Assyrians in Georgia
Assyrians in Georgia (Georgian: ასურელები) number 2,377 (as of 2014), and most arrived in the Southern Caucasus in early 20th century when their ancestors fled present-day Turkey and Iran during the Assyrian genocide. == History == Historically, the first Assyrians arrived in Georgia in the 6th century A.D. when 13 Assyrian monks (historically known to the Georgians as the thirteen holy Assyrian fathers) from the city of Edessa came to Georgia and established the Shio-Mgvime Monastery.