

E19 – Equal to the Apostles – The History of Saqartvelo Georgia
Gamarjoba! In today’s episode we finish out the story of King Mirian III, Queen Nana, and St. Nino, and see how exactly the Christianization of Kartli occurred. Also, there are quite a few miracles happening around Kartli, so who knows what’s causing them.
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https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2019/10/01/108936-equals-of-the-apostles-emperor-mirian-and-empress-nana-of-georgi
Tombs of King Mirian III and Queen Nana
Lorenzo Zambetti from Italy, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
King Mirian III
guro gabashvili, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The Glory of Iberia
Mikhail Sabinin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Svetitskhoveli Cathedral
Levan Gokadze, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The Holy Tunic of Jesus Christ burial place in Svetitskhoveli Cathedral (supposedly there) by Roberto Toro
Mtskheta and Svetitskhoveli Cathedral Panorama
Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Nino Tomb
https://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2021/01/the-tomb-of-saint-nina-in-bodbe.html
Bodbe Monastery
Armineaghayan, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Grapevine Cross
Paata Vardanashvili from Tbilisi, Georgia, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
St Nino icon at Svetitskhoveli, Georgia
Kober, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Saint Nino
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Saint Nino at Samtavro Monastery
guro gabashvili, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Bibliography:
Edge of Empires by Donald Rayfield
Georgia in Antiquity by David Braund
Studies in Medieval Georgian Historiography: Early Texts and Eurasian Contexts by Stephen H. Rapp Jr.
Making of the Georgian Nation by Ronald Suny
Lives and Legends of the Georgian Saints by David Marshall Lang
Kartlis Tskhovreba