The Greatest Saint Father Gabriel Urgebadze
The Greatest Saint Father Gabriel,
Samtavro Convent, Georgia
Mtskheta - Zvari Monastery & The Svetitskhoveli Cathédral / 므츠헤타 - 즈바리 수도원, 성 스베티츠호벨리 대성당
#Mtskheta????????????
Mtskheta (მცხეთა) is an ancient town of extraordinary importance to the Georgian nation, located about 20km out of Tbilisi. It was the capital of the eastern Georgian kingdom of Iberia from the 3rd century BC to the 5th century AD. Mtskheta was the site of Georgia's adoption of Christianity in 334 and remains the headquarters of the Georgian Orthodox Church. Mtskheta is of primary interest to any travelers interested in Georgian history or Orthodox Christianity.
#Zvari_Monastery⛪️????????????????❤️
The masterpiece of Early Christian Orthodox architecture Jvari Monastery is dated 585-604 cc AD. Located on the hill top near the town Mtskheta, it is listed in UNESCO World Heritage Site list in 1994. The name is translated as the Monastery of the Cross.
According to traditional accounts, in the early 4th century Saint Nino stayed here to pray and erected a wooden cross on Mtskheta’s highest hill. The church was built on the crest of a cliff at a confluence of the rivers Mtkvari and Aragvi. It is a representative of the tetra conch architectural type that was popular not only in Georgia but also in Byzantine world.
Jvari served as a model for many other churches in the country. Unusual and varied relief sculptures decorate its façades. The importance of Jvari complex increased over time and attracted many pilgrims. According to the legend pilgrims visiting the site shed tears while praying and the nearby natural lake was named the Lake of tears.
The harmonious relationship between the landscape, architectural forms and divisions, the well-thought-out disposition of decorative elements and splendid relieves carved on big slabs of a stone give the south and east walls special expressiveness. Among the reliefs of the east wall are found the portraits of the kings who built the church. Included in UNESCO world heritage sights, the monument is still used for major celebrations.
Driving distance from Tbilisi is 20km. (about 20 min)
#TheSvetitskhoveliCathedral
(Georgian: სვეტიცხოვლის საკათედრო ტაძარი, svet'icxovlis sak'atedro t'adzari; literally the Cathedral of the Living Pillar) is an Eastern Orthodox cathedral located in the historic town of Mtskheta, Georgia, to the northwest of the Georgian capital Tbilisi. A masterpiece of the Early Middle Ages, Svetitskhoveli is recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, in 1994. It is currently the second largest church building in Georgia, after the Holy Trinity Cathedral.
The site of Christ's mantle, Svetitskhoveli has long been one of the principal Georgian Orthodox churches and is among the most venerated places of worship in the region. The present structure was completed in 1029 by the medieval Georgian architect Arsukisdze, although the site itself dates back to the early fourth century.
Svetitskhoveli is considered an endangered cultural landmark; it has survived a variety of adversities, and many of its priceless frescoes have been lost due to being whitewashed by the Russian Imperial authorities.
#HISTORY
The original church was built in 4th century A.D. during the reign of Mirian III of Kartli (Iberia). St. Nino is said to have chosen the confluence of the Mtkvari (Kura) and Aragvi rivers as the place of the first Georgian Church.
According to Georgian hagiography, in the 1st century AD a Georgian Jew from Mtskheta named Elias was in Jerusalem when Jesus was crucified. Elias bought Jesus’ robe from a Roman soldier at Golgotha and brought it back to Georgia. Returning to his native city, he was met by his sister Sidonia who upon touching the robe immediately died from the emotions engendered by the sacred object. The robe could not be removed from her grasp, so she was buried with it. The place where Sidonia is buried with Christ's robe is preserved in the Cathedral. Later, from her grave grew an enormous cedar tree. Ordering the cedar chopped down to build the church, St. Nino had seven columns made from it for the church’s foundation. The seventh column, however, had magical properties and rose by itself into the air. It returned to earth after St. Nino prayed the whole night. It was further said that from the magical seventh column a sacred liquid flowed that cured people of all diseases.
