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The holy [[Saint ]] '''Nino (Nina) of Cappadocia''', (also ''Nina'') is the [[Enlightener]] of [[Church of Georgia|Georgia]] and [[Equal-to-the-Apostles|Equal of the Apostles]], was born around the year 280 in the city of Kolastra in Cappadocia. Her father St Zabulon was related to the holy Great Martyr [[George]] ([[April 23]]). He came from an illustrious family and pious parents, and he was highly regarded by the Emperor Maximian (284-305). Zabulon, a Christian, served in the military under the emperor, and he took part in the liberation of Christian captives from Gaul (modern France). St Nino's mother, St Susanna [[May 20feast day]], was a sister of the patriarch of Jerusalem. St Nino is commemorated celebrated on [[January 14]]. ===External link===*[http://www.comeandseeicons.com/n/klv03.htm Icon of St. Nina with scenes of her life]
==Life==
She was born around the year 280 in the city of Kolastra in Cappadocia. Her father, St. Zabulon, was related to the holy Great Martyr [[George]] ([[April 23]]). He came from an illustrious family and pious parents, and he was highly regarded by the Emperor Maximian (284-305). Zabulon, a Christian, served in the military under the emperor, and he took part in the liberation of Christian captives from Gaul (modern France). St. Nino's mother, St. Susanna ([[May 20]]), was a sister of [[Juvenal of Jerusalem|Juvenal]], [[Patriarch of Jerusalem]].
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==External links==
*[http://www.stnina.org/stnina/life The Life of St. Nina: Articles and stories of the life of St. Nina] at ''The Saint Nina Quarterly''
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=100191 St Nino (Nina), Equal of the Apostles and Enlightener of Georgia] ([[OCA]])
*[http://www.westsrbdio.org/prolog/my.html?month=January&day=14 Saint Nina, the Enlightener of the Georgians] (''[[Prologue of Ohrid]]'')
*[http://www.comeandseeicons.com/n/klv03.htm Icon of St. Nina with scenes of her life]
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