Jakismani Monastery
| Jakismani Monastery of the Resurrection ჯაყისმანის აღდგომის სახელობის მონასტერი | |
|---|---|
 Jakismani Monastery | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Georgian Orthodox Church |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | Akhaltsikhe Municipality,Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia |
  Shown within Georgia | |
| Geographic coordinates | 41°31′05″N42°49′15″E/ 41.518162°N 42.820829°E |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Georgian;Monastery |
TheJakismani monastery(Georgian:ჯაყისმანის მონასტერი,jak'ismanis monasteri,also spelled Jaqismani) is a medieval monastic church inGeorgia,some 20 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of the town ofVale,Akhaltsikhe Municipality,Samtskhe-Javakhetiregion.It was repopulated by monks in 2010. The name "Jakismani" is a corruption of the Georgian "Jakisubani" (ჯაყისუბანი), "a district of Jaki".[1]
The Jakismani monastery is located in the historical province ofSamtskhe,within the Georgian-Turkishborder zone. It is accessible through a poor road only after crossing the Georgian border checkpoint. The monastery consists of a main church, named afterResurrection,two small chapels (one of them possibly apastophorium,i.e., a chamber to the side of the apse), and a ruinednarthex.The main church is a refinedhall churchdesign, architecturally dated to the 9th or 10th century and stylistically resembling features of the churches inJavakhetiandTao-Klarjeti.Close to the monastery, in the Potskhovi valley, stand the ruins identified with the medieval Jaki castle, a possession of theJakeli dynasty.[2]In 2006, the Jakismani monastery was inscribed on the list of the Immovable Cultural Monuments of National Significance of Georgia.[3]
Notes
[edit]- ^Silagadze 2012,pp. 120–121.
- ^Silagadze 2012,pp. 119–125.
- ^"საქართველოს პრეზიდენტის ბრძანებულება № 665"[Order of the President of Georgia #665].Sakartvelos Sakanonmdeblo Matsne(in Georgian). Tbilisi. 7 November 2006.Retrieved9 September2013.
References
[edit]- Silagadze, Nino (2012)."ჯაყისმანის (ჯაყისუბნის) მონასტრის უძველესი ნაგებობის დათარიღების საკითხისათვის"[Towards the Date of the Earliest Building of Jakismani Monastery in Southern Georgia](PDF).Proceedings of the Institute of Georgian History(in Georgian and English) (Special: To the Splendid Hermitage Places of Klarjeti): 119–133.