Saint
Theodore Avaliani
A Georgian saint venerated by the Georgian Church.
- Feast
- February 17old style March 2
- Era
- before 2002
Life
Saint Theodore Avaliani is a Georgian saint venerated by the Church of Georgia. The sources at hand do not preserve details of his life, of the time in which he lived, or of how he suffered or struggled.
His name is in the synaxaria of the Church of Georgia, which over time has numbered among the saints many labourers for the faith in the country.
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