Salome of Ujarma and Perozhavra of Sivnia

Saints Salome of Ujarma and Perozhavra of Sivnia were the helpers and closest companions of Saint Nino, Enlightener of Georgia, who had brought both of them to the Christian faith. Salome was the wife of Revi, son of King Mirian, and Perozhavra was married to the ruler of the Kartli region. They were queens and managed to serve Saint Nino without giving up their rank. Nino taught them to pray, and they fasted regularly and did good works. Because of their high position they were able to help greatly in spreading the faith.

After the conversion of Kartli, at Saint Nino's urging and by order of King Mirian, Salome erected a cross at Ujarma in Kakheti.

When Saint Nino fell ill in the village of Bodbe, the two queens stood by her bed and wept at the thought of parting from their teacher. They asked her to tell them how she had come to their country and where she had been raised. From what Nino told them, Salome and Perozhavra wrote The Life of Saint Nino, Enlightener of Georgia. The Church of Georgia commemorates them on 15 January (new style; 28 January on the old calendar), the day after Saint Nino.