ST. NINO (1460 - 1524) AND THE CONVERTION OF GEORGIA Darejan Bregvadze, Juansher Juansheriani, David M. Lang, Besiki Sisauri, Marjorie & Oliver Wardrop
	St. Nino Feastday: December 15 Virgin and the Apostle of Georgia, also listed as Christiana. According to custom, she was born in Cappadocia and became a slave. Taken to Iberia, she won the respect of many locals with her patience and goodness and by the miracles she supposedly performed. Brought to the royal palace, she converted the king and queen who then requested that the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great send missionaries and bishops. After helping to found the Church in Georgia, Nino retired to the life of a hermitess, spending the rest of her life in prayer. While there is no doubt about her historical existence or her work, Nino has been the subject of numerous tales and legends. From		Origins of Georgian Christianity By David Marshall Lang St. Nino and the Conversion of Georgia By Besiki Sisauri St. Nino and the Conversion of Georgia By Darejan Bregvadze St. Nino and the Conversion of Georgia Exerpts from "Studia Biblica et Ecclesiastica", Vol. 5 / 1903 St. Nino and the Conversion of Georgia Excerpts from “The Georgian Chronicle”