Радио ВЕРА - Священномученик Авив, епископ Некресский - текст песни, слова, перевод, видео

Schmch. Aviv is one of the founders of Georgian monasticism. There were students of St. John Ikhatt. All of them came to Georgia in the VI century. At the request of the Georgian king, Aviv accepted the rank of bishop of Nekresi and became the rector of the Nekres Monastery. At this time, Kakheti was captured by the Persians who everywhere planted the Zoroastrian religion. Bishop Aviv went about cities and villages, destroying superstition and urging the people not to leave the Christian faith. The bishop managed to convert to Christianity MN. Persians. The Persian ruler, concerned about the successful sermon of the saint, ordered him to deliver him to him. The saint refused to accept Zoroastrianism and denounced the Persian in idolatry. St. Aviv was subjected to scourging and terrible torture, after which he died martyr, beaten by stones in the village of Reha, near Gori. The body of St. Aviv was thrown to be eaten by wild animals, but neither animals, nor birds, nor flowering touched St. relics. The brethren of the Samtavian monastery buried them in their monastery. The relics of the saint, glorified by healings, were later transferred to the Mtskhat Samtavr Cathedral and laid under the throne, where they still rested under the back.