Saint Kirion II of Georgia

A life of faith

Kirion, born Giorgi Sadzaglishvili, was a Georgian teacher, scholar and bishop. He established libraries, collected manuscripts and gave rare material to public church collections. At Alaverdi he used his own resources to repair the cathedral. After years of reassignment and exile, he returned to Georgia as the Church restored its autocephaly. In 1917 he became Catholicos-Patriarch. He was found dead at Martqopi Monastery in 1918. The Georgian Church recognized him as a saint in 2002.

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