Stephen of Georgia

Holy Righteous Stephen of Georgia is honoured, with the righteous John and Isaiah, in the Church of Georgia. The sources consulted preserve no biography of them.

Among the company of the saints are rightly remembered those Christians who devote all their earthly life to the praise of the Lord and the service of the people. Their life joins the labours of the venerable and God-⁠bearing fathers, of the confessors and the martyrs. It is supposed that the holy righteous John, Stephen and Isaiah lived in Jerusalem and guarded the Tomb of the Lord. Probably for this faithful service at the Tomb of the Saviour the Georgian Church decreed a special veneration for their graves. Unfortunately, today the place of their repose is not known, nor any biographical data, nor their labours. The Church of Georgia has praised them for several centuries and asks their intercession before the Lord.

Stephen is commemorated on 17 November, in the Georgian tradition, in the new style; he is not included in the present calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church.