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Metekhi Church is located in one of the old neighborhoods of the city – Avlabari. According to the legend, the first version of a church was built in the V century. It's the reign-time of King Vakhtang Gorgasali. A brief history of Metekhi Church The current church is not initial. The building period is 1278-1289. [...]
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David Gareji is a rock-hewn Orthodox monastery complex located in the Kakheti region of Eastern Georgia, some 60–70 km southeast of Georgia's capital Tbilisi. The complex also includes hundreds of cells, churches, chapels, refectories and living quarters hollowed out of the rock face. A brief history of the David Gareji Monastery Back in the 6th [...]
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Zedazeni Monastery is a Georgian Orthodox monastery. It is located on the Zedazeni mountain the hills of Saguramo, northeast of Mtskheta, and to the east side of the Aragvi River. The main entrance to Zedazeni Monastery The forest around the monastery Spring flowers in the forest A brief history of Zedazeni [...]
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BY Roman Burduladze
