Georgia Pilgrim package

Georgia Pilgrim package – (Pilgrim tour in Georgia: Katskhi pillar, Gelati Monastery ,Bagrati Cathedral) 

Katskhi Pillar – a natural limestone monolith, rises 130 feet from the ground outside the village of Katskhi in Western Georgia. At the top sits a church, a crypt, three hermit cells, and a curtain wall.  But one man has taken his devotion to new heights, literally.Maxime Qavtaradze, a 59-year-old monk, has lived a life of virtual solitude on top of a pillar high above his Georgian monastry for 20 years. It is also favorite destination in Georgia.Georgia Pilgrim package .

Motsameta Monastery is located 6 kilometers from Kutaisi. The present day church dates back to the 11th century. It is a small and very beautiful monastery with round turrets crowned with peaked tent-shaped domes. According to the legend the monastery was constructed on the place where Muslim aggressors executed David and Konstantin Mkheidze. It is also favorite destination praying.

Gelati Monastery– is a monastic complex near Kutaisi, Imereti, Western Georgia. It contains the Church of the Virgin founded by the King of Georgia David the Builder in 1106. And the 13th century churches of St George and St Nicholas. The Gelati Monastery for a long time was one of the main cultural and intellectual centers in Georgia. Many of whom had previously been active at various orthodox monasteries abroad or at the Mangan Academy in Constantinople.

Bagrati  cathedral -The Cathedral of King Bagrat in Kutaisi ranks among the best monuments of Georgian architecture. The constructions began in the last quarter of the 10th century and ended in 1003. During the time of flourishing feudal economy and culture in Georgia. The acropolis rose on a hill above the right bank of the Rioni River. Fb contact

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