Georgian churches, monasteries and monks

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TERZIev

Discussion Starter · Apr 7, 2014

Hello georgian friends, i hope we ulopad many beautiful churches of Georgia :cheers:

Ananuri fortres, mtskheta-mtianeti

Gergeti trinity, Kazbegi

Samtavisi church, Shida Kartli

Signagi. Kakheti

Chulevi Monastery

Alaverdi monastery, Kakheti

Gremi monastery, Kakheti

some photos are taken from here https://www.facebook.com/5442400689...396885568./627104404029150/?type=3&permPage=1

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TERZIev

Discussion Starter · #2 · Apr 8, 2014

Vardzia (Georgian: ვარძია) is a cave monastery site in southern Georgia, excavated from the slopes of the Erusheti Mountain on the left bank of the Mtkvari River, thirty kilometres from Aspindza. The main period of construction was the second half of the twelfth century. The caves stretch along the cliff for some five hundred metres and in up to nineteen tiers. The Church of the Dormition, dating to the 1180s during the golden age of Tamar and Rustaveli, has an important series of wall paintings. The site was largely abandoned after the Ottoman takeover in the sixteenth century. Now part of a state heritage reserve, the extended area of Vardzia-Khertvisi has been submitted for future inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

http://www.markfeenstra.com/blog/2012/05/21/vardzia-cliffside-monastery-khertvisi-castle/

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bloom25

· #3 · Apr 8, 2014

Norashen Church, Tbilisi

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hammarn/

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bloom25

· #4 · Apr 8, 2014

Tbilisi Kashveti Church

https://www.flickr.com/photos/emery...KJ-6CZ5kL-7w8viR-7m98Wf-8v9nmS-aXqo7D-aXqmzx/

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bloom25

· #5 · Apr 8, 2014

St. George's Church, Sighnaghi

https://www.flickr.com/photos/toddhopkins14/8757630143/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/parwissimus/sets/72157630926873606/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ahorcado/sets/72157631777122612/

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TERZIev

Discussion Starter · #6 · Apr 9, 2014

Gelati is a monastic complex near Kutaisi, Imereti, western Georgia. It contains the Church of the Virgin founded by the King of Georgia David the Builder in 1106, and the 13th-century churches of St George and St Nicholas.