius) the King and Hymnographer, Commemorated on May 23;

Kutaisi, Imereti, Georgia (Rioni River 3)
Kutaisi; Kutaisi-Gaenati; New Martyr Nazarius, Metropolitan of Kutaisi-Gaenati, and his companions of Georgia ; Hierarch Alexander, Bishop of Guria and Samegrelo, Commemorated October 27 ; St Euthymius (Takaishvili), Commemorated Janaury 3; St Euthymius the Confessor, Commemorated on January 20 ; St Gabriel, Bishop of Imereti, Commemorated January 25 ; St Hilarion the Georgian, the New; Hieromartyr Kirion II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Commemorated on June 27;

Imeretian Kingdom
Imeretian Kingdom; St Hilarion the Georgian, the New;

Bagrati Cathedral
Bagrati Cathedral; New Martyr Nazarius, Metropolitan of Kutaisi-Gaenati, and his companions of Georgia, Commemorated August 14 ;

Gaenati (Gelati) Monastery, Georgia (Rioni River 3)
Gaenati (Gelati) Monastery; Martyr Gerontius of the St David Gareji Monastery, Georgia, Commemorated on August 12; St Euthymius the Confessor, Commemorated on January 20 ; Blessed David IV the King of Georgia, Commemorated January 26 ;

Gelati Monastery, Georgia (Rioni River 3)
Gelati Monastery; Venerable Hieromonk Alexei of Teklati, Commemorated on January 18 ; St Euthymius the Confessor, Commemorated on January 20 ; Blessed David IV the King of Georgia, Commemorated January 26; St Arsenius of Iqalto in Georgia, Commemorated Febraury 6; St John Shavteli of Salosi, Bishop of Gaenati, Georgia, Commemorated on April 1; Holy Queen Tamara, Commemorated on May 8; St Damiane (Demetrius) the King and Hymnographer, Commemorated on May 23; St John of Shavtel-Gaenati, Commemorated on June 9;

Gelati Theological Academy, Georgia
Gelati Theological Academy; Blessed David IV the King of Georgia, Commemorated January 26 ; St Tbeli Abuseridze, Commemorated on August 17; St John Shavteli of Salosi, Bishop of Gaenati, Georgia, Commemorated on April 1; St John of Shavtel-Gaenati, Commemorated on June 9;

Tsageri (in lower Svaneti)
Tsageri (in lower Svaneti); St Jacob the Elder, and disciple of St Anthony of Chkondidi, Commemorated on October 13 ;

Skhvava (Village near Racha)
Skhvava (Village near Racha); St George (John) of Georgia ;

Racha Region, Georgia (Upper Rioni River Valley)
Racha; St Tsotne Dadiani the Confessor, Commemorated July 30 ; St Euthymius the Confessor, Commemorated on January 20 ; St George (John) of Georgia, Commemorated January 21 ; St George (John) of Georgia, Commemorated September 8

Svaneti Province
Svaneti Province; St Jacob the Elder, and disciple of St Anthony of Chkondidi, Commemorated on October 13 ;

Chqondidi River 1 (Martvili Monastery)

Chqondidi River 2 (Chkondidi aka Abasha)

Chqondidi River

Abasha
Abasha; Martyr Archil II the King of Georgia, Commemorated on June 21;

Chkondidi (the capital of Western Georgia)
Chkondidi; St Jacob the Elder, and disciple of St Anthony of Chkondidi, Commemorated October 13 ;

Chqondidi (Chkondidi)
Chqondidi; Martvili Monastery in Egrisi; St Jacob the Elder, and disciple of St Anthony of Chkondidi, Commemorated on October 13;

Martvili Monastery, Chqondidi, Georgia
Martvili Monastery in Egrisi; St Jacob the Elder, and disciple of St Anthony of Chkondidi, Commemorated October 13 ; Venerable Hieromonk Alexei of Teklati, Commemorated on January 18 ;

Tsikhegoji (Tsikhedidi), Western Georgia
Tsikhegoji; St Vakhtang Gorgasali, King of Georgia, Commemorated on November 30 ;

Senaki
Venerable Hieromonk Alexei of Teklati;

Senaki district, Western Georgia
Senaki district; Venerable Hieromonk Alexei of Teklati, Commemorated on January 18 ;

