Nina of Georgia (also Christiana or Nino) (? - Bodbe, Kakheti (Georgia) about 320) (Georgian: წმინდა ნინო Ts'minda Nino, Greek: Άγιη Νίνω Ágia Níno) was probably born in Cappadocia as single daughter of a Roman citizen and general, named Zabulon, and his wife Susanna (sister of the patriarch of Jerusalem). She was raised by an old woman who came from Iberia (present Georgia). During the Christian persecution by Emperor Diocletian at the beginning of the 4th century, she fled to Georgia. She took care of the sick and evangelized there. The king of Georgia, Mirian, heard about her and, like his wife and queen Nana, converted to Christianity. The inhabitants of Iberia did not follow their example much later and baptized in the river Aragvi, in Mtskheta (the old capital). She is therefore also called the Apostle of Georgia. Georgia is one of the oldest orthodox countries in the world. At a later age, she retired in a village of Bodbe, where she died and buried.
Her holiday is on January 14th (or January 27th according to the Eastern calendar).
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