Samtavro Monastery

Samtavro Monastery is a church and monastery complex of Orthodox Georgia. The name translated from Georgian means “royal territory”. Located in the northern part of the city of Mtskheta. Dating back to the fourth century. The monastery was founded in 1820. Her patron saint was St. Nina, whose miraculous icon is located here. According to historical sources, Saint Nina was a Georgian enlightener and lived in this region. Preaching Christianity, she reached Mtskheta, where she lived in a hut in the north of the city. In her honor, King Mirian later laid a temple. The complex includes: the chapel of St. Nina, the blackberry bush (it has also been preserved since the fourth century), the Transfiguration Church with bas-reliefs in the form of a vine on the facade, the tombs of Mirian II and Nana, the family tree of Jesus, the relics of St. Father Gabriel and Aviv of Nekres, the bell tower, the church store, the monastery buildings.

You can get to the complex from Tbilisi by taxi, train, car on the E60 highway, excursion transfer.