Tsalenjikha Cathedral

Tsalenjikha Cathedral
წალენჯიხის საკათედრო ტაძარი
Tsalenjikha Cathedral (front façade)
Religion
AffiliationGeorgian Orthodox Church
Location
LocationTsalenjikha, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
Tsalenjikha Cathedral is located in Georgia
Tsalenjikha Cathedral
Shown within Georgia
Geographic coordinates42°36′02″N 42°04′54″E / 42.600501°N 42.081718°E / 42.600501; 42.081718
Architecture
TypeChurch
StyleGeorgian
Completed12-14th century

The Tsalenjikha Cathedral Church of the Transfiguration of Savior (Georgian: წალენჯიხის მაცხოვრის ფერისცვალების საკათედრო ტაძარი, romanized: ts'alenjikhis matskhovris peristsvalebis sak'atedro t'adzari) is a medieval Georgian Orthodox cathedral at the town of Tsalenjikha, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region, Georgia.

The cathedral is administered by the Zugdidi and Tsaishi Eparchy of the Georgian Orthodox Church. It is best known for a unique cycle of murals which exemplifies the direct import of Byzantine Palaeologan style and even artists in Georgia.[1]

  1. ^ Eastmond, Antony (2004), Art and Identity in Thirteenth-Century Byzantium: Hagia Sophia and the Empire of Trebizond, p. 135. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., ISBN 0-7546-3575-9.