• Thumbnail for Tkhaba-Yerdy Church
    Tkhaba-Yerdy (Ingush: ТкъобIa–Ерды; Russian: Храм Тхаба–Ерды; Georgian: ტყობა-ერდი) is the ruins of the largest medieval Christian church in Ingushetia...
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  • Prague. Tkhaba-Yerdy Church, Russia, built prior to the 9th century Greensted Church, UK, built in the mid-9th or mid-11th century, oldest wooden church building...
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  • and desecration" of historical Christian Ingush church Tkhaba-Yerdy after Russian troops made the church into a public toilet. Though Ingush are Muslims...
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    Tkhaba-Yerdy Church in Ingushetia....
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    Ekatontapiliani, the oldest church in Greece Densuş Church, the oldest church in Romania Tkhaba-Yerdy Church, the oldest church in Russia Etchmiadzin Cathedral...
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    historical and architectural museum and nature reserve, including Tkhaba-Yerdy Church, is located in the district. Russian Federal State Statistics Service...
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    Christian church, although numerous remains of sacrificial animals were found inside the church, indicating rituals of ancient Ingush religion. Tkhaba-Yerdy "Ингушские...
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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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    Cathedral of Saint Sophia, Novgorod (category 11th-century Eastern Orthodox church buildings)
    late tenth century. This makes it the oldest church building in Russia outside the Caucasus (Tkhaba-Yerdy in Ingushetia dates from before the 8th century)...
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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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    Russia (18-19 centuries). Three Christian churches were located in the Assinovskaya Hollow: Tkhaba-Yerdy, Alby-Yerdy and Thargam-Erdy. Early Christian stone-box...
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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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    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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    [ˈantʃʰisχat’i]) 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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    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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    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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    The Church of Kish (Azerbaijani: Kiş kilsəsi; also known from different sources as Church of Saint Elishe (Azerbaijani: Müqəddəs Yelisey kilsəsi,; Latinised...
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    The Gantiadi Church or Tsandripshi Church (Georgian: განთიადის ტაძარი, Abkhaz: Ганҭиади иҟоу аныхабаа) is a 6th-century three-apse basilica, located in...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    Bulgaria Petritsoni Cyprus Gialia Greece Iviron Israel Monastery of the Cross North Caucasus Alby-Yerdy Datuna Church Tkhaba-Yerdy Turkey List of churches...
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    Khakhuli Monastery (category Georgian Orthodox churches in Turkey)
    complex includes Khakhuli Church, Georgian cross-dome church reflecting the early cross-dome style of architecture. The Khakhuli Church has a dome with arcs...
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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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    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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    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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    Svetitskhoveli Cathedral (category Eastern Orthodox church buildings in Georgia (country))
    by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. It is currently the second largest church building in Georgia, after the Holy Trinity Cathedral. Known as the burial...
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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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  • Rustavi Sioni (category Eastern Orthodox church buildings in Georgia (country))
    The Rustavi church of the Assumption of Mary (Georgian: ყოვლადწმინდა ღვთისმშობლის მიძინების სახელობის ტაძარი) better known as Rustavi Sioni (Georgian:...
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