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Kirion II (Sadzaglishvili) of Georgia

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The holy, glorious and right-victorious New-Hieromartyr '''Kirion II (Sadzaglishvili)''' was the first ruling [[bishop]] of the restored [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] [[Church of Georgia]]. He was installed as [[Catholicos]]-[[Patriarch]] in September 1917. He was found murdered on [[June 27]], 1918, amidst the turmoil of the socialist upheaval caused by the Bolshevik revolution in the Russian Empire. He is commemorated on June 27.
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