Trip to Mtskheta

Tbilisi - Jvari - Mtskheta - Tbilisi

A short but spectacular journey will start from Tbilisi. You will drive to the east, where the city of Mtskheta awaits you. It has been the political center of Iberia since the 4th century BC, and later it was a special place where the missionary from Jerusalem, St. Nino, preached Christianity.

The city will surprise you with how much rich and diverse history it holds within its borders. As soon as you approach the town, you will see the Jvari Monastery rising from the mountain, which looks proudly at the confluence of Mtkvari and Aragvi. In the beginning, here, the first Georgian Christian king of Mirian built a wooden Cross, which later was embellished by the “Mtsire Jvari” Monastery. The small church did not satisfy the needs of the popular pilgrimage site, and the present building, or "Great Church of Jvari", is generally held to have been built between 590 and 605 by Guaram's son Erismtavari Stepanoz I.

To the south of the monastery, a narrow path leads to the spring of St. Nino.

The second, important cathedral is Svetitskhoveli, which is the mother cathedral of Georgia. This temple has undergone many changes and shifts like Jvari. The first small church built by king Mirian did not survive as well as the later one built by Gorgasali. The present Svetitskhoveli Cathedral was built between 1010 and 1029 by the architect Arsukidze, at the invitation of the Catholicos Melchizedek I of Georgia. It is to this glorious history that the famous Georgian writer Konstantin's novel "The Right Hand of the Grand Master" is echoed. Today, the monumental cathedral amazes many visitors with its arms extended to all four sides of the dome, its grandeur, and its lizard-like color.

Near here is the Samtavro monastery, where Mirian and Queen Nana rest.

The city and the region are interesting in many ways, diverse nature, an abundance of historical monuments and Georgian gastronomy will lure all sorts of visitors.

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