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Saint George's Church, Tbilisi

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The church is built on a traditional plan of a partitioned, open cross with a rectangular perimeter. Like most of the churches in Tbilisi, it is built in brick. The outer walls of the church are covered with
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According to the Tbilisi municipality website, the area where the church is located used to belong to the prison district during the Middle Ages, hence the occasional Georgian name,
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Today Sayat-Nova's tomb stands next to the entrance of the Saint George (Surb Gevorg) Cathedral, Tbilisi's main Armenian church, located in the old city center.
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and Levon Melikset-Bek, the church was founded in 1251. The date was proposed based on an Arabic inscription on a
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The most recent renovation of the church began in 2012. Initiated and financed by Russian-Armenian businessman
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decorated the church's internal walls, the altar, and the walls in front of it, creating four large murals:
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In February 2019 a video surfaced online showing three ethnic Azerbaijanis, one of them burning the
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It became the seat of the Georgian Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church after the
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over the western door of the church yard. According to 13th century chronicler
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Ancient, medieval, and historical Armenian churches and monasteries
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in 1616 and returned to the Armenian community in 1748 by King
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Including the following Russian generals of Armenian origin:
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The following people are buried at the church courtyard:
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Saint Joseph of Arimathea at the Holy Saviour Monastery
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decorate the church's interior. Between 1922 and 1923
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and is the cathedral of the Georgian Diocese of the
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Index


Affiliation
Armenian Apostolic Church
Tbilisi
Georgia
Geographic coordinates
41°41′21″N 44°48′32″E / 41.689242°N 44.808898°E / 41.689242; 44.808898
Style
Armenian
Armenian
Georgian
old city
Tbilisi
Georgia
Armenian churches in Tbilisi
Armenian Apostolic Church
Vakhtang Gorgasali
Narikala


Hovsep Orbeli
khachkar
Hovhannes Erznkatsi
Karin (Erzurum)
Jean-Michel Thierry
Hasan Jalal Vahtangian
Khachen
Safavid
Abbas I of Persia
Heraclius II of Georgia

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