Sioni Church (Bolnissi)
Coordinates: 41 ° 23 ′ 20 ″ N , 44 ° 30 ′ 45 ″ E
The Georgian Orthodox Bolnissier Sioni Church ( Georgian ბოლნისის სიონი ; bɔlnɪsɪs sɪɔnɪ ) is the oldest surviving, dated church in Georgia . It is located in Bolnissi in the Niederkartlien region , municipality of Bolnissi , on the left bank of the Bolnissiszqali river . According to an inscription located above the eastern entrance on the north wall, it was built between 478 and 493.
The Bolnissier Sioni Church is a three-aisled basilica . The walls are covered with carved turquoise blue square stone. The three naves are separated by five columns. The apse is semicircular.
The Bolnissi inscriptions on the church are famous . They are the oldest historical evidence of Georgian writing in Georgia.
From the Bolnissier Sioni Church also comes bolnisi cross next to the cross of the - that today the Holy Nino ( grapevine cross is often used by the Georgian Orthodox Church -).
The football club FC Sioni Bolnissi is named after the church.
literature
- W. Beridze, Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, Volume 2, Tbilisi, 1977, page 454 (Georgian)
- Sch. Amiranashvili, History of Georgian Art, Tbilisi, 1971, pages 113–118 (Georgian)
- W. Beridse, Bolnissi Sioni // Fresko, 1968, N2, pages 23–25 (Georgian)
- Edith Neubauer: Old Georgian architecture. Rock towns - churches - cave monasteries. Koehler & Amelang, Leipzig 1976, pp. 25-29
Web links
- Information about the Bolnissier Sioni Church, Dzeglebi.ge (Georgian)
- The Bolnissier Sioni Church on the pages of the Georgian Office for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage (Georgian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stephen H. Rapp: Studies In Medieval Georgian Historiography: Early Texts And Eurasian Contexts. Peeters Bvba, 2003, p. 316, ISBN 90-429-1318-5
- ^ W. Beridze, Georgische Sowjetenzyklopädie, Volume 2, Tiflis, 1977, page 454 (Georgian)