Simon Mchedlidze
Georgian priest and martyr (1856–1924)
Feast: 1 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Simon Mchedlidze (Georgian: სიმონ მჭედლიძე; 1856 – 1 September 1924) was a Georgian clergyman, educator, and journalist. A prominent figure in the educational and ecclesiastical life of Western Georgia, Mchedlidze was executed by Soviet authorities during the repressions that followed the August Uprising of 1924. He was canonized as a martyr by the Georgian Orthodox Church in 1995.
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The miracles
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- English Wikipedia — Simon Mchedlidze (CC BY-SA)
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