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TBILISI – Sameba Cathedral – Holy Trinity
The walls of Sameba Cathedral are decorated with numerous icons, some of which were painted by Patriarch Catholicos Ilya II himself, who, by the way, consecrated the Cathedral. Ilya II is the author of up to 20 paintings and icons, which are v [...]

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TBILISI – The Holy Trinity Tsminda Sameba Cathedral
Built in year 2004, the Holy Trinity Tsminda Sameba Cathedral is also called the symbol of new Georgia. The beauty and sizes of cathedral are indeed breathtaking, and rises magnificently on the hill of the St. Ilya, on the left bank of the Kur [...]

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TBILISI – Vakhtang I Gorgasali
Vakhtang I Gorgasali (c. 442– 502), of the Chosroid dynasty, was a king of Iberia, natively known as Kartli (Eastern Georgia) in the second half of the 5th and first quarter of the 6th century. He is one of the founders of Georgian statehood, [...]