On this Day: Maranatha , Come Lord Jesus!

On this Day

Nov 13: Tribute to 100,000 Martyrs in Tbilisi

see also on the Feast, the Icons, and the Martyrs One hundred thousand Georgians sacrificed their lives to venerate the holy icons. One hundred thousand ... carried by the bloody current down the Mtkvari River.

See All Saints of Georgia
A decree of the Church Council of Ruisi-Urbnisi states: “We will not depart from thee, the Catholic Church which bore us in holiness, nor will we betray thee, our pride — Orthodoxy — to which we have always been faithful, for we have been granted the honor to know thee, the witness of the Truth Itself!”

And: A Georgian Revival, CNEWA

Here is a brief survey of Georgia's Christian identity and history including the Great Martyrdom:
"It would be difficult to find in world history such an example of martyrdom as that which happened in Tbilisi in 1226, when 100,000 faithful were crowned as martyrs because they refused to obey the orders of Jalal Uddin, the Shah of Khorezm.

From Around the Catholica:

Links Ecumenism Essays, St. Paul's Greek Church of Irvine

Ecumenical Considerations

The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church: Historical Self-Understanding and Identity, by Fr. Dr. K. M. George

And the Cloud of Witnesses

Wisdom of the Saints

Links from St. Paul's Church in Irvine, CA.