Kashveti Church (Church of St. George)
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Kashveti Church (St. George) - Orthodox church, located in the capital of Georgia - Tbilisi, on the city's central Rustaveli Avenue, near the building of the Parliament of Georgia. Kashveti is a fine example of Georgian religious architecture of the first half of the twentieth century.

The name of the temple was due to an ancient legend, which is directly connected with the place where the church is located today. According to this legend, the famous Georgian saint Reverend David Gareji slandered pregnant woman claimed that he seduced her. It is at this point the eyes of the people of Monk touched his staff belly of a pregnant woman and said, "Child, who is your father." Then sounded the name of a pagan. According to legend, a woman, slandered David, gave birth to a child, but a stone. The words that form the title of this church, "quasi" and "seam" with the Georgian language are translated respectively as "rock" and "birth".

The current church building was erected in 1910. The author of the project was made by a local architect of German origin, Leopold Bielefeld. The church was built on the site of the former heavily dilapidated temple, built by Prince Givi Amilakhvari in 1742 Old Church had the same name - Kashveti. However, it was not the first church on the site. According to historical data, the church at the same place stood still since VI Art.

Church of St. George (Kashveti) - it is almost a replica of the famous church Samtavisi, which is a fine example of medieval church architecture. The temple is richly decorated with stone carvings, made by Georgian craftsmen from family Agladze. In Kashveti can see the miraculous icon of St. David, through which the Church became known throughout the country.

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