Holy Martyrs
Martyrs of Adjara
Christians of Adjara killed by the Turks for their Orthodox faith.
- Era
- 17th century
- Place
- Adjara
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
The Martyrs of Adjara were Christians of Adjara, in south-western Georgia, killed by the Turks in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries for their Orthodox faith. The lists of the Church of Georgia name them "many holy fathers and mothers martyred by the Turks in Adjara" and commemorate them on Pentecost, a movable day. The source preserves no details of their names or lives, nor the exact date of their canonization.