page_title: Razhden the Protomartyr
hierarchical_section_title: Razhden the Protomartyr
caption_attribution_description: English: Painting of a Persian nobleman named Razhden, who left his Zoroastrian faith and converted to Christianity.
context_page_description: Razhden was a 5th-century Persian nobleman in the service of the Georgian king Vakhtang I of Iberia and a convert to Christianity who was executed by the Sassanid military in Iberia. He was canonized by the Georgian Orthodox Church as St. Razhden the Protomartyr, with his feast day marked on August 16.
context_section_description: Razhden (Georgian: რაჟდენი, translit.: razhdeni, also transliterated as Ražden or Rajden; died c. 457) was a 5th-century Persian nobleman in the service of the Georgian king Vakhtang I of Iberia and a convert to Christianity who was executed by the Sassanid military in Iberia. He was canonized by the Georgian Orthodox Church as St. Razhden the Protomartyr (რაჟდენ პირველმოწამე, razhden pirvelmotsame), with his feast day marked on August 16 (O.S. August 3).
caption: Artwork of Razhden
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