Saint Nino
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Saint Nino was a woman who preached Christianity in the territory of the Kingdom of Iberia in what is now Georgia. Her preaching led to the Christianization of Iberia.
Icon of Saint Nino
Icon of Saint Nino
Mikhail Sabinin — Holy Virgin Blesses St. Nino (1882)
Bodbe Monastery near Signagi where the remains of St. Nino are enshrined.
Georgian Orthodox Church
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The Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Georgia, commonly known as the Georgian Orthodox Church or the Orthodox Church of Georgia, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church in full communion
Saint Nino
…until her death. Her tomb is still venerated at the Bodbe Monastery in Kakheti, eastern Georgia. She has become one of the most venerated saints of the Georgian Orthodox Church, and her attribute, the grapevine cross, is a symbol of Georgian Christianity. She was named Christiana by Rufinus and Theognosta by the Byzantines…
Holy Trinity Cathedral, Tbilisi
Jvari Monastery, near Mtskheta, one of Georgia's oldest surviving monasteries (6th century)
Virgin Mary as Hodegetria with Archangels from the Tsilkani Cathedral in Georgia, 13th century