Samtavro Monastery (Georgian: სამთავროს მონასტერი) is a Georgian Orthodox Christian monastery complex that combines Samtavro Transfiguration Church and...
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is attached to Samtavro Monastery in the ancient town of Mtskheta north of Tbilisi. He died there in 1995, and was buried in the Samtavro churchyard. The...
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Georgia. Svetitskhoveli Cathedral (11th century), Samtavro Monastery (4th century) and Jvari Monastery (6th century) in Mtskheta are amongst the most significant...
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According to tradition, Mirian and his wife Nana were interred at the Samtavro convent in Mtskheta, where their tombs are still shown. The Georgian sources...
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Paul Bocharov (1937) Venerable Gabriel (Urgebadze), Archimandrite of Samtavro Monastery, Georgia, Confessor and Fool for Christ (1995) Translation of the...
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The Monastery of Iviron (Georgian: ქართველთა მონასტერი, romanized: kartvelta monast'eri; Greek: Μονή Ιβήρων, romanized: Monḗ Ivirōn) is an Eastern Orthodox...
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Abibos of Nekresi (category Founders of Christian monasteries)
were relocated from Samtavisi to Samtavro Monastery in Mtskheta. They were buried under the holy altar at Samtavro Church. His feast day had been kept...
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among Georgians until her death. Her tomb is still shown at the Bodbe Monastery in Kakheti, eastern Georgia. St. Nino has become one of the most venerated...
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monastery (11th century) in Imereti Tbilisi Sioni Cathedral (11th century) in Tbilisi Alaverdi Monastery (11th century) in Kakheti Samtavro Monastery...
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student, for one year. Their marriage ceremony was held at Mtskheta's Samtavro monastery in October 2023. Kvaratskhelia's son Damiane was born on 21 August...
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Tower of Mirian (category Georgian Orthodox monasteries)
Georgia Mirian III in the 4th century. It is located on territory of Samtavro Monastery. Famous Georgian monk Gabriel during his last years lived in the tower...
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Nana and Mirian are traditionally considered to have been buried at the Samtavro convent in Mtskheta, where their tombs are still shown. Wikimedia Commons...
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Alaverdi Monastery (Georgian: ალავერდის მონასტერი, romanized: alaverdis monast'eri) is a Georgian Eastern Orthodox monastery located 25 km (16 mi) from...
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The name of this monastery translated as the "Monastery of the Cross". For other monasteries named after the cross, see Monastery of the Cross (disambiguation)...
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Crucifixion of Jesus, to Mtskheta from Jerusalem in the first century. The Samtavro Monastery, the king's own sepulchre church, was built outside the city, however...
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(Georgian: დავითგარეჯის სამონასტრო კომპლექსი) is a rock-hewn Georgian Orthodox monastery complex located in the Kakheti region of Eastern Georgia, on the half-desert...
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Gelati Monastery Mtskheta Upper Svaneti Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)...
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inscription—probably a 17th-century reinstatement of an earlier epigraph—at the Samtavro Monastery. The geopolitical importance of Adarnase's gesture is also noted by...
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archaically the Petritsoni Monastery or Monastery of the Mother of God Petritzonitissa is a major Eastern Orthodox monastery in Southern Bulgaria. It is...
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Eastern Georgia. It is mostly known for its monastery complex and the Ikalto Academy. The Ikalto monastery was founded by Saint Zenon, one of the 13 Assyrian...
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Motsameta monastery is a complex of monasteries at the Imereti region, approximately 6 km northeast of the center of Kutaisi, Georgia. The monastery is picturesquely...
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The Monastery of the Cross (Arabic: دير الصليب, Dayr al-Salīb; Hebrew: מנזר המצלבה; Greek: Μοναστήρι του Σταυρού, Georgian: ჯვრის მონასტერი, jvris monast'eri)...
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The Shio-Mgvime Monastery (Georgian: შიომღვიმე, Shiomghvime, literally meaning "the cave of Shio") is a medieval monastic complex in Georgia, near the...
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of the first monasteries in Georgia, it was founded in 1106 by King David IV of Georgia as a monastic and educational center. The monastery is an exemplar...
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The Monastery of St. Nino at Bodbe (Georgian: ბოდბის წმინდა ნინოს მონასტერი, bodbis ts’minda Ninos monasteri) is a Georgian Orthodox monastic complex...
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Oshki (redirect from Oshki Monastery)
Turkish: Öşkvank Manastırı or Oşki Manastırı) is a Georgian Eastern Orthodox monastery[excessive citations] from the second half of the 10th century located...
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Khakhuli Monastery (Georgian: ხახულის მონასტერი, Turkish: Haho/Bağbaşi) was a Georgian Orthodox monastery in historical Medieval Georgian Kingdom of Tao...
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Vardzia (category Georgian Orthodox monasteries)
Vardzia (Georgian: ვარძია [vaɾdzia]) is a cave monastery site in southern Georgia, excavated from the slopes of the Erusheti Mountain on the left bank...
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Monastery of Saint Barlaam (Georgian: ბარლაამწმინდა; Turkish: Barlaham Manastırı) is a 10th-century Georgian monastery in Antioch, modern-day Turkey's...
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October 2021. Svetitskhoveli Jvari Monastery Samtavro Monastery Ksani fortress Armazi Settlement Shio-mghvime Monastery Complex Pompey bridge Armazi St.Mary's...
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