View of Metekhi from the northeast, with parts of Tbilisi's Old Town seen on the horizon.The dome of Metekhi peaking from the left end of the cliffMetekhi as viewed from NarikalaMetekhi church during night.
The Virgin Mary Assumption Church of Metekhi (Georgian: მეტეხის ღვთისმშობლის შობის ტაძარი, romanized:met'ekhis ghvtismshoblis shobis t'adzari), known simply as Metekhi, is a Georgian Orthodox Christian church located on the left bank of the river Kura. It sits on the Metekhi Cliff opposite the old town of Tbilisi. Much of the existing structure dates back to the Middle Ages and was built between 1278 and 1289 AD under the reign of King Demetrius II of Georgia,[1][2] although oral tradition traces Metekhi's origins further to the 5th century.
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^Beridze, V.V., Mepisashvili, R.S., Rchulishvili, L.D., Shmerling, R.O. (1969). Metekhi Church in Tbilisi (in Georgian).{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Assumption Church of Metekhi (Georgian: მეტეხის ღვთისმშობლის შობის ტაძარი, romanized: met'ekhis ghvtismshoblis shobis t'adzari), known simply as Metekhi, is...
overlooks the Mtkvari river. The neighborhood is home to the eponymous MetekhiChurch of Assumption. The district was one of the earliest inhabited areas...
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Saint Nino (left) and Saint George (right) depicted on a fresco at the MetekhiChurch. Nino is the most common feminine name in Georgia, as she converted...
2010. The bridge stretches over Kura River providing a view of the MetekhiChurch, statue of the city's founder Vakhtang Gorgasali, and the Narikala Fortress...
district houses a bulk of the tourist attractions in Tbilisi, including churches, museums, sulphur bathhouses, and peculiar wooden houses with open, carved...
relocated in the center of the old city on the site of the 13th-century Metekhichurch. In 1945, following a special agreement between the Soviet and French...
1629. Upon returning in Georgia, he was ordained as a senior priest at MetekhiChurch, Tbilisi, 1629-1632. In 1632, he was invited by the Mingrelian prince...
chief of Georgia, Lavrentiy Beria, intended to destroy the medieval Metekhichurch in Tbilisi, but met stubborn opposition from a group of Georgian intellectuals...
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cultural center, a place of significant literary and artistic work. The Church of the Dormition, dating to the 1180s during the golden age of Tamar and...
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– Mongols in power. 1251 – Cathedral of Saint George built. 1284 – MetekhiChurch of Assumption built. 1329 – Catholic diocese established. 1366 – Plague...
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Georgian church that has survived to the present day almost unchanged. The church became the founder of its type, the Jvari type of church architecture...
his name, and a 1967 monument by the sculptor Elguja Amashukeli tops the Metekhi cliff. A legend has it that when King Vakhtang was in the forest, his falcon...
form an organic whole with the surrounding landscape. Two ninth-century churches, a single-nave structure and a basilica, stand in the middle of the monastery...
historic province of Tao, now part of the territory of Turkey. The main church, dedicated to St John the Baptist, was built between 963 and 973. The monastery...
built in 478–493. It is the oldest extant church building in Georgia. Bishop David was the overseeing church leader for the construction of Bolnisi Sioni...
492181°E / 42.011642; 44.492181 (Lamisqana) 2007 Metekhichurch of the Dormition 13th century Metekhi, Kaspi Municipality, Shida Kartli 41°55′34″N 44°20′20″E...
and is directly subordinate to the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. The monastery is known and appreciated for the unique combination of Byzantine...
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Christian faith in Georgia. Some murals found inside the Gelati Monastery church date back to the 12th century. The monastery was inscribed as a UNESCO World...
in ruins. Within the complex, amongst other buildings, are two churches. The older Church of the Virgin, which abuts a tall square tower, has the graves...
complex includes Khakhuli Church, Georgian cross-dome church reflecting the early cross-dome style of architecture. The Khakhuli Church has a dome with arcs...
built in the 11th century by Kvirike III of Kakheti, replacing an older church of St. George. It is considered one of the four Great Cathedrals of the...
leather-bound illuminated manuscript of the Gospels, copied in 1049, to the Metekhichurch in Tbilisi. The 18th-century author Timote Gabashvili reports that there...
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where it commands views of the Greater Caucasus mountains. The extant church – a three-nave basilica with three protruding apses – was originally built...
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