Shushanik was a 5th-century Armenian woman and queen consort who lived in the kingdoms of Iberia and Armenia. As the daughter of the military leader Vardan Mamikonian, she married the ruler Varsken, who had converted to Zoroastrianism. When she refused to renounce her Christian faith to follow her husband's new religion, she faced severe persecution. She eventually died in Tsurtavi after enduring imprisonment and torture, becoming a celebrated martyr for her steadfastness in her religious beliefs.