Nine Brothers Kherkheulidze

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Nine Brothers Kherkheulidze with their Mother and Sister
Icon of Nine Brothers Kherkheulidze with their Mother and Sister
Died1 July 1625
Marabda
FeastAugust 3 (16)

Nine Brothers Kherkheulidze (Georgian: ცხრა ძმა ხერხეულიძე), along with their mother and sister, were killed at the Battle of Marabda on 1 July 1625.[1] All of them were canonized as martyrs.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ "Linguocultural features of the number nine". The International Scientific and Pedagogical Organization of Philologists "East-West". 2018. doi:10.33739/2587-5434-2021-3-1-11-25. ISSN 2587-5434.
  2. ^ Alasania, Giuli (2006). "Twenty Centuries of christianity in Georgia". IBSU Scientific Journal. 1 (1): 117–129.
  • Essays on the History of Georgia, fourth volume, Tbilisi, 1974
  • Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, eleventh volume, Tbilisi 1987
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