Saint Kaikhosro the Georgian is venerated as a martyr who, according to the commemoration books of the Holy Cross Monastery in Jerusalem, was tortured to death by Shah Abbas I of Persia in 1612 for his devotion to the holy icons. He is commemorated on June 16.
Little of his personal biography survives. What is known has been transmitted chiefly through the commemoration records and frescoes of the Holy Cross Monastery in Jerusalem and through the writings of Archbishop Timote (Gabashvili), an eighteenth-century Georgian churchman and historian who preserved his memory.
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The earliest record of Saint Kaikhosro is associated with the Holy Cross Monastery in Jerusalem, a historically Georgian foundation, whose commemoration books name him and whose frescoes include his image. By tradition these records report that he suffered martyrdom in 1612, put to death by Shah Abbas I because of his veneration of the holy icons.
His memory was carried into later centuries by Archbishop Timote (Gabashvili), a noted Georgian church figure and historian of the eighteenth century, whose works are the principal channel through which his life has reached modern accounts. Beyond the manner and cause of his death, surviving sources preserve few personal details.
