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Early Christianity · Georgian OrthodoxJvari MonasteryMtskheta, GeorgiaFrom c. 590Jvari Monastery connects architecture, worship, local community, and world Christian history through a hilltop church at a sacred landscape tied to Nino traditions, early Georgian architecture, pilgrimage, weathering, and national Christian memoryRead the full history Medieval · Georgian OrthodoxSvetitskhoveli CathedralMtskheta, GeorgiaPresent cathedral built 1010–1029 on an earlier sacred siteGeorgia’s historic royal and patriarchal cathedral, built over a foundational sacred tradition and covered with layers of cross-dome architecture and fresco.Read the full history Medieval · Georgian OrthodoxAlaverdi CathedralKakheti, GeorgiaFrom c. 1010Alaverdi Cathedral connects architecture, worship, local community, and world Christian history through a towering cathedral built within an older monastery, royal patronage, fresco layers, invasions, wine culture, restoration, and living worshipRead the full history Medieval · Georgian OrthodoxChurch of the Virgin at Gelati MonasteryNear Kutaisi, GeorgiaBegun in 1106The royal monastic church founded by David the Builder, joining worship, learning, dynastic burial, mosaics, and fresco into Georgia’s medieval “new Athens.”Read the full history Medieval · Georgian OrthodoxGergeti Trinity ChurchKazbegi, GeorgiaFrom c. 1330Gergeti Trinity Church connects architecture, worship, local community, and world Christian history through an alpine church and bell tower whose remote landscape, wartime custodianship, pilgrimage, iconic photography, access, and parish use shape modern meaningRead the full history