In Georgian sveti means pillar and tskhovelimeans life-giving or living, hence the name of the cathedral. An icon portraying this event can be seen on the second column on the right-hand from the entrance. Reproduced widely throughout Georgia, it shows Sidonia with an angel lifting the column in heaven. Saint Nino is in the foreground: King Mirian and his wife, Queen Nana, are to the right and left. Georgia officially adopted Christianity as its state religion in 337.
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포도밭을 지나 조금 더 갔더니 이번에는 끝없이 펼쳐진 평야가 나타난다. 며칠 사이 험준한 코카서스 산맥도 보고, 흑해도 봤는데 이번엔, 드넓은 평원이다. 조지아는 땅은 넓지 않지만 자연환경이 무척이나 변화무쌍한 것 같다. 이곳에서 조금 더 가면 멀리 코카서스 산맥이 보이는 평원에 작고 아름다운 도시 시그나기가 있다. 시그나기는 아제르바이잔과의 국경 가까이에 있다. 옛날에는 코카서스 산맥을 넘어 온 카라반들이 쉬어가는 실크로드의 기착지였다. 주황색 지붕은 시그나기의 상징이다. 때문에 실크로드라기보다는 이탈리아의 작은 도시에 온 것 같은 느낌이 든다. 시그나기에 오는 사람들이 반드시 찾는 곳이 보드베 수도원이다. 이곳은 조지아 사람들에게 무척 각별한 곳이다. 자신의 머리카락으로 묶어 만든 포도나무 십자가를 들고 조지아에 기독교를 전파했던 성녀 니노의 관이 이곳에 있기 때문이다. 니노는 불치병에 걸린 왕비의 병을 기도로 고쳐줬다. 왕비는 어떤 소원이라도 들어주겠다고 했지만 니노는 거절하고 이곳에 와 여생을 마쳤다고 한다.
[English: Google Translator]
I went a little further through the vineyard, and this time, an endless plain emerges. I saw the rugged Caucasus Mountains for a few days, saw the Black Sea, and this time it is a wide plains. Georgia does not have a lot of land, but the natural environment seems to be very varied. A little further from here is the small and beautiful city Signaggi on the plain overlooking the Caucasus Mountains. Siggnag is located near the border with Azerbaijan. In the past, the caravans that crossed the Caucasus Mountains were the stopping point for the Silk Road. The orange roof is a symbol of Sigourney. It feels like coming to an Italian small city rather than a silk road. The place where people coming to Siggna must visit is the Vaudeville monastery. This is a very special place for the people of Georgia. This is because there is a coffin of Nino, a woman who preached Christianity in Georgia with a vine cross tied with her own hair. Nino restored the sickness of the queen, who had an incurable disease, by prayer. The queen said she would listen to any wishes, but Nino refused and finished her life here.
[Georgia: Google Translator]
ცოტა ხნით ვეღარ მივდიოდი ვენახით, და ამ დროს, გაუთავებელი ველი აღმოვაჩინე. რამდენიმე დღით დავინახე კავკასიონის მთაგორიანი მთები, დაინახა შავი ზღვა და ამჯერად ეს ფართო ფართებია. საქართველოს არა აქვს ბევრი მიწა, მაგრამ ბუნებრივი გარემო, როგორც ჩანს, ძალიან მრავალფეროვანია. აქედან პატარა პატარა და ლამაზი ქალაქი სიღნაღი კავკასიონის მთებზე გადახედილია. სიღნაღი აზერბაიჯანის საზღვართან მდებარეობს. წარსულში, ქარავანი, რომელიც კავკასიონის მთების გადაკვეთა იყო, აბრეშუმის გზის შეჩერება იყო. ფორთოხლის სახურავი სიგრევის სიმბოლოა. იგი იგრძნობა იტალიის პატარა ქალაქში, ვიდრე აბრეშუმის გზაზე. ადგილი, სადაც სიღნაში ჩამოსული ადამიანები უნდა მოინახულონ, არის მონასტერი. ეს არის განსაკუთრებული ადგილი საქართველოს ხალხისთვის. ეს იმიტომ, რომ ნინოს კუბოშია ქალბატონი, რომელიც საქართველოში ქრისტიანობას ქადაგებდა, თავის თმასთან ერთად ვაზის ჯვრით. ნინომ აღადგინა დედოფლის ავადმყოფობა, რომელსაც განუკურნებელი დაავადება ჰქონდა ლოცვით. დედოფალმა განაცხადა, რომ ის უსმენს ნებისმიერ სურვილს, მაგრამ ნინომ უარი თქვა და დაასრულა მისი ცხოვრება.
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St. Nino (equal to the apostles) Church / წმინდა ნინოს სახ. ეკლესია [ Vazha Pshavela Ave, Tbilisi ]
მდებარეობა: თბილისი, ვაჟა - ფშაველას გამზ.
Location: Vazha Pshavela ave, Tbilisi, Georgia
წმიდა ნინოს ცხოვრება -
წმინდა ნინო — ქრისტიანობის მქადაგებელი და გამავრცელებელი საქართველოში (დაახ. 301–332 წწ.), მოციქულთასწორი. მართლმადიდებელი ეკლესიის წმინდანი, ხსენების დღე არის ძველი სტილით 14 იანვარი და 19 ივნისი, ახალი სტილით - 27 იანვარი და 1 ივნისი.
Saint Nino (Georgian: წმინდა ნინო (ts'minda nino), Armenian: Սուրբ Նունե, Greek: Αγία Νίνα), (sometimes St. Nune or St. Ninny) Equal to the Apostles and the Enlightener of Georgia, (c. 296 – c. 338 or 340) was a woman who preached Christianity in Georgia.
According to most widely traditional accounts, she belonged to a Greek-speaking Roman family from Kolastra, Cappadocia (Greek: Καππαδοκία), was a relative of Saint George,[1] and came to Georgia (ancient Iberia) from Constantinople. Other sources claim she was from Rome, Jerusalem or Gaul (modern France). [1] As the legend goes, she performed miraculous healings and converted the Georgian queen, Nana, and eventually the pagan king Mirian III of Iberia, who, lost in darkness and blinded on a hunting trip, found his way only after he prayed to Nino’s God. Mirian declared Christianity the official religion (c. 327) and Nino continued her missionary activities among Georgians until her death.
Her tomb is still shown at the Bodbe Monastery in Kakheti, eastern Georgia. St. Nino has become one of the most venerated saints of the Georgian Orthodox Church and her attribute, a grapevine cross, is a symbol of Georgian Christianity.
The Church of St. Nino in Kakheti, Georgia (საქართველო)
Sameba or Holy Trinity Cathedral - (Exterior)/ თბილისის წმინდა სამების საკათედრო ტაძარი
The Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi (Georgian: თბილისის წმინდა სამების საკათედრო ტაძარი Thbilisis cminda samebis sakathedro tadzari) commonly known as Sameba (Georgian: სამება for Trinity) is the main Cathedral of the Georgian Orthodox Church located in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. Constructed between 1995 and 2004, it is the third-tallest Eastern Orthodox cathedral in the world. Sameba is a synthesis of traditional styles dominating the Georgian church architecture at various stages in history and has some Byzantine undertones.
The Sameba Cathedral is erected on the Elia Hill, which rises above the left bank of the Kura River (Mtkvari) in the historic neighborhood of Avlabari in Old Tbilisi.
Designed in a traditional Georgian style but with an exaggerated vertical emphasis, and regarded as an eyesore by many and venerated by as many others,[6] the Sameba Cathedral has a cruciform plan with a dome over a crossing which rests on eight columns. At the same time, the parameters of the dome is independent from the apses, imparting a more monumental look to the dome and the church in general. The dome is surmounted by a 7.5 metre tall cross covered with gold.
The cathedral consists of nine chapels (chapels of the Archangels, John the Baptist, Saint Nino, Saint George, Saint Nicholas, the Twelve Apostles, and All Saints); five of them are situated in a large, underground compartment. The overall area of the cathedral, including its large narthex, is 5,000 square meters and the volume it occupies is 137 cubic meters. The interior of the church measures 56 metres by 44 metres, with an interior area of 2,380 square metres. The height of the cathedral from the ground to the top of the cross is 105,5 metres. The underground chapel occupies 35,550 cubic metres. The height is 13 metres.
