Georgia/Tbilisi (Metekhi Bridge) Part 14
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Tbilisi/Georgia:
Tbilisi Georgian: თბილისი)is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million people. Founded in the 5th century AD by Vakhtang I Gorgasali, the monarch of the Kingdom of Iberia, Tbilisi since served as the capital of various Georgian kingdoms and republics. Between 1801 and 1917, then being under the rule of the former Russian Empire, Tbilisi was the seat of the Imperial Viceroy, governing both Southern and Northern Caucasus.
Because of its location on the crossroads between Europe and Asia, and its proximity to lucrative east-west trade routes, throughout history Tbilisi was a point of contention between various global powers. The city's location to this day ensures its position as an important transit route for various energy and trade projects. Tbilisi's diverse history is reflected in its architecture, which is a mix of medieval, classical, Middle Eastern, Art Nouveau, Stalinist and Modernist structures.
Historically Tbilisi has been home to people of multiple cultural, ethnic, and religious backgrounds, though it is currently overwhelmingly Eastern Orthodox Christian. Its notable tourist destinations include cathedrals Sameba and Sioni, classical Freedom Square, Rustaveli Avenue and Agmashenebeli Avenue, medieval Narikala Fortress, pseudo-Moorish Opera Theater, and the Georgian National Museum.
Location:Tbilisi is located in the South Caucasus at 41° 43' North Latitude and 44° 47' East Longitude. The city lies in Eastern Georgia on both banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The elevation of the city ranges from 380–770 metres above sea level (1,250–2,530 ft) and has the shape of an amphitheatre surrounded by mountains on three sides. To the north, Tbilisi is bounded by the Saguramo Range, to the east and south-east by the Iori Plain, to the south and west by various endings (sub-ranges) of the Trialeti Range.
The relief of Tbilisi is complex. The part of the city which lies on the left bank of the Mt'k'vari River extends for more than 30 km (19 mi) from the Avchala District to River Lochini. The part of the city which lies on the right side of the Mt'k'vari River, on the other hand, is built along the foothills of the Trialeti Range, the slopes of which in many cases descend all the way to the edges of the river Mt'k'vari. The mountains, therefore, are a significant barrier to urban development on the right bank of the Mt'k'vari River. This type of a geographic environment creates pockets of very densely developed areas while other parts of the city are left undeveloped due to the complex topographic relief.To the north of the city, there is a large reservoir (commonly known as the Tbilisi Sea) fed by irrigation canals.
As a multicultural city, Tbilisi is home to more than 100 ethnic groups. Around 89% of the population consists of ethnic Georgians, with significant populations of other ethnic groups such as Armenians, Russians, and Azeris. Along with the above-mentioned groups, Tbilisi is home to other ethnic groups including Ossetians, Abkhazians, Ukrainians, Greeks, Germans, Jews, Estonians, Kurds, Assyrians & Yazidis, and others.More than 95% of the residents of Tbilisi practise forms of Christianity (the most predominant of which is the Georgian Orthodox Church). The Russian Orthodox Church, which is in Full communion with the Georgian, and the Armenian Apostolic Church have significant followings within the city as well. A minority of the population (around 1.5%) practises Islam (mainly Shia Islam), while about 0.1% of Tbilisi's population practises Judaism. There is also Roman Catholic church and the Yazidi Sultan Ezid Temple.Tbilisi has been historically known for religious tolerance. This is especially evident in the city's Old Town, where a mosque, synagogue, and Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches can be found less than 500 metres (1,600 ft) from each other.Wikipedia
METEKHI & SIONI CHURCH TBILISI GEORGIA
Old Tbilisi view from Metekhi church /Tbilisi Georgia / vlog #13
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Churchkhela is a traditional Georgian cuisine candle-shaped candy. The main ingredients are grapes must, nuts and flour. Almond, walnuts, hazelnuts, and chocolate and sometimes raisins are threaded onto a string, dipped in thickened grapes juices and dried in the shape of sausage.
King Vakhtang Gorgasali of the chosroid dynasty, was a king of Iberia, natively known as Kartli (eastern Georgia) in the second half of 5th and first quarter of the 6th century.
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Metekhi Church of Assumption/ Tbilisi/ Georgia
Traveling Georgia: The Metekhi Church
Virgin Mary Metekhi church is located on the left bank of the river Mtkvari, on the cliff plateau , the first church on this place was probably built by Vakhtang Gorgasali symbolically resembling the church built on virgin Mary’s tomb in Gethsemane garden in Jerusalem. According to the legend the former catholicos Kirion transferred the body of the saint Shushanik to this church in 7th century.
TSMINDA SAMEBA (HOLY TRINITY) CATHEDRAL, TBILISI, GEORGIA
A very large and modern cathedral which is the main centre of the Georgian Orthodox Church.
Metekhi Church (Tbilisi, Georgia)/ მეტეხი, თბილისი, საქართველო
To the left of Metekhi bridge there is Metekhi temple. Metekhi temple (12th-13th cc.) - cross cupola church, part of the Royal residential complex.Metekhi Castle was built in the fifth century according to the order of the King Vakhtang Gorgasali. Queen Shushaniki (V c.), tortured by her husband Varsgen Pitiakhshi for her devotion to Christian religion is buried here. In the 12th century Metekhi Castle was considered to be the place and church of the King George III and his dau-ghter Tamar. In the 13th century Mongolian invaders occupied the east part of Georgian, ruined and burnt Tbilisi city, and also destroyed the King's palace and church, Metekhi Castle. The metekhi church of today was built in 1270-1289 by Demetre II Tavdadebuli.
In the 17th-18th centuries under the gove-rnanced Turks in Kartli Metekhi temple was abandoned and left useless (inactive). In 1748 the King Erekle II cleared out the Castle and ordered to fix it. In 1819 the Russian Kings' governors decided to use the Castle as a prison. Later during the Soviet period, authorities let the troop of actors have performances there. Nowadays Metekhi is an acting church. The rock, on which the temple stands, is sacred, because a mortar Abo (VIII c.) perished on it. Arab by origin, Saint Abo lived in Bagdad and made aromatic ointments. He came to Tbilisi with Nerses, the ruler of Tbilisi Emirate. In Tbilisi, the capital of Tbilisi Emirate, which entered Arabian Caliphate, Abo quickly learnt the Georgian language and written speech, began to attend Orthodox divine service and studied Holy Scripture. He repeatedly argued with his religious teachers and in the end Abo rejected Moslem faith in his heart and adopted Christianity. This infuriated Islam adherents and Abo was arrested and compelled to refuse Christianity, but in vain. In order that Christians would not take his body as an object of worship, after execution it was taken to the foot of Metekhi mountain, poured over with oil and burnt and his bones were sewed into a sheep skin and dropped into impetuous waters of the Mtkvari. But the relics of a saint's body came to the water surface near Metekhi bridge and Christians brought them to the mountains. On Abo's burning spot a chapel was built. In the 20th century vandals destroyed this sacred place, but his wonder-working icon is kept now in Metekhi church near the tomb of Saint Shushanik. At present on the spot of the destroyed chapel Saint Abo church is being built.
მეტეხი — ისტორიული უბანი მდინარე მტკვრის მარცხენა ნაპირზე კლდოვან შემაღლებაზე ავლაბარში, თბილისი. ეს ყველაზე ადრეული დასახლება იყო ქალაქის ტერიტორიაზე. ტრადიციული რწმენით მეფე ვახტანგ I გორგასალმა აქ ეკლესია და ციხესიმაგრე აღმართა, რომელიც ასევე მეფის რეზიდენციის ფუნქციას ასრულებდა. აქედან მომდინარეობს სახელი მეტეხი, რომელიც ძველქართულად არემარეს სასახლის ირგვლივ ნიშნავს[საჭიროებს წყაროს მითითებას]. ამ ადგილზე, V საუკუნეში წმ. შუშანიკ წამებული დაკრძალეს.
