ბიეთის ღვთისმშობლის ეკლესია | |
.jpg) Ruins of the Bieti church. | |
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| 41°44′35″N 43°06′21″E / 41.743056°N 43.105833°E | |
| Location | Akhaltsikhe Municipality, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia |
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| Type | Cross-in-square church (ruined) |
The Bieti church of the Mother of God (Georgian: ბიეთის ღვთისმშობლის ეკლესია, romanized: bietis ghvtismshoblis ek'lesia) is a ruined Georgian Orthodox church in the Akhaltsikhe Municipality in Georgia's south-central region of Samtskhe-Javakheti. Dated to the latter half of the 14th century, the Bieti church was built in a domed cross-in-square plan. After the dome collapsed in 1930, only the conch of the sanctuary and pastophoria remained standing. After some preparatory cleaning and conservation works, reconstruction was commenced in 2019. The church is inscribed on the list of Georgia's Immovable Cultural Monuments of National Significance.[1] There is another medieval Georgian church known as Bieti situated in what is now the disputed territory of South Ossetia.[2]
- ^ "List of Immovable Cultural Monuments" (PDF) (in Georgian). National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ Gamkrelidze, Gela; Mindorashvili, Davit; Bragvadze, Zurab; Kvatsadze, Marine, eds. (2013). "Bieti [ბიეთი]". ქართლის ცხოვრების ტოპოარქეოლოგიური ლექსიკონი [Topoarchaeological dictionary of Kartlis tskhovreba (The history of Georgia)] (PDF) (in Georgian). Tbilisi: Georgian National Museum. p. 111. ISBN 978-9941-15-896-4.