Famous Jvari church Georgian Church. tbilisi
اعداد / محمد الدريع
تصوير / مسعود كيتي
إخراج / وسيم الحصري
- شركة سفريات لوزان للسياحة و السفر في دولة الكويت
- المدير العام / الياس منصور
- هاتف / ٩٩٩٩٠٤١١
Jvari Monastery stands on the rocky mountaintop at the confluence of the Mtkvari and Aragvi rivers, overlooking the town of Mtskheta, which was formerly the capital of the Kingdom of Iberia.
According to traditional accounts, on this location in the early 4th century Saint Nino, a female evangelist credited with converting King Mirian III of Iberia to Christianity, erected a large wooden cross on the site of a pagan temple. The cross was reportedly able to work miracles and therefore drew pilgrims from all over the Caucasus. A small church was erected over the remnants of the wooden cross in c.545 named the Small Church of Jvari.
The present building, or Great Church of Jvari, is generally held to have been built between 590 and 605 by Erismtavari Stepanoz I. This is based on an inscription on its facade which mentions the principal builders of the church:
Sameba or Holy Trinity Cathedral ( Interior ) / თბილისის წმინდა სამების საკათედრო ტაძარი
The Holy Trinity Cathedral თბილისის წმინდა სამების საკათედრო ტაძარი of Tbilisi (Georgian: Tbilisis cminda samebis sakathedro tadzari) commonly known as Sameba (Georgian: სამება for Trinity) is the main Cathedral of the Georgian Orthodox Church located in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. Constructed between 1995 and 2004, it is the third-tallest Eastern Orthodox cathedral in the world. Sameba is a synthesis of traditional styles dominating the Georgian church architecture at various stages in history and has some Byzantine undertones.
The Sameba Cathedral is erected on the Elia Hill, which rises above the left bank of the Kura River (Mtkvari) in the historic neighborhood of Avlabari in Old Tbilisi.
Designed in a traditional Georgian style but with an exaggerated vertical emphasis, and regarded as an eyesore by many and venerated by as many others,[6] the Sameba Cathedral has a cruciform plan with a dome over a crossing which rests on eight columns. At the same time, the parameters of the dome is independent from the apses, imparting a more monumental look to the dome and the church in general. The dome is surmounted by a 7.5 metre tall cross covered with gold.
The cathedral consists of nine chapels (chapels of the Archangels, John the Baptist, Saint Nino, Saint George, Saint Nicholas, the Twelve Apostles, and All Saints); five of them are situated in a large, underground compartment. The overall area of the cathedral, including its large narthex, is 5,000 square meters and the volume it occupies is 137 cubic meters. The interior of the church measures 56 metres by 44 metres, with an interior area of 2,380 square metres. The height of the cathedral from the ground to the top of the cross is 105,5 metres. The underground chapel occupies 35,550 cubic metres. The height is 13 metres.
The road from the metro leads up to Trinity church (Tsminda Sameba). It is a hu-ge temple of the peak of the hill - a symbol of Georgian Resurrection, unity and immortality. It arises in the center of Tbilisi on the peak of the mountain, called after the name of a Bible prophet Elia. The height of the cathedral, which can hold 15 000 people, reaches 84 meters, its underground part is 18 meters deep. The place has been chosen so that the cathedral could hover over the entire city - on a high hill. The construction works began in 1995 (the most difficult times for the country) in honor of Lifegiving Trinity in Tbilisi. The cathedral has not been constructed completely yet. The walls are to be painted and some buildings are to be constructed yet. But every detail of its ornament, every feature in the construction plan is agreed upon with Patriarch. But his constant presence is felt not only in this. At the entrance of the cathedral one can see the image of the Virgin. This place is always crowded. This image as the other one - of Savior, which is in the opposite part of ico-nostasis, was painted by Patriarch himself. There are some other icons painted by Patriarch. These are, for example the images of archangels Michael and Gavriil. Besides the cathedral the complex under construction includes the church of Saint Ilia and the belfry. The bells for belfry were cast in Germany and by their sound row they correspond to the row of Georgian polyphony.
