Nabakhtevi Virgin Mary Church
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Nabakhtevi Virgin Mary Church | |
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ნაბახტევის ღვთისმშობლის ეკლესია | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Georgian Orthodox Church |
District | Khashuri Municipality |
Region | Caucasus |
Status | Active |
Location | |
Location | Nabakhtevi,Khashuri Municipality,![]() |
Geographic coordinates | 42°03′39″N43°39′58″E/ 42.06083°N 43.66611°E |
Architecture | |
Style | Georgian;Church |
Completed | 15th century |
Nabakhtevi Virgin Mary Church(Georgian:ნაბახტევის ღვთისმშობლის ეკლესია) is a church inGeorgia,in villageNabakhtevi,Khashurimunicipality.
History
[edit]This 15th century monument in Nabakhtevi was built by the order ofKutsna Amirejibiin Cheratkhevi ravine.
The hall church and bell tower are included in Nabakhtevi Virgin Mary church complex. The hall church (14.5 × 9.35) is built by greyhewnstones. The church has two entrances – from the west (brick) and from the north. There are two semicircular riches and a window in a semicircularapse.There is the representation ofVirgin- the frescoHoly Virgin in Paradise,who sits on the throne with saints.
Church wall-painting was done in 1412–1431, stylistically it belongs to the wider circle of theByzantine art.[1]Some compositions are relocated at theArt Museum of Georgia. The painting on the separating wall of the hall and after is with three registers: the argus – eye represented in the top register, Abraham's hospitability in the second, and church fathers and Svimeon Mesvete in the third.
In 2006, Nabakhtevi Virgin Mary church was indicated as a National Cultural Monuments of Georgia.
Literature
[edit]- Lortkipanidze I., Nabaxtevi paintings, Tbilis, 1973
References
[edit]- ^Byzantinoslavica Volume 36. Page 131. 1975