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Kakheti Wine Region Georgia

Vineyards Kakheti Wine Region Georgia The Kakheti Wine Region tour was very educational. It was an interesting, eclectic group of eighteen people from South Korea, Norway, Netherlands, India, Uzbekistan, Philippines, Dubai, Brazil, and Abu Dhabi. All were fun and excellent company. The weather was glorious. Chacha – Food and Wine Tours The tour emphasized the importance of wine and winemaking –…

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Saints&reading: Sunday, January 28, 2023

january 15_ january 28

St PROCORUS ABBOT IN VRANSKI DESERT ON THE RIVER PCHINJA ( Bulgaria_10th.C.)

Saint Prochorus ( Prokhor)of Pshina pursued asceticism in the Bransk wilderness at the River Pshina, and he founded a monastery there. He is renowned as one of the great ascetics of monastic life. He died at the end of the tenth century. Miracles occurred from the saint’s relics. According to the Serbian Chronicles, the pious King Milutin (1276-1320) built a church in honor of Saint Prochorus.

ST. SALOME OF UDJARMA, AND ST. PEROZHAVRA OF SIVNIA ((4th c.).

Saints Salome of Ujarma and Perozhavra of Sivnia were the helpers and closest companions of St. Nino, Enlightener of Georgia. St. Nino herself had converted them to the Christian Faith.       Salome was the wife of Revi, the son of King Mirian, and Perozhavra was married to the ruler of the Kartli region. Both women were queens, but they succeeded in serving St. Nino while retaining their imperial roles. St. Nino taught them to pray, and the0women fasted regularly and performed good works. As a result of their influential social status, the two queens were able to help St. Nino tremendously in spreading the Christian Faith.       After the conversion of Kartli, with inspiration from St. Nino and by the order of King Mirian, St. Salome erected a cross in Ujarma in the Kakheti region.

      When St. Nino fell ill in the village of Bodbe, the queens Salome and Perozhavra stood by her bed and wept bitterly at having to part with their beloved teacher and healer. They entreated St. Nino, who was finishing her last hours on this earth, saying, “Tell us, our Queen, how did you come to our country to free our souls, and where were you raised? Tell us how to continue your good works. You who have delivered us from bondage to the enemy, tell us, what shall we do?”       From the information that St. Nino then related to them, Sts. Salome and Perozhavra wrote The Life of St. Nino, Enlightener of Georgia. The Apostolic Orthodox Church of Georgia commemorates them on January 15, the day following the commemoration of St. Nino.

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COLOSSIANS 3:12-16

12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; 13 bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. 14 But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. 15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

MATTHEW 28:16-20

16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them. 17 When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Amen.

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Monastery of St. Nino at Bodbe #georgia🇬🇪 (at St. Nino Monastery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVzrsU9B52M/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Credit ▪ The Monastery of St. Nino, Bodbe, Georgia

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According to Georgian tradition, St. Nino, having witnessed the conversion of Georgians to the Christian faith, withdrew to the Bodbe gorge, in Kakheti, where she died c. 338-340.(Wikipedia) #tbilisi2018 #tbilisi #georgia 🇬🇪 #panoramic #uae #pinoy #expat #dubaiexpatphotos #dubaiexpatphotography #dubaiexpatphotographer #sonyalpha #a6300 #sonyalphasclub (at Bodbe Monastery)

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The resting place of St. Nino, Bodbe Monastery of St. Nino houses many of her relics and currently functions as a nunnery. A popular destination for pilgrims, the monastery was originally built in the 9th century and has been extensively remodeled and rebuilt several times. Climb the hill up to the monastery to visit St. Nino's tomb. Other points of interest are the well-kept gardens and the holy springs where you can bathe and experience the waters in the traditional pilgrim's fashion. (at Bodbe Monastery)