Martyr · 20th century
Righteous Martyr Ilia Chavchavadze of Georgia
Also known as Ilia the Righteous · Ilia Chavchavadze
A writer and leader of his people, called the uncrowned king and the father of the nation, who in word and deed defended the Georgian Church and people, and was murdered for it in 1907.
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Modern Georgian saint.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints