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Georgian Orthodox Church In Azerbaijan
The Georgian Orthodox Church is a major part of Orthodox Christianity in Azerbaijan. Georgian Churches in Azerbaijan are under jurisdiction of Eparchy of Khornabuji and Hereti. ხორნაბუჯისა და ჰერეთის ეპარქია 
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Georgian Orthodox Church
The Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს სამოციქულო ავტოკეფალური მართლმადიდებელი ეკლესია, tr), commonly known as the Georgian Orthodox Church or the Orthodox Church of Georgia, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church in full communion with the other churches of Eastern Orthodoxy. It is Georgia's dominant religious institution, and a majority of Georgian people are members. The Orthodox Church of Georgia is one of the oldest churches in the world. It asserts apostolic foundation, and that its historical roots can be traced to the early and late Christianization of Iberia and Colchis by Andrew the Apostle in the 1st century AD and by Saint Nino in the 4th century AD, respectively. As in similar autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Christian churches, the church's highest governing body is the holy synod of bishops. The church is headed by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lekarti Monastery
The Lekarti church of St Nino ( ka, ლექეთის წმინდა ნინოს ტაძარი; az, Ləkit məbədi) is a Georgian Orthodox Church located 2 km north-east of the village of Lekit of Qakh District, northwestern Azerbaijan, on the border with Georgia. The village's oldest name "Lekarti" (Georgian: ლექართი) is of Georgian origins and means "the place of Georgians". Among the Dagestani Lezgins the village is also known as "Georgians' village". In written historic courses which have been saved up to the present, the village has been mentioned for the first time in a Georgian Gospel's ''Anderdzi'' (postscript), written in 1300-1310, during the reign of king George V the Brilliant of Georgia. It is said that catholicos of Georgia Ekvtime III visited Lekarti Saint Nino church, then part of the Kak-Eliseni district of the Kakheti province of Kingdom of Georgia. Janashvili, Mose, "History of Georgia", Second edition by Zakaria Chichinadze, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Church Monastery 2
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Seven Church Monastery Complex
Seven Church monastery complex ( az, Yeddi Kilsə monastır kompleksi) - is one of the oldest Christian monasteries in Azerbaijan and in Caucasus, and is a Caucasian Albanian Apostolic monastery located near the village of Ləkit Kötüklü in the Qakh Rayon of the Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ... republic.Ахундов Д.А. - Архитектура древнего и раннесредневекового Азербайджана. Баку: 1986 References Church of Caucasian Albania church buildings Christian monasteries established in the 5th century 5th-century churches {{Christian-monastery-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balakən - Katex Kəndində Qədim Kilsə
Balakən (; av, Билкан) is a city and the administrative centre of the Balakan District of Azerbaijan. The city is situated at the foot of the Greater Caucasus Mountains and on the Balakan river, a tributary of the Alazani River. Etymology According to the ''Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Place Names'', the name ''Balakan'' may be derived from an Old Georgian word "ბელის კანი (belis k'ani)" meaning "skin of a bear cub". History Throughout its history, the city was ruled by different kingdoms and khanates. In 1918–1920, Balakan was disputed between Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and Democratic Republic of Georgia until both countries were occupied by Soviet Russia and the city became part of Azerbaijan SSR. In 1965, Balakan gained city status after the Azerbaijani government's approval.Balakan Government's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katekhi Church
The Katekhi Church ( ka, კატეხის ეკლესია; az, Katex kilsəsi) is a Georgian Orthodox Church located in the village of Katex of Balakan District, northwestern Azerbaijan, on the border with Georgia.ანანია ჯაფარიძესაქართველოს ისტორიის ატლასი გგ. 16-19. See also *Church of Kish The Church of Kish ( az, Kiş kilsəsi; ka, გიშის ეკლესია), also known from different sources as Church of Saint Elishe ( az, Müqəddəs Yelisey kilsəsi, hy, Սուրբ Եղիշէ եկեղեցի; Latinised Saint Eliseus) ... References Sources * '' დიმიტრი ჯანაშვილი (ინგილო ჯანაშვილი)'' — გეოგრაფიული და ისტორიული აღწერა ჰერეთისა // მოგზაური. - 1901. N10.- გვ.937-945 External links კატეხის ტაძ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qum Məbədi1
Qom (also spelled as "Ghom", "Ghum", or "Qum") ( fa, قم ) is the seventh largest metropolis and also the seventh largest city in Iran. Qom is the capital of Qom Province. It is located to the south of Tehran. At the 2016 census, its population was 1,201,158. It is situated on the banks of the Qom River. Qom is considered holy in Shi'a Islam, as it is the site of the shrine of Fatimah bint Musa, sister of Imam Ali ibn Musa Rida (Persian: ''Imam Reza''; 789–816). The city is the largest center for Shi'a scholarship in the world, and is a significant destination of pilgrimage, with around twenty million pilgrims visiting the city every year, the majority being Iranians but also other Shi'a Muslims from all around the world. Qom is also famous for a Persian brittle toffee known as ''sohan'' (Persian: ), considered a souvenir of the city and sold by 2,000 to 2,500 "sohan" shops. Qom has developed into a lively industrial center owing in part to its proximity to Tehran. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basilica In Qum Village
The Gum basilica is a three-aisled, domed Caucasian Albania, Albanian temple of the 6–7th centuries, located in the Qum, Azerbaijan, Gum village of the Qakh District, Gakh district of Azerbaijan. In the scientific literature, the temple is called a basilica,. Has typological similarities with some earlier temples in Armenia and Georgia History The Gum basilica is one of the earliest explored monuments of the Christian period in the Caucasian Albania. For the first time, the monument was introduced into the scientific use by Alexander Khakhanov, A.S.Khakhanov, who gave a brief description of it in a report of the expedition to the Caucasus. Subsequently, the basilica was thoroughly examined and studied by Giorgi Chubinashvili, G.N.Chubinashvili and Pyotr Baranovsky, P.D.Baranovsky, who dated the temple with the 6th century. The basilica is identified with the temple built in the village of Gomenk, mentioned in the work of Movses Kaghankatvatsi, Moses Kalankatuysky the "History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