ეკლესია იხსენიენა თამარ მეფის დროს. თამარის ისტორიკოსი ბასილი ეზოსმოძღვარი მოგვითხრობს, რომ შამქორის ბრძოლის დროს, ჯარის გასტუმრების შემდეგ, თამარმა „წარიხადნა სამოსელნი ფერხთანი და ფერხივ შიშულითა ფერხითა მიიწია ტაძარსა ღმრთისამშობლისასა მეტეხთა და წინაშე ხატსა მას წმიდასა მდებარე არა დასცხრებოდა ცრემლითა ვედრებად, ვიდრემდის სრულყო ღმერთმან სათხოველი მისი.
Metekhi Street (Tbilisi, Georgia) / მეტეხის ქუჩა, თბილისი, საქართველო
Metekhi Street (Tbilisi, Georgia)/მეტეხის ქუჩა, თბილისი, საქართველო
Tbilisi, Georgia (2018)
Highlights from weekend trip in Tbilisi, capitol of Georgia (beginning of March 2018).
+ video from Svetitskhoveli Cathedral and Jvari Monastery
You can spot following treasures in the video:
Surb Nshan Church
Sioni Cathedral
Metekhi Church
Dzveli Sulphur Waterfall
Narikala Church and Fortress
Kartlis Deda
Metekhi Church
The Bridge Of Peace
Mount Mtatsminda
Sameba Cathedral
Presidential Palace
Parliament of Georgia
Kashueti St. George Church
Jvari Monastery
Svetitskhoveli Cathedral
Mtskheta
Music:
Geographer - Bright Idea
Groove - Drew Banga
Loud In The Cloud - Nana Kwabena
VYEN - Wrong
#167 At the Metekhi Church
Visiting the Metekhi Church in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.
View to Old Tbilisi from Metekhi Church
A summer Day in Tbilisi
LAST DAY IN TBILISI GEORGIA | SAMEBA CATHEDRAL | HOLY TRINITY CHURCH IN GEORGIA
Hello everyone! Here's another new video of my Georgia Vlog. October 9 was my last day in Tbilisi Georgia and this day is my City tour in Tbilisi with my private tour guide.
In this video I'll be showing to you the Sameba Cathedral or known as Holy Trinity Church in Georgia... The third tallest church in Europe.
I was amazed on the structure and and cleanliness of the surroundings of church.
Sorry for some audio coz it was windy and the video is bit shaky due to wind and lack of stabilization of my mobile.
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Tiflis Gezilecek Yerler - Metekhi Kilisesi (Metekhi Church)
1278-1289 yılları arasında Kura Nehri'nin kenarına inşa edilmiş enfes mimarili bir kilisedir. Kilisenin önünde ise 1960'larda dikilen Kral Vakhtang Gorgasali'nin bir heykeli bulunuyor.
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Tbilisi, Metekhi church ! თბილისი, მეტეხის ეკლესია! Тбилиси, церковь Метехи
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Traveling Georgia: Tbilisi Sioni Cathedral
Exploring Tbilisi, Georgia
In Tbilisi we visit Europe Square, River Mtkvari and Metekhi St. Virgin Church.
Metekhi st. Virgin Church is the historical monument of Tbilisi. It’s a crucial part of Georgian history. The church is located on the hill of Metekhi street in the Old part of the city. The structure of the walls is evidence of how the church is built with the mix of the traditional and Georgian architecture. King Vakhtang Gorgasali built the fortress, church, and the palace on that hill in the VI century. Besides, as it’s known from the historical sources, today’s church is associated with king Demetrius II, the Devoted. Demetrius II built the monastery in the XIII century. As time went on the architecture has changed, the place has become an important part of the history and a popular tourist destination. Martyr Shushanik Queen of Georgia is buried in the cathedral. It’s one of the great sanctity of the church. The strategic location of the church, its historical importance, and the architecture always get the attention of the locals and tourists.
