Saint Nino was a woman who preached Christianity in the territory of the Kingdom of Iberia in what is now Georgia. Her preaching led to the Christianization of Iberia.
Icon of Saint Nino
Icon of Saint Nino
Mikhail Sabinin — Holy Virgin Blesses St. Nino (1882)
Bodbe Monastery near Signagi where the remains of St. Nino are enshrined.
The Monastery of St. Nino at Bodbe is a Georgian Orthodox monastic complex and the seat of the Bishops of Bodbe located 2 km from the town of Sighnaghi, Kakheti, Georgia. Originally built in the 9th c