• Thumbnail for Tsunda Church
    Tsunda Church (Georgian: წუნდის ეკლესია, romanized: ts'undis ek'lesia) is a church in Tsunda, near Tmogvi fortress in the Samtskhe–Javakheti region of...
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  • only buildings include the Tsunda Church of the 12-13th century and the 19th century caravanserai. After the decline of Tsunda, new feudal city-fortress...
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    Gergeti Trinity Church (Georgian: გერგეტის სამების ეკლესია - Gergetis Samebis eklesia) is a popular name for Holy Trinity Church near the village of Stepantsminda...
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    Vardzia (category Georgian Orthodox churches in Samtskhe–Javakheti)
    cultural center, a place of significant literary and artistic work. The Church of the Dormition, dating to the 1180s during the golden age of Tamar and...
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    Orthodox Christian monastery complex that combines Samtavro Transfiguration Church and Nunnery of St. Nino in Mtskheta, Georgia. Built presumably in the 4th...
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    Jvari Monastery (redirect from Jvari Church)
    Georgian church that has survived to the present day almost unchanged. The church became the founder of its type, the Jvari type of church architecture...
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    Toumanoff, Javakheti, together with Erusheti, was part of the Iberian duchy of Tsunda from the 4th or 3rd century BC. Since 2nd century BC to 5th century AD this...
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  • 43°21′57″E / 41.48685°N 43.365833°E / 41.48685; 43.365833 (Tmogvi) 2007 Tsunda Church 12th-13th century Nakalakevi, Aspindza Municipality, Samtskhe–Javakheti...
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    St. Nino Church of Alibeglo (Georgian: ალიბეგლოს წმინდა ნინოს ეკლესია) is a Georgian Orthodox Church located in Qakh District, northwestern Azerbaijan...
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    successful. Tmogvi gained importance after the neighboring town and fortress of Tsunda was ruined around 900 AD. In 914 Yusuf ibn Abi'l-Saj approached Tmogvi,...
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    The Kurmukhi Church of St. George (Georgian: ქურმუხის წმინდა გიორგის ეკლესია, Azerbaijani: Kürmük məbədi) is a Georgian Orthodox Church located in the...
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    The Peroniti Church (Georgian: პირონითის ეკლესია) is an abandoned Orthodox Church located in the village of Peroniti (Çamlıköy) in Hopa, Artvin Province...
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    According to Cyril Toumanoff, Javakheti was part of the Iberian duchy of Tsunda from the 4th or 3rd century BC. Saint Nino entered Iberia from Javakheti...
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  • Thumbnail for Ilori Church
    The Church of St. George of Ilori (Georgian: ილორის წმ. გიორგის ეკლესია) is a Medieval, originally Georgian Orthodox Church in the village of Ilori, in...
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    The Ambara church (Georgian: ამბარას ეკლესია) is located near village Myussera in the Gudauta District, Abkhazia/Georgia, on the cape of Miusera, close...
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    4704; 46.62096 Datuna Church (Avar: Датуна гьатӀан; Georgian: დათუნას ეკლესია; Russian: Датунский храм) is the only medieval church that survives in modern...
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    The Church of Kish (Azerbaijani: Kiş kilsəsi; Georgian: გიშის ეკლესია), also known from different sources as Church of Saint Elishe (Azerbaijani: Müqəddəs...
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    Bachkovo Monastery (category Byzantine church buildings)
    and is directly subordinate to the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. The monastery is known and appreciated for the unique combination of Byzantine...
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    Khandzta (category Georgian Orthodox churches in Turkey)
    during the reign of Ashot I, a stone church was built to replace it by the nobleman Gabriel Dapanchuli. The present church building seems to be a replacement...
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    built in 478–493. It is the oldest extant church building in Georgia. Bishop David was the overseeing church leader for the construction of Bolnisi Sioni...
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  • Saint Sarkis Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Սարգիս եկեղեցի), is an Armenian church in Harpukh Sulfuric Baths district of Old Tbilisi, Georgia. Destroyed by Lavrentiy...
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    as a renovator, not a builder of the church. This view, now shared by some art scholars, dates the Bana church – clearly modeled on the contemporaneous...
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  • Thumbnail for Anchiskhati Basilica
    (Georgian: ანჩისხატი) is the oldest surviving church in Tbilisi, Georgia. It belongs to the Georgian Orthodox Church and dates from the sixth century. According...
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    Metekhi (category Georgian Orthodox churches in Tbilisi)
    overlooks the Mtkvari river. The neighborhood is home to the eponymous Metekhi Church of Assumption. The district was one of the earliest inhabited areas on the...
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  • Chkhortoli Church (XI-XIX centuries) (Georgian: ჩხორთოლის ეკლესია (XI-XIX საუკუნეები)) is a church on right bank of Chkhortoli river in the village of...
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    the 12 churches here, St Saba's Church, named after the saint whose name his father had adopted, one of the most architecturally important churches of its...
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    The Kldisubani St. George Church or Qarapi Saint Gevorg church (Georgian: კლდისუბნის წმ. გიორგის ეკლესია, Kldisubnis Tsminda Giorgis Eklesia; Armenian:...
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    tower, is mostly in ruins. Within the complex are two churches among other buildings. The older Church of the Virgin, which abuts a tall square tower, has...
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    The Lekarti church of St Nino (Georgian: ლექეთის წმინდა ნინოს ტაძარი; Azerbaijani: Ləkit məbədi) is a Georgian Orthodox Church located 2 km north-east...
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    built in the 11th century by Kvirike III of Kakheti, replacing an older church of St. George. It is considered one of the four Great Cathedrals of the...
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