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    The church of Tsromi (Georgian: წრომის ტაძარი)is an early medieval church in village Tsromi, in the vicinity of town Khashuri, in Shida Kartli region...
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    King of the Georgians. Church architecture in the principality Ateni Sioni Church, early 600s Jvari monastery, 586-605 Tsromi church, 626–634 Suny, p. 25...
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    century. First such example, which actually started new traditions, was Tsromi church. The first hints of the emerging 11-13th century architecture appear...
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    of Khashuri district are: Tsromi church Surami Fortress St. George Temple of Surami Kviratskhoveli Church Tsaghvli and Tsromi villages and others. Khashuri...
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    architectural forms of the Samshvilde church reveal close affinities with design of the 7th-century Tsromi church in Shida Kartli. West to the Sioni is...
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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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    closest regional counterpart is the near-contemporaneous mosaic of the Tsromi Church in eastern Georgia. The mosaic is made of rectangular pieces of local...
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    The Samshvilde church bears marked similarities to the church of Tsromi in Shida Kartli in its plan and conception, but here, unlike Tsromi, two long ambulatory...
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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 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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    voluntarily returned to captivity and was handed over to a Persian commander in Tsromi, in Iberia, where he was eventually crucified, along with five criminals...
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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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  • Tsromi church 626–635 Tsromi, Khashuri Municipality, Shida Kartli 41°59′36″N 43°44′12″E / 41.993333°N 43.736667°E / 41.993333; 43.736667 (Tsromi)...
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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 Kldisubani St. George Church or Qarapi Saint Gevorg church (Georgian: კლდისუბნის წმ. გიორგის ეკლესია, Kldisubnis Tsminda Giorgis Eklesia; Armenian:...
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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 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 first martyr of the Christian Church. Saint Thecla the Protomartyr, the first female martyr of the Christian Church, is known as "apostle and protomartyr...
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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 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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    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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    been inspired by Roman prototypes. In Tsromi the tesserae are still visible on the walls of the 7th-century church but only faint lines hint at the original...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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