Kozman

Holy Martyr Kozman died a martyr's death in the region of Kartli in Georgia, as the commemorations of this day say. His Life has not been preserved. The Greek Synaxarion remembers him as Cosmas of Georgia, unknown to the synaxaria, and records him from the Jerusalem Canonarion: "Memory of Cosmas, who bore witness in Georgia."

Because of its geopolitical position, Georgia has been throughout history a constant victim of foreign aggression. To give one's life for the homeland and the faith became so customary for the Georgian people that the Georgian Church is unable to commemorate all its martyrs by name. Errors of faith and time have erased from history the lives and virtues of many of the elect, and the Church calendar and the prayers with which the faithful honour the martyrs remain the only means by which the Church acknowledges their lives. Kozman is commemorated on 17 October.