Kashveti Church
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| Construction year: | 1904-1910 |
| Location: | 41 ° 41 '52.6 " N , 44 ° 47' 57.6" E |
| Address: |
Rustavelis Gamsiri Tbilisi , Georgia |
| Purpose: | Georgian Orthodox Apostle Church [[]] |
The Kashveti Church ( Georgian ქაშვეთის ეკლესია ) is a Georgian Orthodox church in Tbilisi , located on Rustawelis Gamsiri Boulevard and in the Alexander Gardens.
Building history
The building was erected from 1904 to 1910 on the site of an older church, which was donated by Prince Amilachwari in the 18th century and which was accidentally badly damaged by his own cannon fire, at noon, according to the time display. The previous chapel was also bombed by unintentional cannon fire from the Alexandergarten. The head of the church at the time, Markos Tqemaladze, decided to build a new church. This church was designed by the German architect L. Bilfeldt. When planning the project, he used the Samtawisi Cathedral as a model and designed a church with two floors for the simultaneous holding of services in Russian and Georgian.
The name Kaschweti means stone birth and refers to the legend of the Georgian saint Dawit Gareja . A pregnant woman accused him of being the father of her child, and then prophesied that the woman would give birth to a stone, which is what happened. According to another representation, its foundation should consist of the stones with which the first Christians of Tbilisi wanted to stone their missionary.
The rich reliefs of the Kashveti Church were created by the Georgian architect Neopite Agladze. The church interior is decorated with encaustic wall paintings by the Georgian painter Lado Gudiashvili from 1947. The writer, governor general and military leader Grigol Orbeliani was buried in the church.
literature
- Beridze, W., Kaschweti . Soviet Georgian Encyclopedia. Vol. 10, Tiflis 1986, p. 495.
Web links
- Kashveti Church, burusi.wordpress.com (Georgian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Thea Kvastiani, Vadim Spolanski, Andreas Sternfeldt: Georgia - On the way between the Caucasus and the Black Sea . Ed .: Bernd Schwenkros, Detlev von Oppeln. 6th edition. Trescher Verlag, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-89794-207-3 , pp. 159 f .