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Saint Demetre I (Damiane) King of Georgia

Also known as Demetre I of Georgia · Damiane · Demetrius the Hymnographer

Son of St David the Builder and king of Georgia who, after a turbulent reign, laid down his crown to embrace the monastic life under the name Damiane; he is honored as a hymnographer, by tradition the author of the beloved hymn to the Mother of God, 'Thou art a Vineyard' (Shen khar venakhi).

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Notes

Demetre I, the monk-hymnographer (reposed 1156). Distinct from Demetre II the Self-Sacrificing / Tavdadebuli, commemorated Mar 12 (OS-0815). Previously conflated with that row.

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