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    The Lomisa church (Georgian: ლომისა) is a medieval Christian shrine in eastern Georgia, dedicated to Saint George. It is a simple stone hall church built...
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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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    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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    Heritage Preservation of Georgia. Retrieved 30 January 2022. "ლომისა [Lomisa Church]". Web-portal of Cultural Heritage. National Agency for Cultural Heritage...
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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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    The Kldisubani St. George Church or Qarapi Saint Gevorg church (Georgian: კლდისუბნის წმ. გიორგის ეკლესია, Kldisubnis Tsminda Giorgis Eklesia; Armenian:...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Bochorma Davati Garbani Gergeti Jvari Kabeni Khevi Sioni Korogho Ksani Lomisa Machkhani Mtetsveri Nedzikhi Samtavro Shio-Mgvime Svetitskhoveli Telovani...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 676983°E / 41.980645; 43.676983 (Khtsisi) 2007 Lomisa church of St. George 8th–9th century Mount Lomisa, Dusheti Municipality, Mtskheta-Mtianeti 42°24′43″N...
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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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    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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    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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    St. George's Church (Georgian: წმინდა გიორგის სახელობის ეკლესია) is located in the village of Kvirike, Georgia. It is the new church rebuilt by local...
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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 Church of Bzyb
    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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  • 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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