Michael the Soldier

Saint Michael the Soldier was a righteous man of Bulgarian birth, and he died in 886 in his native city of Potuka. From childhood he struggled in piety. According to tradition, he killed by prayer a terrible dragon that carried off people. His holy incorrupt relics were taken from Potuka to Tarnovo, and at the beginning of the 19th century to Wallachia. The Church of Georgia commemorates him on 22 November (old style; 5 December new style).