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The monastery is an exemplar of the Georgian Golden Age and a gold aesthetic is employed in the paintings and buildings. [3] It was built to celebrate the Orthodox Christian faith in Georgia; [4] some murals found inside the Gelati Monastery church date back to the 12th century. [5]
The Shemokmedi monastery (Georgian: შემოქმედის მონასტერი) is a Georgian Orthodox monastery located at the village of Shemokmedi in Georgia's southwestern region of Guria. Founded in the 15th century, the Shemokmedi monastery functioned as a seat of a bishopric and burial ground of the Gurieli princely ...
Kintsvisi Monastery (Georgian: ყინწვისი, Qinc'visi) is a Georgian Orthodox monastery in the Shida Kartli region, eastern Georgia, 10 kilometers from the town Kareli, on a forested slope of a high mountain of the Dzama valley.
Pages in category "Georgian Orthodox monasteries" The following 63 pages are in this category, out of 63 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The first monasteries were founded in the 6th century by St. David Garejeli, one of the Thirteen Assyrian Fathers who came to Georgia. The monasteries saw a golden age between the 10th and the 13th centuries, declined following the Mongol invasions, and saw a revival on a smaller scale in the 17th and 18th centuries. Murals from different ...
The Agara monastery is a Georgian Orthodox monastic complex located near the village of Uraveli in the municipality of Akhaltsikhe, mkhare of Samtskhe–Javakheti, Georgia. [1] The Agara complex is multifaceted. The abundance and variety of buildings attest to the fact that there must have been a great monastery.
The Lurji Monastery (Georgian: ლურჯი მონასტერი), that is the "Blue Monastery", is a 12th-century Georgian Orthodox church built in the name of Saint Andrew in the Vere neighborhood of Tbilisi, Georgia. The popular historical name lurji ("blue") is derived from its roof, adorned with glazed blue tile.
The Zarzma Monastery of Transfiguration (Georgian: ზარზმის მონასტერი, zarzmis p'erists'valebis monasteri) is a medieval Orthodox Christian monastery located at the village of Zarzma in Samtskhe-Javakheti region, southwest Georgia. The Zarzma monastery is nested in the forested river valley of Kvabliani and its ...
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