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'''Dositheus''' (Dositeoz Tbileli; , died 12 September 1795) was a hierarch of the [[Georgian Orthodox Church]] and Archbishop of [[Tbilisi]] canonized as a martyr for his death at the hands of the Iranian soldiers in 1795.
Dositheus was a priest confessor of Queen [[Darejan Dadiani]], consort of King [[Heraclius II of Georgia]], and metropolitan bishop of Tbilisi. When the city of Tbilisi fell to the invading army of [[Agha Muhammad Khan Qajar]], ruler of Iran, in the aftermath of the [[Battle of Krtsanisi]] in September 1795, a group of Qajar soldiers found the seasoned Dositheus at the [[Tbilisi Sioni Cathedral|Sioni Cathedral]], knelt before the icon of [[Virgin Mary]], and threw him to his death into the [[Kura river]]. Dositheus was subsequently canonized as a [[hieromartyr]], his feast day marked on 12 September, the day of his death.
== Notes ==
== References ==
* Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)
* Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)
[[Category:1795 deaths]]
[[Category:Bishops of the Georgian Orthodox Church]]
[[Category:18th-century people from Georgia (country)]]
[[Category:People from Tbilisi]]
[[Category:Saints of Georgia (country)]]
[[Category:18th-century Christian saints]]
[[Category:18th-century Eastern Orthodox martyrs]]
Dositheus was a priest confessor of Queen [[Darejan Dadiani]], consort of King [[Heraclius II of Georgia]], and metropolitan bishop of Tbilisi. When the city of Tbilisi fell to the invading army of [[Agha Muhammad Khan Qajar]], ruler of Iran, in the aftermath of the [[Battle of Krtsanisi]] in September 1795, a group of Qajar soldiers found the seasoned Dositheus at the [[Tbilisi Sioni Cathedral|Sioni Cathedral]], knelt before the icon of [[Virgin Mary]], and threw him to his death into the [[Kura river]]. Dositheus was subsequently canonized as a [[hieromartyr]], his feast day marked on 12 September, the day of his death.
== Notes ==
== References ==
* Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)
* Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)
[[Category:1795 deaths]]
[[Category:Bishops of the Georgian Orthodox Church]]
[[Category:18th-century people from Georgia (country)]]
[[Category:People from Tbilisi]]
[[Category:Saints of Georgia (country)]]
[[Category:18th-century Christian saints]]
[[Category:18th-century Eastern Orthodox martyrs]]
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