Tsughrughasheni ( ka, წუღრუღაშენის ეკლესია) is a

Georgian Orthodox The Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს სამოციქულო ავტოკეფალური მართლმადიდებელი ეკლესია, tr), commonly ...

church in the Bolnisi District,

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. It is situated approximately 2 kilometres from

Bolnisi Sioni Bolnisi Sioni ( ka, ბოლნისის სიონი) or Bolnisi Sioni Cathedral is a Georgian Orthodox basilica in the Bolnisi village of Bolnisi District, Georgia. The cathedral was built in 478–493. It is the oldest extant church ...

basilica, on the right bank of the Bolnisistsqali River. The church was built in 1212–1222 supposedly by King George IV Lasha of the

Bagrationi dynasty The Bagrationi dynasty (; ) is a royal dynasty which reigned in Georgia from the Middle Ages until the early 19th century, being among the oldest extant Christian ruling dynasties in the world. In modern usage, the name of the dynasty is som ...

. The Tsughrughasheni church resembles stylistically the other Georgian churches from the 12th to 13th century – Betania,

Kvatakhevi Kvatakhevi ( ka, ქვათახევი) is a medieval Georgian Orthodox monastery in Shida Kartli, Georgia, west of the nation’s capital of Tbilisi. The Kvatakhevi monastic complex is situated near the village Kavtiskhevi at the end of t ...

, Pitareti – but it is smaller than those and has a higher cupola. The plan of the church is right-angled. The church is rich with the Georgian traditional ornaments adorned.

Gallery

Image: Tsugrugasheni church (Photo A. Muhranoff, 2011)-5.jpg, Church gate Image: Tsugrugasheni church (Photo S.Troitsky, 2011).jpg, Tsughrughasheni Church Image: Tsugrugasheni church (Photo A. Muhranoff, 2011)-4.jpg, Exterior detail of the drum. Image: Tsugrugasheni church. Window of a southern facade (Photo A. Muhranoff, 2011).jpg, Window on the southern exterior facade. Image: Tsugrugasheni church. Window of western facade (Photo A. Muhranoff, 2011).jpg, Windows on the western exterior facade. Image: Tsugrugasheni church.Inscription of western facade (Photo A. Muhranoff, 2011).jpg, Inscription on the western exterior facade. Image: Tsugrugasheni church. Interior (Photo A. Muhranoff, 2011).jpg, Interior of the drum.

Bibliography

Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia The ''Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia'' ( ka, ქართული საბჭოთა ენციკლოპედია, ქსე) is the first universal encyclopedia in the Georgian language, printed in Tbilisi from 1965, the editor in chi ...

, P. Zakaraia, XI, p. 351, Tbilisi, 1987 {{Georgian Churches Churches in Georgia (country) Churches completed in 1222 13th-century Eastern Orthodox church buildings Buildings and structures in Kvemo Kartli Bolnisi 13th-century churches in Georgia (country)