Bolnissi Cross

Bolnissi cross on the coat of arms of the city of Bolnissi

The Bolnissi cross is a Christian cross symbol that appears in Georgia for the first time at the end of the 5th century at the Bolnissi Sioni Church in Bolnissi in the Niederkartlien region (Kwemo Kartli) . It is said to have come from Emperor Constantine the Great .

Today the Bolnisi cross is used very often by the Georgian Orthodox Church , along with the cross of Saint Nino ( vine cross ).

literature

Michael Tarchnišvili: History of the Church's Georgian Literature (= Studi e Testi. 185, ZDB -ID 762276-4 ). Edited by K. Kekelidze on the basis of Volume 1 of the Georgian literary history. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Città del Vaticano 1955.
Elene Mačavariani: Bolnisis sionis samšeneblo carcera. Mec'niereba, T'bilisi 1985, (In Georgian script. Summary in Russian and French).
Andreas Groß: Missionaries and colonists. The Basel and Hermannsburg missions in Georgia using the example of the Katharinenfeld colony. 1818–1870 (= studies on oriental church history. Vol. 6). Lit, Hamburg 1998, ISBN 3-8258-3728-9 (also: Marburg, University, dissertation, 1998).
Roger Rosen: Georgia. A sovereign country of the Caucasus. Photography by Jeffrey Jay Foxx. Odyssey Publications, Hong Kong 1999, ISBN 962-217-502-3 .

Bolnissi Cross in the Jvari Monastery

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