David

Holy Martyr David was the son of Vardan Eristavi and Tagine, of an illustrious family of Georgia, and brother of Tarichan. He was killed in 693 by his pagan uncle Theodosius, on a mountain, because he refused to renounce the Christian faith. Theodosius, blinded after the crime, was healed by the children's mother with soil soaked in David's blood, was baptized, and built a church in the name of the slain. They are commemorated, with his brother, on 18 May, old style (31 May, new style).