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    Mtskheta (Georgian: მცხეთა, romanized: mtskheta [ˈmtsʰχetʰa]) is a city in the region of Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia. It is one of the oldest cities in...
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    Mtskheta-Mtianeti (Georgian: მცხეთა-მთიანეთი, literally "Mtskheta-Mountain Area") is a region (Mkhare) in eastern Georgia comprising the town of Mtskheta...
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    Pillar) is an Orthodox Christian cathedral located in the historic town of Mtskheta, Georgia, to the northwest of the Georgian capital Tbilisi. A masterpiece...
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  • "Mtskheta | Ancient Capital, UNESCO Site | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2023-09-03. "Georgia marks day of ancient capital Mtskheta, Svetitskhoveli...
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    Mtskheta (Georgian: მცხეთის მუნიციპალიტეტი) is a district of Georgia, in the region of Mtskheta-Mtianeti. Its main town is Mtskheta.[citation needed]...
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    FC Mtskheta is a Georgian association football club at Meore Liga. "Georgia – FC Mtskheta – Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news –...
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  • სამარა, romanized: samara) was a ruler and chieftain ("mamasakhlisi") of Mtskheta in the 4th century BC, with help of Thracian-Macedonian king Lysimachus...
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    life and piety. With many miracles ascribed to him, Gabriel's grave in Mtskheta has attracted an increasing number of pilgrims. The Georgian Orthodox Church...
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    authority in the Caucasus and utilize the position of the Iberian capital Mtskheta as an entrance to the important passes through the Caucasus Mountains....
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  • Iakob of Mtskheta (Georgian: იაკობი) was the second archbishop of the Georgian Orthodox Church in period of 363–375. მოქცევაჲ ქართლისაჲ, შატბერდის კრებული...
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    Eustathius or Eustace of Mtskheta (Evstat'i Mtskhet'eli; Georgian: ევსტათი მცხეთელი) (died c. 550) is an Orthodox Christian saint, executed for his apostasy...
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    traveled.[citation needed] One of these was Mtskheta, the future capital of the Kingdom of Iberia. The Mtskheta tribe was later ruled by a prince locally...
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    Mtskheta Park is a multi-use stadium in Mtskheta, Georgia. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC WIT Georgia. The stadium...
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  • FC Mtskheta, renamed to Mtskheta-Urioni in the 2003–04 season, was a Georgian association football club based in Mtskheta. The club played its matches...
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    Constantinople to elevate the head of the church of Iberia, the bishop of Mtskheta, to the rank of catholicos, whom he sent, together with twelve newly appointed...
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  • Ioane I of Mtskheta (Georgian: იოანე I) was the first archbishop of the Georgian Orthodox Church in period of 335–363. საქართველოს კათალიკოს–პატრიარქები...
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    and started preaching the Christian faith in Urbnisi, finally reaching Mtskheta (the capital of Iberia). The Iberian Kingdom had been influenced by the...
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    Kazan Cathedral in Saint Petersburg, Russia The Shio-Mgvime Monastery in Mtskheta, Georgia The Salt Lake Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah Several universities...
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    Stepantsminda (category Cities and towns in Mtskheta-Mtianeti)
    (Georgian: სტეფანწმინდა; formerly Kazbegi, ყაზბეგი) is a townlet in the Mtskheta-Mtianeti region of north-eastern Georgia. Historically and ethnographically...
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    Jvari Monastery (category Georgian Orthodox churches in Mtskheta)
    (Georgian: ჯვრის მონასტერი) is a sixth-century Georgian Orthodox monastery near Mtskheta, eastern Georgia. Jvari is a rare case of an Early Medieval Georgian church...
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    Javakheti Imereti Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti Shida Kartli Kvemo Kartli Mtskheta- Mtianeti Tbilisi Kakheti Archaeological research demonstrates that Georgia...
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    Orthodox Church (Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, the Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi and Metropolitan bishop of Abkhazia and Pitsunda) Church of Cyprus...
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    the Virgin Mary (or, alternatively, she created it herself on the way to Mtskheta) and secured it by entwining with her own hair. Nino came with this cross...
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    northeastern Georgia. It is included in the modern-day Kazbegi district, Mtskheta-Mtianeti region (mkhare). Located on the northern slopes of the Greater...
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    thence come to Kartli and requested from the mamasakhlisi [local ruler] of Mtskheta territory in return for tribute. He gave [a place] and settled them on...
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    Pharnavaz I (category People from Mtskheta)
    of mamasakhlisi ("father of the house") of the Georgian tribes around Mtskheta. Pharnavaz's mother is claimed to have been a Persian woman from Gabai...
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    Armazi (category Mtskheta)
    locale in Georgia, 4 km southwest of Mtskheta and 22 km northwest of Tbilisi. A part of historical Greater Mtskheta, it is a place where the ancient city...
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  • October 24, 1976 La Silla R. M. West  · 21 km MPC · JPL 2116 Mtskheta 1976 UM Mtskheta October 24, 1976 La Silla R. M. West  · 23 km MPC · JPL 2117 Danmark...
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    Georgia Kakheti Ingushetia Russia North Ossetia–Alania Chechnya Georgia Mtskheta-Mtianeti Kabardino-Balkaria Russia North Ossetia–Alania Stavropol Krai...
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    gravestone commemorating Serafua, daughter of the Georgian viceroy of Mtskheta, is inscribed in Greek and Aramaic only. It has been believed, and not...
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