Konstanti Kakhi
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Konstanti Kakhay or Konstanti Kakhi was a Christian Georgian nobleman from Kartli, who was seized captive by the Abbasid general Bugha al-Kabir during his 853 expedition into the Caucasus. He was subs
Saint Konstanti Kakhay by Mikhail Sabinin
The Ateni Sioni church
Ateni Sioni church inscription of 853, mentioning Kakhay (ႩႠႾႠჂ)
Abo of Tiflis
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Abo of Tiflis was a Christian martyr of Arab origin, who went on to practice his faith in what is now Tbilisi, the capital of present-day Georgia.
Konstanti Kakhi
…passages from the earlier pieces of Georgian hagiography – the anonymous Passion of Eustathius of Mtskheta (570s) and Ioane Sabanisdze's the Passion of Abo of Tbilisi (c. 790). The earliest extant manuscript of the Life and Passion of Kostanti-Kakhay dates to the early 18th century. First published by Mikhail Sabinin…
St. Abo of Tiflis church in Tbilisi
View of the church along Kura River.
Small chapel with mosaic of Saint Abo.
Mosaic of Christ at chapel of Saint Abo.