Zedazeni Monastery ( ka, ზედაზნის მონასტერი) is a
Georgian Orthodox
The Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს სამოციქულო ავტოკეფალური მართლმადიდებელი ეკლესია, tr), commonly ...
monastery, located on the Zedazeni mountain the hills of
Saguramo, northeast to
Mtskheta and to the east side of the
Aragvi
The Aragvi ( ka, არაგვი) and its basin are in Georgia on the southern slopes of the Caucasus Mountains. The river is long, and its basin covers an area of . The ground strata are mostly sandstone, slate, and limestone. The Zhinv ...
River.
The monastery was founded by Saint John, one of the
Holy Assyrian Fathers of Georgia whose mission was to strengthen Christianity in the region.
[David Khoshtari]
Zedazeni Monastery
Atinati 29.12.2020
History
Saint John founded the monastery in the 540s (6th century) on Zedazeni mountain, where prior to
Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.38 billion followers representing one-third of the global pop ...
used to be a cult of
Zaden
Zaden (; ka, ზადენი, tr) was, according to the medieval Georgian chronicles, the god of fruitfulness in a pre-Christian pantheon of the ancient Georgians of Kartli (Iberia of the Classical sources). King Parnajom of Iberia (109– ...
, the idol of fruitfulness.
References
{{Georgian Churches
Georgian Orthodox monasteries