Tamara the Queen of Georgia

Holy Queen Tamara of Georgia, pious ruler and patron of churches and monasteries.

Tamara reigned over Georgia from 1184 until her death in 1213, a period remembered as the golden age of the Georgian kingdom. She was known for her humility, her justice toward the poor, and her generous support of churches, monasteries and the Georgian houses on Mount Athos and in the Holy Land.

The Georgian Church honors her as a holy ruler; her feast is kept on May 1 and again on the Sunday of the Myrrhbearers.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Tamara the Queen of Georgia is commemorated on May 1. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on May 14 of the civil calendar.

Who celebrates a name day

People with these names keep their name day on this feast:

Tamara, Tamar

Also commemorated on May 1

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  Jeremiah the Prophet

  Prophet, Ιερεμίας

  Prophet Jeremiah.

  Name days: Ieremias, Jeremy, Jerry

• Akakios, Euthymios and Ignatios the New Martyrs of Athos

  Martyr, Ακάκιος, Ευθύμιος και Ιγνάτιος

  Synaxis of the three Athonite New Martyrs Euthymios, Ignatios and Akakios, who suffered in Constantinople in the early nineteenth century.

  Name days: Akakios, Acacius, Efthymios, Efthimios, Euthymius, Ignatios, Ignatius

• Isidora the Fool-for-Christ

  Holy Woman, Ισιδώρα

  Venerable Isidora of Tabennisi in Egypt, who hid her holiness beneath the appearance of folly.

  Name days: Isidora, Sidora

• Panaretos of Paphos

  Hierarch, Παναρέτος

  Saint Panaretos, Archbishop of Paphos in Cyprus, an ascetic bishop of the eighteenth century.

  Name days: Panaretos, Panaretus

• Nikephoros of Chios

  Venerable, Νικηφόρος ο Χίος

  Venerable Nikephoros of Chios, monk, teacher and hymnographer of the Kollyvades tradition.

  Name days: Nikiforos, Nikephoros, Nicephorus, Nikifor

• Maria of Fourni

  Holy Woman, Μαρία η Μεθυμοπούλα

  New Martyr Maria the Methymopoula of Fourni in Crete, a virgin who died for her faith under Ottoman rule.