One of the architectural highlights of Sukhumi is the Annunciation Cathedral. This is a classic cruciform in plan structure crowned with a dome, made in neo-Byzantine architectural style. Temple built by the Greek Orthodox community in the period from 1909 to 1915.

Initially, the church was consecrated in honor of St. Nicholas, and the beginning of the Great Patriotic War was known popularly as the Greek Nicholas Church. After the war, the temple received a new, higher status - the cathedral, consecrated in honor of the Annunciation, hence its popular abbreviated name - the Annunciation. But St. Nicholas has not been forgotten in this temple, and his name is honored in novopristroennom (1980) chapel.

In connection with the expansion of the parish in the 80-ies of the last century, under the leadership of Metropolitan David it was reconstructed and the overhaul of the building of the temple. Finish the more lateral extensions, landscaped the surrounding area, was built and consecrated a chapel in honor of St. Nicholas. Since the beginning of the new century to the centennial of the church in 2010, it has undergone major repair work. One of the major gifts to believers for the anniversary has become the central gilded dome of the cathedral, made the Chelyabinsk masters. His bright reflections can enjoy not only the congregation, but the sailors on the roads of the Sukhumi bay.

Today, the Annunciation Cathedral is the main cathedral of Pitsunda and Sukhumi-Abkhazian Eparchy of the Georgian Orthodox Church. Service in the cathedral conducted in four languages: Church Slavonic, Abkhazian, Greek and Georgian.