Eulogius

Venerable Eulogius was a fool for Christ with the gift of foresight, in the time of Queen Tamar of Georgia, at the beginning of the thirteenth century. He is commemorated on 1 April, old style (14 April, new style), together with Saint John Shavteli.

When the Georgian army, under David Soslan, set out for Basiani against the Sultan of Iconium, Rukn ad-⁠Din, Queen Tamar went to pray at Odzrkhe, accompanied by Catholicos Theodore, bishops and monks, among them John Shavteli, a poet and philosopher of the time. During the Liturgy, Eulogius the fool fell three times to the ground, then raised his hands and cried out that Christ is strong, that the hands of Eulogius need not fear the Persians, that the army should go in peace, and that the mercy of God had come upon the house of Tamar. Everyone understood that he had received a divine revelation. Eulogius confided the secret to John Shavteli. With God's help, the Georgians defeated the enemy at Basiani and won a brilliant victory; as was later established, at that very hour the Georgian warriors had crushed the sultan's army, ten times larger. Eulogius, who hid his struggle in foolishness for Christ, fled from the praise of men and hid himself. He fell asleep in peace.