George the Scribe and Saba of Kakhuli

Venerable George the Scribe and Saba of Kakhuli, two brothers, lived in the eleventh century in Georgia. They were brothers of Jacob, the father of Saint George the Hagiorite, and struggled as monks at Khakhuli monastery. Learning of the goodness and piety of the young George, their nephew, they advised Jacob to bring him to Khakhuli. Jacob gladly brought him to the God-⁠clothed fathers. George the Scribe and Saba took the young George to the other fathers of the monastery for prayer and blessing, among them Macarius the Faster, Basil son of Bagrat, Hilarion of Tuali and Nateni the Lamp-⁠keeper.

The two brothers were full of divine grace; as the chronicle says, they lived at Khakhuli "with both lives reconciled", that is, with the wealth of heavenly citizenship they also had bodily wealth, used in moderation. They are commemorated on 19 December (new style; 1 January on the Julian calendar of Georgia).