Telovani church of the Holy Cross

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Telovani church of the Holy Cross
თელოვნის ჯვარპატიოსნის ეკლესია
Telovani church of the Holy Cross.
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41°58′49″N 44°32′53″E / 41.980340°N 44.548051°E / 41.980340; 44.548051 (Jvarpatiosani)
LocationKsovrisi, Mtskheta Municipality
Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia
TypeTetraconch

The Telovani church of the Holy Cross (

Mandylion. The church is inscribed on the list of Georgia's Immovable Cultural Monuments of National Significance.[1]

Layout

The church of the Holy Cross (Jvarpatiosani) is located in the Mtskheta Municipality, about 3 km east of the village of Ksovrisi, on the territory of the now-extinct settlement of Telovani.[2]

The building, measuring 9.7 × 10.5 m, is set in a triconch plan, with the transverse arms much narrower and lower than the sanctuary and the western arm. This makes the edifice somewhat elongated on the east-west axis. The church is built mostly of cobblestone; dressed limestone and travertine blocks are used in important structural elements and decoration. The building can be accessed through three doorways, all in the rectangular western arm. The projecting apse of the sanctuary is flanked by two apsed pastophoria. The transition from the rectangular bay to the dome circle is effected through squinches. The drum of the dome is octagonal, pierced with four windows and adorned with decorative arches. Both outer and inner walls were plastered. The church was substantially repaired and a belfry was annexed to the west wall in the 18th century. Systematic restoration took place between 1952 and 1954[2] and again in 2007.

The interior of the church bears fragments of the 9th–10th-century frescoes. They are heavily damaged, including an image of the

Abgar Legend and have influenced Georgian depictions of the Mandylion in the following centuries.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "List of Immovable Cultural Monuments" (PDF) (in Georgian). National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b Dolidze, V; Kintsurashvili, S; Sidamonidze, U; Tskitishvili, G, eds. (1990). საქართველოს ისტორიისა და კულტურის ძეგლთა აღწერილობა, ტ. 5 [Historical and cultural monuments of Georgia: Summa, vol. 5] (in Georgian). Tbilisi: Metsniereba. pp. 316–318.
  3. ^ Skhirtladze, Zaza (1999). "Under the Sign of the Triumph of Holy Cross: Telovani Church Original Decoration and Its Iconographic Programme". Cahiers archéologiques. 47: 101–118.
  4. ISBN 9789004278523
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