Queen Tamara (Tsaritsa Tamara)

Tamara the Great was born ca. 1165. Comes from the ancient Georgian dynasty Bagratid and in 1178 was co-ruler of his father, George III. The reign of the holy Tamara known as the golden age of Georgian history: Queen Tamara had a high reverence, and continuing initiatives of his grandfather. holy righteous King David III restorer, contributed to the wide dissemination of the Christian faith throughout Georgia, the construction of temples and monasteries. In 1204, Mr.. ruler of the Sultanate Rumskogo Rukn al-Din turned to Queen Tamara of Georgia to demand rejection of Christianity and to Islam. Queen Tamara rejected this demand, and in the historic battle near Basiani Georgian troops defeated a coalition of Muslim states. Wise righteous reign of Queen Tamara earned her national love. The last years of her life she spent in the cave monastery Vardzia. Blessed was the queen cell, communicating through a small window with the temple, from which it could offer up prayers to God during Mass. Passed away peacefully in 1213 and was declared a Saint. Memory of her celebrated twice: May 1 - day of repose, and the second time in a week, the Myrrh-(passing celebration).