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satellite image reported no visible damage to the church. The convent continued to function intermittently until being dissolved in 2010. In July 2015, the monastery was subjected to a "repair" process in which part of the frescoes were whitewashed or damaged; the floor in the bell-tower was covered
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During the August 2008 Russo-Georgian War, the area where the monastery is located fell under the control of
Russian and South Ossetian forces. As a result, the Georgian clergy and parish lost access to the Tiri church. In the immediate aftermath of the hostilities, a 19 August 2008
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Three stone inscriptions in
Georgian survive on the outer walls of the monastery: two on the north and south annexes of the church, respectively, and one on the bell-tower. The latter inscription, undated but probably made at the end of the 14th century in the medieval Georgian
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with concrete, and a new wall was built to encircle the church. The South
Ossetian authorities claimed ignorance and ordered the works to be suspended. Georgia's Ministry of Culture expressed concerns regarding "uncontrolled activities" at cultural monuments in breakaway
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was constructed adjacent to the west side of the church at the end of the 14th century by the
Tavkhelidze, who owned the monastery. In the 16th century Tiri passed to the princes Taktakidze, who built a family
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stone on the east door of the bell-tower, mentioning members of the
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and also undated, commemorates the certain treasurer Khela and Bevroz
Makhatlishvili. The third text, dated to 1682 and is inscribed in the north crypt of the church in
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The church of the
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inscription in the interior of the eukterion, making mention of the bishop
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text, arranged in twelve lines, which indicates that buried here is Rostom (died 1689), a son of the prince royal
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The Tiri monastery is located near the village of
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