Didube Church of Mary - დიდუბის ღვთისმშობლის ეკლესია [Tbilisi, Georgia]
დიდუბის ღმრთისმშობლის ხატის ისტორია (ლეგენდა)
ახლანდელი ეკლესიის მიდამოებში ძველად საძოვრები იყო. ერთ კეთილმორწმუნე მწყემსს, რომელიც დიდუბეში აძოვებდა სამწყსოს, დასიზმრებია ანგელოზი, რომელსაც უუწყებია: „დიდუბის მინდორში, ამა და ამ ადგილას, ღმრთისმშობლის სასწაულმოქმედი ხატია დასვენებული. მიდი, თაყვანი ეცი და სასწაულს გიჩვენებსო.“
მეორე დღეს მწყემსმა თავისი ხილვა დედ-მამას და თანასოფლელებს უამბო. ხატის ხილვა ყველამ მოისურვა, მათ შორის ერთმა ბრმა მოხუცმა, რომელსაც იმედი მიეცა-ღმერთი ჩემზეც მოიღებს წყალობას და ყოვლადწმიდა ღმრთისმშობლის სასწაულმოქმედი ხატის მადლით თვალის სინათლეს დამიბრუნებსო. მთელი სოფელი გაემართა მინიშნებული ადგილისკენ, თუმცა ბრმა მოხუცი, მისი ხვეწნა-მუდარის მიუხედავად, ამ ლიტანიობაზე არ წაიყვანეს, მაინც ვერაფერს დაინახავსო. შინ დარჩენილ მოხუცს სასოება არ დაუკარგავს. ყოვლადწმიდა ღმრთისმშობელს „გიხაროდენ“ უგალობა და მხურვალედ შეევედრა: „ნათლის მომცემელისა ქრისტეს მშობელო ყოვლადუბიწოო დედოფალო, ნუ შეურაცხ-ჰყოფ გულითადსა ამას ვედრებასა ჩემსა და მეოხ-მეყავ წინაშე ძისა შენისა და ღმრთისა ჩვენისა, რათა ნათლითა თვისითა განმანათლოს მეცა, ცოდვითა დაბნელებული ესე, და ღირს-მყოს ხილვად და თაყვანისცემად დიდებულსა ხატსა შენსა!“
მოხუცი ბრმის ვედრება შეისმინა მოწყალე ღმერთმა და დიდუბის სანახებში მობრძანებული ყოვლადწმიდა ღმრთისმშობლის ხატის განსადიდებლად მეყვსეულად განკურნა იგი. გახარებული მოხუცი ტაძრისკენ გაემართა, რათა თაყვანი ეცა სასწაულმოქმედი ხატისთვის. ამ სასწაულმოქმედებით განდიდებული ხატის თაყვანისსაცემად მრავალმა მომლოცველმა დაიწყო დენა მთელი საქართველოდან და უცხოეთიდან.
ხატის სასწაულებრივი პოვნის ადგილას ნიში აღუმართავთ, ხატი იქ დაუსვენებიათ და თაყვანი უციათ. მალე ნიშის ადგილას ეკლესია აუგიათ, რომელმაც XIX საუკუნემდე მოაღწია (პლ. იოსელიანი).
ყოვლადწმიდა ღმრთისმშობლის ხატის განსადიდებლად ორშაბათი დღე დადგინდა. ამ დღეს წირვას მოებმის ღმრთისმშობლის საჯანმრთელო პარაკლისი.
Georgia/Signagi Bodbe,St Nino Part 6
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The Monastery of St.Nino at Bodbe,Signagi:
The Monastery of St. Nino at Bodbe is a Georgian Orthodox monastic complex and the seat of the Bishops of Bodbe located 2 km from the town of Sighnaghi, Kakheti, Georgia. Originally built in the 9th century, it has been significantly remodeled, especially in the 17th century. The monastery now functions as a nunnery and is one of the major pilgrimage sites in Georgia, due to its association with St. Nino, the 4th-century female evangelist of Georgians, whose relics are shrined there.
The Bodbe Monastery is nested among tall Cypress trees on a steep hillside overlooking the Alazani Valley, where it commands views of the Greater Caucasus mountains.
