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.
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.
Khazars
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The Khazars were a semi-nomadic Turkic people who established a major commercial empire in the late 6th century CE spanning the south of modern European Russia, southern Ukraine, and western Kazakhsta
Abo of Tiflis
…the Muslim habit of five-times prayers per-day and started praying in a Christian manner. For political reasons, his prince had to seek shelter in Khazaria north of the Caspian Sea, an area which was not ruled by Muslims; Abo accompanied him, and was baptized there. From Khazaria, Nerses moved to the…
Khazar Khaganate, 650–850
Court of Seljuk ruler Tughril III, circa 1200 CE.
Site of the Khazar fortress at Sarkel (aerial photo from excavations conducted by Mikhail Artamonov in the 1950s).
Sviatoslav I of Kiev (in boat), destroyer of the Khazar Khaganate.