Khobi, Western Georgia
Khobi, Western Georgia ; Venerable Hieromonk Alexei of Teklati, Commemorated on January 18 ;

Liakhvi River Source 1 (along the border)

Liakhvi River Source 2 (along the border)

Liakhvi River Gorge
Liakhvi Gorge; Hieromartyr Kirion II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Commemorated on June 27 ;

Liakhvi River 1 (Kvabtakhevi Monastery)

Liakhvi River Mouth (Gori, Kura River 7)

Liakhvi River

Liakhvi River Source 2

Nikozi, Georgia (Inner Kartli, Liakhvi River 1)
Nikozi (Inner Kartli); St Vakhtang Gorgasali, King of Georgia, Commemorated on November 30 ; Martyr Razhden of Persia the Georgian, Commemorated August 3 ; Hieromartyr Kirion II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Commemorated on June 27;

Ikorta church (Liakhvi River 1)
Ikorta church; Greatmartyr and Prince Bidzina of Georgia, Commemorated September 18 ;

Kvabtakhevi Monastery (Liakhvi River 1)
Kvabtakhevi Monastery; Mothers of the Kvabtakhevi Monastery in Georgia, Commemorated on April 10; Right-believing Tamara, Queen of Georgia, Commemorated on May 1; Holy Queen Tamara, Commemorated on May 8;

Timur (Tamerlane) invaded Georgia seven times (1360-1394)
Timur (Tamerlane) invaded Georgia seven times (1360-1394) ; Timur (Tamerlane) ;

Tbeti monastery (Kartli, Central Georgia)
Tbeti monastery; Kartli, Central-Eastern Georgia, includes Tiblisi; Venerable Fathers and Mothers of the Klarjeti Wilderness, Commemorated October 5 ;

Ossetia South, Central Georgia
Ossetia; Ossetians; South Ossetia (now Shida Kartli); Ossetia (now Shida Kartli); St Theodore the Prince of Smolensk and Yaroslav, Commemorated September 19 ; St Vakhtang Gorgasali, King of Georgia, Commemorated November 30 ; St Ephraim the Lesser, Commemorated January 18 ; Right-believing Tamara, Queen of Georgia, Commemorated on May 1;

Transcaucasus
Transcaucasus; Right-believing Tamara, Queen of Georgia, Commemorated on May 1;

Tskhinvali, Georgia (capital of Ossetia South)
Tskhinvali; St George (John) of Georgia, Commemorated September 8 ; St Theodore the Prince of Smolensk and Yaroslav, Commemorated on September 19 ; Samachablo; St John, Commemorated on September 21 ; St John, Commemorated on January 23 ; St Onuphrius of the St David Gareji Monastery, Georgia, Commemorated September 29 ; St George (John) of Georgia, Commemorated January 21 ;

Samachablo district, Georgia
Samachablo district; St John, Commemorated on September 21 ; St John, Commemorated on January 23 ;

Transcaucasus
Transcaucasus; Holy Queen Tamara, Commemorated on May 8;

Caucasus
Caucasus; Martyr Orentius, one of the seven martyred brothers in Georgia, Commemorated on June 24 ;

Kaspi (River Mouth, Kura River 8)
Kaspi; St John Zedazneli of Zaden, in Georgia with his 12 Disciples, Commemorated on May 7;

Kaspi River

Caucasian Iberia (ie. Georgia)
Caucasian Iberia; St Anthimus, Bishop of Georgia, Commemorated on June 13; Martyr Romulus and with him many others, Commemorated on September 6 ; Repose of St. Anthimus, Bishop of Georgia, Commemorated on September 14 ;

Samtavisi Monastery
Samtavisi Monastery; Nevertheless, that night the priests and monks of Rekhi came, took the body of the holy martyr, and buried it with great honor at Samtavisi Monastery (located midway between Mtskheta and Gori). Hieromartyr Abibus, Bishop of Nekressi in Georgia; St John Zedazneli of Zaden, in Georgia with his 12 Disciples, Commemorated on May 7;

Tsikhegoji
Tsikhegoji; St Vakhtang Gorgasali, King of Georgia;

Armazi Monastery, Georgia (Kaspi River 1)
Armazi Monestary; St Vakhtang Gorgasali, King of Georgia, Commemorated on November 30 ; St John, Commemorated on September 21 ; St George (John) of Georgia, Commemorated January 21 ; St George (John) of Georgia;

