Nicholas of Georgians

Venerable Nicholas of Georgians, called the "Radiant Star of the Georgians", was a hymnographer and spiritual figure of the second half of the thirteenth century. The last years of his life coincided with the reign of King Vakhtang III, son of the holy king Demetre the Devoted.

He wrote many church services, but little else is known about his life. He was one of the greatest hymnographers of his time, though few of his works survive. Catholicos Anton I writes that he composed numerous canons and services, including a "Canon of Supplication for Rain". He also enriched the spiritual literature of Georgia through translations: historians believe that, as the greatest liturgist of his time, he translated many prayers and services from Greek into Georgian, probably including the "Canon for the Blessing of Holy Water". The nineteenth-⁠century historian Platon Ioseliani writes that other services from his pen are among the manuscripts of Iviron Monastery on Athos.

Saint Nicholas reposed peacefully in the year 1308. He is commemorated on 3 November.