Figurine of Saint Nune

Nune (Nino) Nune (Nino) (280-335), enlightener of Georgia. Originally from the Cappadocian city of Colastra; From the age of 12 she lived in Jerusalem. She was sent to preach the Gospel to Iberia the Most Holy Theotokos, who appeared to her in a dream and left a cross from a vine. On the way to Georgia, St. Nune miraculously escaped the martyrdom at the hands of the Armenian king Trdat III, who suffered from her companions St. Gayane, St. Hripsime and 35 virgins who fled from Rome to Armenia from persecution of Diocletian. Having arrived in Georgia, the capital Mtskheta, she continues to live a righteous prayer life, preaching and turning people to faith. Nune works miracles and does charity work, for which she is brought to the royal court, where she heals a sick queen. The Virgin refuses gifts and preaches the Gospel. King Mihran also immediately feels on himself an unknown God’s power and appeals to faith. The gospel is also preached to the nobility. As a result, on the advice of Nune, a delegation is sent to St. Gregory the Enlightener and Tsar Trdat with a request to send clerics to Georgia to baptize people and render them spiritual service. St. Nune becomes equal to the apostles enlightener of Georgia. The Zion Cathedral in Tbilisi keeps the Virgin's cross from the vine tied with St. Nune's hair.