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Perozhavri of Syunik

A Georgian saint of the Zangezur region, venerated by the Georgian Church.

Feast
January 15old style January 28
Era
unknown
Place
Zangezur

Life

Saint Perozhavri of Syunik was one of the closest helpers of Saint Nino, the Enlightener of Georgia. She was the mother of an eristavi (governor) of Kartli, and the Georgian Church venerates her as a saint.

According to the Georgian source, when Saint Nino fell ill at Bodbe, members of the royal family and nobles of Kartli gathered at her bedside, among them Salome of Ujarma and Perozhavri of Syunik. The queens wept for the parting from their teacher and healer, and asked Saint Nino where she had come from and how she had been raised. Salome of Ujarma and Perozhavri of Syunik wrote down the life of Saint Nino, Equal to the Apostles, Enlightener of Georgia.

The Georgian Church commemorates the two together on 15 January by the old calendar (28 January by the new), the day after the commemoration of Saint Nino.

Commemorated the same day January 15