The holy, glorious and right-victorious New-Hieromartyr Kirion II (Sadzaglishvili) was the first ruling bishop of the restored autocephalous Church of Georgia. He was installed as Catholicos-Patriarch in September 1917. He was found murdered on June 27, 1918, amidst the turmoil of the socialist upheaval caused by the Bolshevik revolution in the Russian Empire. He is commemorated on June 27.