Music;
Spanish Rose by Chris Haugen
Et Voila by Chris Haugen
Tbilisi Georgia Views from Narikala - Metekhi Bridge +HolyTrinityCathedral+ European Square
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#Metekhi bridge, It was initially build in 1821 and is also called freedom bridge, and the right side of the bridge is #Matekhi Church ''
The Metekhi was built by the Georgian king St Demetrius II circa 1278–1284.It was damaged and restored several times.
Right side is #European square and the two building are supposed to be opera house and Top is
Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi and November 23, 1995, that the foundation of the new cathedral was laid and completed in 2004.
This is the third largest Orthodox Church in the world.
Narrated By: Nina (Tour Guide )
The Hundred Thousand Martyrs Bridge (Metekhi Bridge - Tbilisi, Georgia)
Jalal ad-Din's first encounter with the Kingdom of Georgia occurred in 1225, when his army inflicted a crushing defeat on the Georgians at Garni, bringing about the end of Georgia's medieval heyday. Next year, Jalal ad-Din marched on to Tbilisi, forcing Queen Rusudan of Georgia and her court into flight. The Georgian forces, left in defense of the capital, put up a fierce resistance, but Jalal's forces eventually broke into the city with the assistance of local Muslims on 9 March, 1226. The victorious Khwarezmid soldiers sacked Tbilisi and massacred its Christian population. The anonymous 14th-century Georgian chronicle, conventionally known as the Chronicle of a Hundred Years, laments: Words are powerless to convey the destruction that the enemy brought: tearing infants from their mothers' breasts, they beat their heads against the bridge, watching as their eyes dropped from their skulls.... The Muslim historians ibn al-Athir and Nasawi, the latter being Jalal's secretary and biographer, confirm the killings of Christians who did not accept Islam at the sultan's order.
According to the Georgian source, Jalal had the dome of the Sioni Cathedral torn down and replaced it with a throne for himself. At his order the icons of Christ and Virgin Mary were carried out of the cathedral and placed at the bridge over the Mtkvari river in order to force the Christians to step on them. Those who refused to profane the icons and apostatize to Islam were put to death through decapitation.
The medieval Georgian chronicler puts the number of those killed at ათნი ბევრნი (at'ni bevri). The first part of this numeral, at'ni, denotes ten. The second part, bevr-i, in modern Georgian means much, many, but it also has now-obsolete meaning of ten thousand, ultimately derived from Old Persian *baiwar/n for ten thousand.
ასი ათასი მოწამე, წმიდანი ათნი ბევრნი (100 000) მოწამენი, თბილისს ხვარაზმელთაგან 1227 წელს წამებულნი — საქართველოს მართლმადიდებელი სამოციქულო ეკლესიის წმინდანები, ხსენების დღე ახალი სტილით 13 ნოემბერს (ძვ. სტ. 31 ოქტომბერი).
საქართველოს ეკლესიას მოწამეთა ეკლესიას უწოდებენ, ქართველი ერი თავისთავში ატარებს დაფარულ და ქვეცნობიერ სიყვარულს ქრისტე ღმერთისა, რომელიც ხშირად ამა ქვეყნის სიავკარგის ეკალ-ბარდებითაა დაფარული. ისტორიული ქარტეხილები და იმპერიებს შორის მიმოხეთქებანი თითქოს საცერში ატარებს ჩვენი სარწმუნოებრივ-ეროვნული სიწმიდისა და ტრადიციების ნაერთს და ამა ქვეყნის ორომტრიალიდან ცალკე გამოიყოფა წმიდა ფქვილი - „საზეპურო ერის“ თვისებები და ბზე - ის უვარგისი მინარევი, რომელიც არც ღვთისთვის შეიწირვის და ერისთვისაც საზიანოა.