Saint Cosmas, Martyred in Kartli

Saint Cosmas, who was martyred in Kartli. No biographical information about Saint Cosmas has been preserved. The commemoration of this day says only that he was martyred in Kartli for the faith of Christ.

It should be noted that because of its geopolitical position Georgia was constantly under the aggression of the lawless, and the lives of a great many lay people and clergy were sacrificed to defend the churches and monasteries of Georgia and to preserve the holiness of Orthodoxy. This was so frequent and ordinary a thing that the Church of Georgia appointed days of commemoration only for those among them distinguished by special labour and importance.

Unhappily the malice of the times has wiped from history even the lives and labours of these outstanding martyrs. Today the only way of coming to know them and of having fellowship with them is the bond of prayer that the Church has established with them on the days of their commemoration preserved in the church calendars.