The Pavnisi church of Saint George (Georgian: ფავნისის წმინდა გიორგის ეკლესია, romanized: pavnisis ts'minda giorgis ek'lesia) is a Georgian Orthodox church...
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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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The earliest certain example of the "detailed" form may be a fresco from Pavnisi (dated c. 1160), although the examples from Adishi, Bochorma and Ikvi may...
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Samtavro Monastery (redirect from Samtavro Church)
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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Alaverdi Monastery (redirect from Alaverdi church)
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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The Kldisubani St. George Church or Qarapi Saint Gevorg church (Georgian: კლდისუბნის წმ. გიორგის ეკლესია, Kldisubnis Tsminda Giorgis Eklesia; Armenian:...
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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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41.942409°N 44.457348°E / 41.942409; 44.457348 (Ninotsminda) 2007 Pavnisi church of St. George 9th–10th century Gariqula, Kaspi Municipality, Shida Kartli...
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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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Gelati Monastery (category Georgian Orthodox churches in Georgia (country))
Christian faith in Georgia; some murals found inside the Gelati Monastery church date back to the 12th century. The monastery was inscribed as a UNESCO World...
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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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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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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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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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Bolnisi Sioni (redirect from Bolnisi Sioni church)
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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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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Bana cathedral (redirect from Bana Episcopal Church)
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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Anchiskhati Basilica (redirect from Anchiskhati Church)
(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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basilica was built at the end of the fourth century. As the founder of the church, scholars name Bakur, an Iberian prince, grandfather of the famous Peter...
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Sapara Monastery (section St. Mary's Assumption Church)
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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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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of Katskhura, a right affluent of the Q'virila. The rock, with visible church ruins on a top surface measuring c. 150 m2, has been venerated by locals...
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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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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 Bzyb Church (Georgian: ბზიფის ტაძარი, romanized: bzipis t'adzari) is a ruined medieval Christian church at the village of Bzyb in Gagra District, Abkhazia/Georgia...
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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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