Jvari Monastery
By taxi or own car in the direction: Tbillisi-Mtskheta. Travel time: 27 min Mtskheta-Mtianeti
Description:
The monastery of the Holy Cross or Jvari is located in the area of the city of Mtskheta, located near Tbilisi. According to historians, the monastery was built where the first Christian community was founded by a woman missionary named Nino. According to legend, after prayer, the “Nino” stuck the cross into the ground where the Jvari Church was later built, a second temple was built nearby, presumably between 586 and 605.
The style in which the Jvari monastery is built is a fusion of Western and Eastern cultures adapted to local conditions.
Today, a significant part of the monastery is destroyed, but despite this, various religious festivals and rituals are held there.
You can get to the monastery by taxi. From Tbilisi to Mtskheta is about 19 kilometers, so the trip will take about 20 minutes.
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