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New Martyr Nazarius Metropolitan of Kutaisi-Gaenati, and his companions
Also known as Metropolitan Nazarius · Joseph Lezhava
Metropolitan Nazarius and his companions suffered during the anti-Church persecution in Georgia after the Russian Revolution.
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Notes
Among the Georgian New Martyrs; named group kept as one row.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints