Salome the Georgian

Saint Salome the Georgian, of Jerusalem and Kartli, lived in the thirteenth century at a women's monastery in Jerusalem. Very little information about her has come down to us. She was arrested by Persian Muslims because of her outspoken defense of Christ. The Synaxarion of the Monastery of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem, where she was martyred, tells us that at first she gave in to the threats of the Persians and denied Christ. Later, however, she repented and publicly confessed Christ as the Son of God and Savior of the world. She was tortured by the Persians because of her faith in Christ. Finally she was beheaded and her holy relics were thrown into the fire. It is believed that she was executed after the martyrdom of Saint Luke of Jerusalem, which occurred on 12 February 1277. She is commemorated on 20 July (new style; 2 August on the old calendar).