The extant church – a three-nave basilica with three protruding apses – was originally built between the 9th and 11th centuries, but has been significantly modified since then. Both exterior and interior walls have been plastered and bear the traces of restoration carried out in the 17th and 19th centuries. It consists of a small hall church with an apse built over St. Nino’s grave that is integrated into a larger aisled basilica. A free-standing three-storey bell-tower was erected between 1862 and 1885. Part of the 17th-century wall surrounding the basilica was demolished and the earlier original one restored in 2003.Some 3 km from the convent, a small Chapel of St. Zabulon and St. Sosana was constructed, in the 1990s, to house a St. Nino’s Spring, which, according to a local legend, emerged through Nino’s prayers and is believed to have a healing power.
According to Georgian tradition, St. Nino, having witnessed the conversion of Georgians to the Christian faith, withdrew to the Bodbe gorge, in Kakheti, where she died c. 338-340. At the behest of King Mirian III (r. 284-361), a small monastery was built at the place where Nino was buried. The monastery gained particular prominence in the late Middle Ages. It was particularly favored by the kings of Kakheti who made choice of the monastery as the place of their coronation. Pillaged by the troops of Shah Abbas I of Persia in 1615, the Bodbe monastery was restored by King Teimuraz I of Kakheti (r. 1605-1648). With the revival of monastic life in Bodbe, a theological school was opened. The monastery also operated one of the largest depositories of religious books in Georgia and was home to several religious writers and scribes.
In 1924, the Soviet government closed down the monastery and converted it into a hospital. In 1991, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Bodbe monastery was resumed as a convent. Restoration works were carried out between 1990 and 2000 and resumed in 2003.Wikipedia
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Georgia day 2 | Khaketi part 1 Wine Factory | Signagi | Bodbe Monastary | Georgia Vlog
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Bodbe monastery history and Saint Nino life in Signagi church
Signagi small town and its history and about different buildings
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Svetitskhoveli cathedral (Géorgie/Georgia)
Svetitskhoveli Cathedral (Georgian: , Svet'icxovlis Sak'atedro T'aʒari; literally, the Living Pillar Cathedral) is a Georgian Orthodox cathedral located in the historical town of Mtskheta, Georgia, 20 km (12.5 miles) northwest of the nation's capital of Tbilisi.
Svetitskhoveli, known as the burial site of Christ's mantle, has long been the principal Georgian church and remains one of the most venerated places of worship to this day. It presently functions as the seat of the archbishop of Mtskheta and Tbilisi, who is at the same time Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia.
The current cathedral was built in the 11th century by the Georgian architect Arsukisdze, though the site itself is even older dating back to the early 4th century and is surrounded by a number of legends associated primarily with the early Christian traditions.
It is the second largest church building in the country, after the recently consecrated Tbilisi Sameba Cathedral, and is listed as an UNESCO World Heritage Site along with other historical monuments of Mtskheta.
The original church was built in IV century A.D. during the reign of Mirian III of Kartli (Iberia). St. Nino is said to have chosen the confluence of the Mtkvari (Kura) and Aragvi rivers as the place of the first Georgian Church.
According to Georgian hagiography, in the first century AD a Georgian Jew from Mtskheta named Elias was in Jerusalem when Jesus was crucified. Elias bought Jesus' robe from a Roman soldier at Golgotha and brought it back to Georgia. Returning to his native city, he was met by his sister Sidonia who upon touching the robe immediately died from the emotions engendered by the sacred object. The robe could not be removed from her grasp, so she was buried with it. [2] The place where Sidonia is buried with Christ's robe is preserved in the Cathedral. Later, from her grave grew an enormous cedar tree. Ordering the cedar chopped down to build the church, St. Nino had seven columns made from it for the church's foundation. The seventh column, however, had magical properties and rose by itself into the air. It returned to earth after St. Nino prayed the whole night. It was further said that from the magical seventh column a sacred liquid flowed that cured people of all diseases. In Georgian sveti means pillar and tskhoveli means life-giving or living, hence the name of the cathedral. An icon portraying this event can be seen on the second column on the right-hand from the entrance. Reproduced widely throughout Georgia, it shows Sidonia with an angel lifting the column in heaven. Saint Nino is in the foreground: King Mirian and his wife, Queen Nana, are to the right and left. [3] Georgia officially adopted Christianity as its state religion in 317.
