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300 Aragvian Martyrs

Also known as სამასი არაგველი · the 300 Aragvians · Martyrs of Krtsanisi

Highland Georgian soldiers from the Aragvi valley killed covering the Georgian retreat at the Battle of Krtsanisi against the Qajar Persian army in 1795.

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Reposed 1795 near Tbilisi. Glorified by the Georgian Orthodox Church in 2008. Named group commemoration.

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org); OrthodoxWiki; Wikipedia