Armazi Fortress, Georgia
Armazi Fortress; St Vakhtang Gorgasali, King of Georgia, Commemorated November 30 ;

Caucasian Iberia
Caucasian Iberia; New Martyr George of Iberia, Commemorated on January 2 ; New Martyr Theologia, Commemorated on January 2; GREGORY THE ILLUMINATOR, APOSTLE TO ARMENIA (23 March 332);

Caucasian Iberia (Iveron Monestary)
Caucasian Iberia (Iveron Monestary); Martyr Romulus and with him many others, Commemorated September 6 ; New Martyr George of Iberia, Commemorated on January 2 ; New Martyr Theologia, Commemorated on January 2; Martyred Fathers and Mothers of Atchara, Commemorated on May 29;

Transcaucasus (South Caucasus)
Transcaucasus or South Caucasus;

Alaverdi, Armenia or Georgia (Transcaucasus)
Alaverdi; Greatmartyr Ketevan the Queen of Georgia; Venerable Joseph, Abbot of Alaverdi, Georgia, Commemorated September 15 ; Hieromartyr Kirion II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Commemorated on June 27;

Lesser Caucasus Mountains
Lesser Caucasus;

Tiblisi River Source (along the border)

Tiblisi River 1 (Tiblisi Monastery)

Tbilisi River

Betania Monastery, Georgia (Tiblisi River 1)
Betania Monastery; St George (John) of Georgia, Commerated September 8 ; St George (John) of Georgia, Commemorated January 21 ; St John, Commemorated on September 21 ; St John, Commemorated on January 23 ; Right-believing Tamara, Queen of Georgia, Commemorated on May 1; Holy Queen Tamara, Commemorated on May 8;

Khrami River Source (along the border)

Khrami River Mouth (Kura River 10)

Khrami River

Martqopi (Kartli)
Martqopi; St John Zedazneli of Zaden, in Georgia with his 12 Disciples, Commemorated on May 7;

Kartli Region (Lowlands, Central Georgia near Tiblisi)
Kartli (Region near the Kura River including Tiblisi) Royal Martyr Mirdati , King of Kartl; Martyr Salome the Georgian; St Tsotne Dadiani the Confessor; St Sarmean, the Catholicos of Kartli, Georgia, Commemorated August 21 ; Martyr Susanna the Queen of Georgia, Commemorated August 28 ; Greatmartyr and Prince Bidzina of Georgia, Commemorated September 18 ; Icon of the Mother of God "the Healer"; St Onuphrius of the St David Gareji Monastery, Georgia; Commemoration of the apparition of the Pillar with the Robe of the Lord under it at Mtskheta in Georgia ; St Sidonia of Georgia; Martyr Kozman, Commemorated October 17 ; Martyr Neophytus of Urbin, Georgia, Commemorated October 28 ; Hieromartyr Abibus, Bishop of Nekressi in Georgia, Commemorated on November 29 ; St Jesse, Bishop of Tsilkan in Georgia, Commemorated on December 2 ; Martyr Constantine the King of Georgia; St Vakhtang Gorgasali, King of Georgia; Hierarch Samuel, Second Catholicos of Georgia; St Jesse, Bishop of Tsilkan in Georgia; Martyr Abo the Perfumer, of Tibilisi, Georgia; Venerable Salome of Ujarma, Commemorated January 15 ; St Ephraim the Lesser, Commemorated January 18 ; Martyr Ashot Curapalati, King of of Artanuji, Commemorated on January 29 ; Mothers of the Kvabtakhevi Monastery in Georgia, Commemorated on April 10; St John Zedazneli of Zaden, in Georgia with his 12 Disciples, Commemorated on May 7;

Kipchaks area in Georgia
Kartli lowlands: Kipchaks area in Georgia; Blessed David IV the King of Georgia, Commemorated January 26 ;

Dmanisi, Georgia (Mashavera River Mouth, Khrami River 1)
Dmanisi village in Mashavera River Valley; Blessed David IV the King of Georgia, Commemorated January 26 ;

Kartli (Lowlands, Central Georgia, near the Kura River)
Kartli (Region near the Kura River including Tiblisi) Royal Martyr Mirdati , King of Kartl; Martyr Salome the Georgian; St Tsotne Dadiani the Confessor; St Sarmean, the Catholicos of Kartli, Georgia, Commemorated on August 21; Greatmartyr and Prince Bidzina of Georgia, Commemorated September 18; Icon of the Mother of God "the Healer", Commemorated September 18; Hierarch Samuel, Second Catholicos of Georgia, Commemorated on November 30 ; Hierarch Peter, First Catholicos of Georgia, Commemorated on November 30 ; St Vakhtang Gorgasali, King of Georgia, Commemorated November 30 ; St Onuphrius of the St David Gareji Monastery, Georgia; Commemoration of the apparition of the Pillar with the Robe of the Lord under it at Mtskheta in Georgia; St Sidonia of Georgia; Martyr Kozman; Martyr Neophytus of Urbin, Georgia; Martyr Constantine the King of Georgia; St Vakhtang Gorgasali, King of Georgia; Hierarch Samuel, Second Catholicos of Georgia; St Jesse, Bishop of Tsilkan in Georgia; Martyr Abo the Perfumer, of Tibilisi, Georgia, Commemorated January 8 ; Blessed David IV the King of Georgia, Commemorated January 26 ; Venerable Salome of Ujarma St Ephraim the Lesser; Martyr Ashot Curapalati, King of of Artanuji; Mothers of the Kvabtakhevi Monastery in Georgia, Commemorated on April 10; St John Zedazneli of Zaden, in Georgia with his 12 Disciples, Commemorated on May 7; Martyr Luarsab II the King of Georgia, Commemorated on June 21;

a Timur (Tamerlane) invaded Georgia seven times (1360-1394)
Timur (Tamerlane) invaded Georgia seven times (1360-1394) ; Timur (Tamerlane) ;

Marabda
Marabda; 9 Kherkheulidze Brothers with their Mother and Sister and Nine Thousand Martyrs of Marabda, Commemorated August 3 ;

Tashiri Region North
Tashiri Region; St Damiane (Demetrius) the King and Hymnographer, Commemorated on May 23;

Kvemo Kartli
Kvemo Kartli; Martyr Ashot Curapalati, King of of Artanuji;

Pitareti Monastery (Trialeti Range)
Pitareti Monastery; Trialeti mountainous area, of the Trialeti Range; Right-believing Tamara, Queen of Georgia, Commemorated on May 1; Holy Queen Tamara, Commemorated on May 8;

Trialeti (Township)
Trialeti mountainous area of the Trialeti Range; Blessed David IV the King of Georgia; Venerable George of Mt. Athos, Georgian, Commemorated on June 27;

Lake Paravani, Southern Georgia
Lake Paravani; St Jotham Zedgenidze, Commemorated October 30; St Nino (Nina), Equal of the Apostles and Enlightener of Georgia, Commemorated January 14; Martyr Ashot Curapalati, King of of Artanuji, Commemorated January 29 ; The Entrance of St Nino (Nina) the Enlightener into Georgia, Commemorated on May 19;

Debed River Source (along the border)

Debed River Mouth (Kura River 10)

Debed River

Somkhiti Region (Central Georgia)
Somkhiti Region; St Damiane (Demetrius) the King and Hymnographer, Commemorated on May 23;

Mashavera River Source (along the border)

Mashavera River Mouth (Khrami River 1)

Mashavera River

Dagestan and Azerbaizhan Folder (included with Georgia)

Dagestan
Dagestan; Martyr Gerontius of the St David Gareji Monastery, Georgia, Commemorated on August 12; Caucasian Avars; Hieromartyr Abibus, Bishop of Nekressi in Georgia, Commemorated November 29 ; St Pimen of Salosi the Enlightener of Dagestan and the North Caucasus People, Commemorated on March 16; Fathers martyred by the Dagestanians, Commemorated on June 1;

Azerbaizhan
Azerbaizhan; Mothers of the Kvabtakhevi Monastery in Georgia, Commemorated on April 10 ; Martyr Suchias and his Soldiers in Georgia, Commemorated on April 15 ; Holy Queen Tamara, Commemorated on May 8 ;

Land of the Huns, 1st to 7th century AD, Caspian Sea and Cacausus Mts
Land of the Huns, Caspian Sea, Cacausus Mts, Scythia, and Hungary ; Venerable Genevieve of Paris, Commemorated on January 3 ;

