PM commemorates One Hundred Thousand Georgian Martyrs

15:10, 13.11.2022

“On November 13, we mark the most remarkable events in the history of Georgia and the world, as it demonstrated an amazing dedication to faith and homeland. Almost 800 years ago, one hundred thousand Georgians sacrificed their lives to defend their faith,” the Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili wrote on Facebook.

PM notes that the memory of the hero ancestors defined the spiritual values of the Georgian people and strengthened their faith for centuries.

One Hundred Thousand Martyrs are saints of the Georgian Orthodox Church who were put to death, according to a 14th-century anonymous Georgian source Chronicle of a Hundred Years, for not renouncing Christianity. The Georgian Church commemorates the martyrs on 13 November.

By - Tamar Tabatadze

Society

Irakli Garibashvili

One Hundred Thousand Martyrs