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After preaching and converting many Jews and pagans, Nina learned the story of Christ's robe: a local Jew Elioz, had obtained the robe from the soldier to whose lot it had fallen and had carried it home to Georgia. His sister Sidonia, had clasped the robe to her breast and had died. No one could take the robe from her, and it had been buried with her. A cedar have grown from her grave. Nina knew from her visions that the ground around was holy.original icon painting by artist Tamara
The virgin Nino of Cappadocia was a relative of Great martyr George and the daughter of a honorable couple. Her father was a Roman army chief by the name of Zabulon, her mother Sosana, was the sister of Patriarch Juvenal of Jerusalem. When Nino reached the age of 12, her parents sold all their possessions and moved to Jerusalem. Soon after, Nino’s father was tonsured a monk and went to the wilderness of the Jordan. original icon painting by artist Tamara Rigishvili
The Georgian Orthodox Church celebrates St. Nino’s Day twice a year – June 1 is the day she arrived in Georgia and January 27, the day she died. St. Nino is one of the most influential person in Georgia's history. original icon painting by artist Tamara Rigishvili
According to legend, she performed miraculous healings and converted the Georgian queen Nana, and the king Mirian III of Iberia, who blinded on a hunting trip, found his way only after he prayed to Nino's God, he declared Christianity as the official religion of his kingdom c. 327,St. Nino continued her missionary activities until her death., original icon painting by artist Tamara Rigishvili

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