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???? Narikala Fortress and the Mother of Georgia - the main landmark of Tbilisi, ancient fort
defending city and opening breathtaking views of the capital. The Georgian Sulfur Baths and Sameba Holy Trinity Church one of the biggest churches in Georgia.
???? Ananuri fortress - architectural complex of the late feudal times in Georgia.
Built on the right bank of Aragvi River in 16th-17th cc, it was the main seat of Aragvi Eristavi - Dukes dynasty since 13th century.
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???? Kakheti region, visiting: Bodbe Monastery of Saint Nino, originally built in the 9th century
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Georgian Orthodox Church marks St. Nino Day
Jvari Monastery, Georgia - ჯვრის მონასტერი
Jvari Monastery - Το Μοναστήρι του Σταυρού
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Jvari (Cross) is a sixth-century Monastery of the “Ascension of the Cross”. It is listed as a World Heritage site by UNESCO. On that location in the early 4th century Saint Nino, a female evangelist erected a large wooden cross on the site of a pagan temple. A small church was erected over the remnants of the wooden cross in c. 545.
Το Jvari (Σταυρός) είναι Μοναστήρι της Ύψωσης του Τιμίου Σταυρού του 6ου αιώνα. Είναι καταχωρημένο ως Μνημείο Παγκόσμιας Πολιτιστικής Κληρονομιάς από την UNESCO. Σε εκείνη την τοποθεσία στις αρχές του 4ου αιώνα, η Αγία Νίνο, τοποθέτησε ένα μεγάλο ξύλινο σταυρό στο χώρο ενός ειδωλολατρικού ναού. Μια μικρή εκκλησία ανεγέρθηκε πάνω από τα υπολείμματα του ξύλινου σταυρού το 545 μ.Χ..
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Georgia Caucasus: Mtskheta - On Tsminda Nino's Footsteps
Procession in Mtskheta 3 weeks after Georgian Orthodox Eastern on Tsminda Ninos footsteps from Svetitskhoveli Cathedral to Jvari Church crossing Aragvi River with Rafts
Svetitskhoveli (The Living Pillar) Cathedral - 1000-year anniversary
Svetitskhoveli Cathedral (Georgian: სვეტიცხოვლის საკათედრო ტაძარი, svet'icxovlis sak'atedro t'adzari; literally, the Living Pillar Cathedral) is a Georgian Orthodox cathedral located in the historical town of Mtskheta, Georgia, 20 km (12.5 miles) northwest of the nation's capital of Tbilisi.
Svetitskhoveli, known as the burial site of Christ's mantle, has long been the principal Georgian church and remains one of the most venerated places of worship to this day. It presently functions as the seat of the archbishop of Mtskheta and Tbilisi, who is at the same time Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia.
The original church was built in IV Century A.D. during the reign of Mirian III of Kartli (Iberia). St. Nino is said to have chosen the confluence of the Mtkvari (Kura) and Aragvi rivers as the place of the first Georgian Church.
According to Georgian hagiography, in the first century AD a Georgian Jew from Mtskheta named Elias was in Jerusalem when Jesus was crucified. Elias bought Jesus' robe from a Roman soldier at Golgotha and brought it back to Georgia. Returning to his native city, he was met by his sister Sidonia who upon touching the robe immediately died from the emotions engendered by the sacred object. The robe could not be removed from her grasp, so she was buried with it.
The place where Sidonia is buried with Christ's robe is preserved in the Cathedral. Later, from her grave grew an enormous cedar tree. Ordering the cedar chopped down to build the church, St. Nino had seven columns made from it for the church's foundation. The seventh column, however, had magical properties and rose by itself into the air. It returned to earth after St. Nino prayed the whole night. It was further said that from the magical seventh column a sacred liquid flowed that cured people of all diseases. In Georgian sveti means pillar and tskhoveli means life-giving or living, hence the name of the cathedral. An icon portraying this event can be seen on the second column on the right-hand from the entrance. Reproduced widely throughout Georgia, it shows Sidonia with an angel lifting the column in heaven. Saint Nino is in the foreground: King Mirian and his wife, Queen Nana, are to the right and left.
Georgia officially adopted Christianity as its state religion in 317.
Structural issues threaten the overall stability of the Cathedral, a recent UNESCO report has found.