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Hieromartyr · 17th century

Hieromartyr Theodore of Kvelta

Also known as Tevdore of Kvelta

A village priest of Kvelta in Georgia who, when invaders demanded he guide them to the king, led them astray into the mountains to spare his people, and was put to death for it.

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints