Following a medieval Georgian tradition of naming churches after particular places in theย Holy Land, the Dmanisi cathedral bears the name ofย Mount Zionย atย Jerusalem. The church is dated to the 6thโ7th century by the scholars suchย Giorgi Chubinashvili, Levan Muskhelishvili, and Vakhtang Beridze, but the traditional dating has recently been revised by the specialists such as E. Arjevanidze to the 9th century. It served as the seat of homonymous episcopal see until the diocese had to be dissolvedย c.โ1750. The see was reinstated in August 2003. According to the medieval Georgian chronicles, Dmanisi served as a burial ground to Kingย Vakhtang III of Georgia, who died in 1308; the tomb has not survived. Later, both the church and its yard were used as a necropolis by the noble family ofย Baratashviliย and their offshoot, theย Orbeliani, from the 16th century...
ย ย ย Read moreะ ะฐะทะฒะฐะปะธะฝั ะบััะฟะฝะพะณะพ ััะตะดะฝะตะฒะตะบะพะฒะพะณะพ ะณะพัะพะดะฐ-ะบัะตะฟะพััะธ ะะผะฐะฝะธัะธ. ะะปะพัะฐะดั ะณะพัะพะดะธัะฐ โ ะพะบะพะปะพ 25 ะณะฐ. ะะพัะพะด ะฒ VIIโXII ะฒะฒ. ะฑัะป ัะตะฝััะพะผ ะฐัะฐะฑัะบะพะณะพ-ะผัััะปัะผะฐะฝัะบะพะณะพ ะปะพะบะฐะปัะฝะพะณะพ ะณะพััะดะฐัััะฒะฐ ะัะผะฐะฝัััะบะพะณะพ ัะผะธัะฐัะฐ. ะะพัะพะด ะฑัะป ะพัะพะฑะพ ะทะฝะฐัะธะผัะผ ะฟะตัะตะฒะฐะปะพัะฝัะผ ะฟัะฝะบัะพะผ ะฝะฐ ะบะฐัะฐะฒะฐะฝะฝัั ะฟัััั โ ัะทะปะพะฒัะผ ัะตะฝััะพะผ ะพะดะฝะพะณะพ ะธะท ะพัะฒะตัะฒะปะตะฝะธะน ะะตะปะธะบะพะณะพ ะจัะปะบะพะฒะพะณะพ ะฟััะธ. ะะผั ะณะพัะพะดะฐ ะัะผะฐะฝัั ัะฟะพะผะธะฝะฐะตััั ะฒ ัะตะบััะต ะพะดะฝะพะณะพ ะธะท ัะตะดะตะฒัะพะฒ ะผะธัะพะฒะพะณะพ ะธัะบััััะฒะฐ, ะฒ ะพะฑัะฐะทัะต ัััะฝะพะณะพ ะฝะฐัะพะดะฝะพะณะพ ัะฒะพััะตััะฒะฐ โ ะพะณัะทัะบะพะผ ะฝะฐัะพะดะฝะพะผ ัะฟะพัะต ยซะะธัะฐะฑะธ-ะะตะดะต-ะะพัะบััยป (ยซะะฝะธะณะฐ ะผะพะตะณะพ ะดะตะดะฐ ะะพัะบััะฐยป).
ะกะพั ัะฐะฝะธะปะฐัั ัััั ัะตัะบะพะฒะฝะฐั ะฑะฐะทะธะปะธะบะฐ VIโVII ะฒะฒ, ะฒะพัััะฐะฝะพะฒะปะตะฝะฝะฐั ะฒ ะฝะฐัะฐะปะต XVIII ะฒ. ะััะฒะปะตะฝั ะณะพัะพะดัะบะธะต ััะตะฝั, ะฒะพัะพัะฐ, ะผะฝะพะณะพัะธัะปะตะฝะฝัะต ะฟะพัััะพะนะบะธ. ะะฐะนะดะตะฝ ะบะปะฐะด ะธะท 25 ะทะพะปะพััั ะธ ัะตัะตะฑััะฝัั ัะบัะฐัะตะฝะธะน XIIโXIII ะฒะตะบะพะฒ. ะะฐ ัะตััะธัะพัะธะธ ะะผะฐะฝะธัะธ ะฑัะปะธ ะพะฑะฝะฐััะถะตะฝั ะพััะฐะฝะบะธ ะฟะตัะฒัั ะตะฒัะพะฟะตะนัะตะฒ โ ะะตะทะฒะธ ะธ ะะทะธะธ.
ะะฑะฝะฐััะถะตะฝั ะพััะฐะฝะบะธ ะฒัะผะตััะตะณะพ ะฟัะตะดััะฐะฒะธัะตะปั ะณะพะผะธะฝะธะด โ Homo georgicus. ะ ะฐะฝะฝะตะฟะฐะปะตะพะปะธัะธัะตัะบะฐั ะบะฐะผะตะฝะฝะฐั ะธะฝะดััััะธั ะธะท ะะผะฐะฝะธัะธ, ะฒะพะทัะฐัั ะบะพัะพัะพะน ัะพััะฐะฒะปัะตั 1,8โ1,7 ะผะปะฝ ะปะตั, ัะฒะปัะตััั ะพะดะฝะพะน ะธะท ะดัะตะฒะฝะตะนัะธั ะบัะปัััั, ะพะฑะฝะฐััะถะตะฝะฝัั ะฒะฝะต ะััะธะบะธ. ะะผะฐะฝะธััะบะธะน ะดะพะฐัะตะปััะบะธะน ะบะฐะผะตะฝะฝัะน ะบะพะผะฟะปะตะบั ัะฒะปัะตััั ัะฐะผัะผ ัะฐะฝะฝะธะผ ะบะพะผะฟะปะตะบัะพะผ ะฒ ะะฒัะฐะทะธะธ. ะะพะปะตะต ะดัะตะฒะฝะธะผ, ัะตะผ ะดะผะฐะฝะธััะบะธะน ะดะพะฐัะตะปััะบะธะน ะบะฐะผะตะฝะฝัะน ะบะพะผะฟะปะตะบั, ัะฒะปัะตััั ะบะฐะผะตะฝะฝัะน ะบะพะผะฟะปะตะบั ะฒ ะัะพะฝ ะฝะฐ ะะปะธะถะฝะตะผ ะะพััะพะบะต (ะพะบะพะปะพ 2,4 ะผะปะฝ ะปะตั).
ะะฐ ัะตััะธัะพัะธะธ ะะผะฐะฝะธัะธ ะฒ ะฟะตัะธะพะด ะฒะตัั ะฝะตะณะพ ะธ ะฝะธะถะฝะตะณะพ ะฟะปะธะพัะตะฝะฐ ะพะฑะธัะฐะป ะฝัะฝัะต ะฒัะผะตััะธะน ะฒะธะด ัััะฐััะฐ โ Struthio dmanisensis. ะะธะด ะฑัะป ัะฐัะฟัะพัััะฐะฝัะฝ ะฒ ัะณะพ-ะฒะพััะพัะฝะพะน ัะฐััะธ ะะฒัะพะฟั ะฒ ะฟะพะทะดะฝะตะผ ะฟะปะธะพัะตะฝะต ะธ ัะฐะฝะฝะตะผ ะฟะปะตะนััะพัะตะฝะต (1,5โ1,8 ะผะปะฝ ะปะตั ะฝะฐะทะฐะด). ะัะธัั ะพะฑะธัะฐะปะธ ะฒ ัะธัะพะบะธั ััะตะฟัั ะธ ัะฐะฒะฐะฝะฝะฐั . ะะพััะฐัะพัะฝะพ ั ะพัะพัะพ ะฑะตะณะฐะปะธ, ััััะฟะฐั ะฟะพ ัะบะพัะพััะธ ัะพะฒัะตะผะตะฝะฝัะผ ัััะฐััะฐะผ. ะะพะทะผะพะถะฝะพ, ะฝะฐ ััะธั ะฟัะธั ะพั ะพัะธะปะธัั ะฟัะตะดะบะธ ะปัะดะตะน. ะััะตััะฒะตะฝะฝัะผะธ ะฒัะฐะณะฐะผะธ ะฑัะปะธ ัะฐะฑะปะตะทัะฑัะต ะบะพัะบะธ. ะัะธัั ะดะพััะธะณะฐะปะธ ะฒ ะฒััะพัั ะพั 3 ะดะพ 3,5 ะผ ะธ ะธะผะตะปะธ ะฒะตั ะดะพ 450 ะบะณ. ะััะปะตะดะพะฒะฐัะตะปะธ ะพัะฝะพััั ััะพั ะฒะธะด ะบ ะบััะฟะฝะตะนัะธะผ ะธะท ะบะพะณะดะฐ-ะปะธะฑะพ ะฝะฐะนะดะตะฝะฝัั ะฟัะธั ะกะตะฒะตัะฝะพะณะพ ะฟะพะปััะฐัะธั. ะญัะฐ ะฟัะธัะฐ ะธะผะตะปะฐ ะธะทััะฝัะต ะธ ะดะปะธะฝะฝัะต ะบะพะฝะตัะฝะพััะธ. ะ ะะผะฐะฝะธัะธ ะฑัะป ะฝะฐะนะดะตะฝ ะทัะฑ ะฝะพัะพัะพะณะฐ ะฒะพะทัะฐััะพะผ...
ย ย ย Read moreTerrifying, mad dog!!
We arrived later in the evening and the gate was open when we walked into the territory. We wanted to kindly approach the monk asking if there is a chance could put a tent next to the monastery, when this huge, scary, furious, and mad dog of his literally attacked us and then it attacked the monk itself who tried to hold it down. We were so lucky to save our legs from possibly very dangerous bites and quickly run away. I hiked for years in the region and never met such a mad and dangerous dog. Highly suggested to avoid this...
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