Terek River Source (SW of Mount Kazbek)

Terek River 1 (Terek, Ossetia)

Terek River 2 (Ossetia)

Terek River 3 (Sunzha River Mouth)

Terek River 4 (Kizhar, Terek River Delta)

Terek River Mouth (Caspian Sea)

Terek River

Albanus (Derbent, Dagestan, Caspian Sea)
Albanus (Derbent, Dagestan, Caspian Sea) ; BARTHOLOMEW THE APOSTLE, (24 AUGUST NT) ;

Derbend, Dagestan
Derbend, Dagestan; Venerable John, Bishop of Manglisi, Commemorated on March 28;

Land of the Khzars, Khazaria, Derbent, North Caucusus, West Caspian
Land of the Khzars, Khazaria, Derbent ; Equal of the Apostles and Teacher of the Slavs, Methodius, Commemorated on May 11 and April 6;

Kizliar (Terek River Delta, Caspian Sea)
Kizliar; Venerable John, Bishop of Manglisi, Commemorated on March 28;

Avar people (Caucasus, Dagestan)
Avar people (Caucasus, Dagestan) ; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Most Holy Mother of God at Blachernae, Commemorated on July 2 ;

Sarir, Dagestan
Sarir, Dagestan; Prophet Ezekiel, Commemorated on July 21 ;

Osetian land, Dagestani Persians
Ossetia: Ossetian Land is the area both north and south of the Caucasus Mountians ; Ossetians came from Persia (Iran). St Theodore the Prince of Smolensk and Yaroslav, Commemorated September 19 ; St Vakhtang Gorgasali, King of Georgia, Commemorated November 30 ;

Ossetia North, Dagestan
Ossetia; St Theodore the Prince of Smolensk and Yaroslav, Commemorated September 19 ; St Vakhtang Gorgasali, King of Georgia, Commemorated November 30 ; Venerable John, Bishop of Manglisi, Commemorated on March 28 ;

North Caucasus
North Caucasus ; St Pimen of Salosi the Enlightener of Dagestan and the North Caucasus People, Commemorated on March 16;

Ingushetia Region (Assa River Valley, North Caucasus, Dagestan)
Ingushetia Region; Located in the North Caucasus region with its capital at Magas.

Stepantsminda
Stepantsminda ; St John Zedazneli of Zaden, in Georgia with his 12 Disciples, Commemorated on May 7;

Ossetia Region
Ossetia Region North and South; Blessed David IV the King of Georgia;

Terek, Ossetia or Vladikavkaz (capital of North Ossetia)
Terek, Ossetia or Vladikavkaz (capital of North Ossetia); St Theodore the Prince of Smolensk and Yaroslav, Commemorated on September 19 ;

Mt. Kazbegi
Mt. Kazbegi; Venerable Joseph the Elder and Wonderworker of Khevi, Georgia;

Khevi Area (Kazbegi District, Mtskheta Region)
Khevi Area; Venerable Joseph the Elder and Wonderworker of Khevi, Georgia, Commemorated October 7 ;

Gergeti Trinity Church (Ossetia Region, near Terek River Source)
Gergeti Trinity Church; Venerable Joseph the Elder and Wonderworker of Khevi, Georgia, Commemorated October 7 ;

Sunzha River Source (Greater Caucasus Mountains)

Sunzha River Mouth (Terek River 3)

Sunzha River

Karabakh Region
Karabakh, an area extending from the highlands of the Lesser Caucasus down to the lowlands between the rivers Kura and Aras ; Mothers of the Kvabtakhevi Monastery in Georgia, Commemorated on April 10;

Shirvan (Kura River 13)
Shirvan; St Damiane (Demetrius) the King and Hymnographer, Commemorated on May 23;

Nakharebou, Azerbaijan
Nakharebou; St Jacob the Elder, and disciple of St Anthony of Chkondidi, Commemorated on October 13;

Baku (Albanus), Azerbaijan
Alban (Baku); Return of theRelics of the Apostle Bartholomew from Anastasiopolis to Lipari; Apostle Bartholomew of the Twelve, Commemorated on June 11 ;

Alban (Baku), Azerbaijan
Alban (Baku); Apostle Bartholomew of the Twelve, Commemorated on June 11;