Evlogi the Fool

Blessed Evlogi the Fool, a fool for Christ, was a Georgian monk of the 13th century, a contemporary of Queen Tamar. The chroniclers call him "called a fool and found worthy of the gift of prophecy" and "a fool for Christ who received the grace of prophecy".

Before the battle of Basiani (about 1203), Queen Tamar went to Odzrkhe to pray, accompanied by Catholicos Theodore, bishops, Ioane Shavteli and other monks, among them Evlogi. During the service, the chroniclers say, Evlogi fell to the ground three times, then raised his hands and cried: "Behold, the mercy of God has come upon the house of Tamar." He confided to Ioane Shavteli the secret of his vision: with the help of God the Georgians would win at Basiani. After that Evlogi left them at once and hid himself.