Mtskheta. 2009 Georgia
вторник, 30 июня 2009 г.
четверг, 25 июня 2009 г.
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Shio-Mgvime monastery
Shio-Mgvime monastery
Georgia.2009
According to a historic tradition, the first monastic community at this place was founded by the 6th-century monk Shio, one of the Thirteen Assyrian Fathers who came to Georgia as Christian missionaries. St. Shio is said to have spent his last years as a hermit in a deep cave near Mtskheta subsequently named Shiomghvime ("the Cave of Shio") after him.
Jvari monastery
Jvari monastery
Georgia.2009
Jvari Monastery stands on the rocky mountaintop at the confluence of the Mtkvari and Aragvi rivers, overlooking the village 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 Caucasus. A small church was erected over the remnants of the wooden cross in c.545 named the “Small Church of Jvari”.
вторник, 16 июня 2009 г.
четверг, 11 июня 2009 г.
понедельник, 8 июня 2009 г.
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