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Martyr · 6th century

Nine Martyred Children of Kola

Also known as Guram · Adarnerse · Baqar · Vache · Bardzim · Dachi · Juansher · Ramaz · Parsman · the Nine Martyred Brothers of Kola

Nine young brothers of the village of Kola in the Georgian region of Tao who, refusing to renounce Christ, were martyred together by their own pagan kinsmen and townspeople and buried in a single grave.

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Commemorated as one group; individual names listed in Also Known As.

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints