Captivating Georgia | Part 2 - Ceddys Random

 

Hello Folks, Welcome to another travel blog. And for today's content, I am writing about my recent trip to Georgia. This is my 2nd-day trip and one of the highlights of the tour.

This is Jvari Monastery at Mtskheta Eastern Georgia

Travel Time...

We left our hotel around 1:30 in the afternoon.  We have a personal tour guide and a driver with a coach service. And it took us approximately 20 to 30 mins drive to reach the site all the way from Tbilisi.

Architecture...

Jvari Monastery is a Georgian Orthodox Monastery that existed for the last 6th century. It is situated on a rocky mountaintop hill overlooking the town of Mtskheta.

 It is currently a Unesco World Heritage Site that survived to the present day that's almost unchanged.

Breathtaking View...

The breathtaking view within the monastery is surreal. If you're into nature things, You would definitely love the scene. We arrived at the spot around 2PM, and the weather was a bit gloomy and cold. and the parking lot was full of coasters, some of them were locals and other tourists wanting to check out the monastery. 

Some of the pictures I took below:

The good thing about us is that we're able to help with our local tour guide and make it easy to reach the top.

The local tour guide explained to us about the architecture of the monastery. The monastery was strengthened by a "controforse" wall. So that it would look like it's growing from the mountain. It's an example of the harmonic relation of architecture with nature. 

Bas-Relief of the Monastery...

Ascension of the Cross, bas-relief above the southern entrance of the Jvari Monastery

Relief is a term for a sculptural technique where the sculpted elements are attached to a solid background of the same material. And the monastery has a lot of it. Ranging from a Georgian Nobleman of Iberia to the Ascension of the Cross. I took a picture of it. See above for your reference.

Inside of Jvari Monastery...

I still have plenty of time to roam around the area and I went inside the monastery. The fact that this is a 6th-century old structure, yet Georgian is still able to retain whatever needed to be preserved inside. Using the night mode on the DSLR, I was able to capture some shots inside.

Here are some pictures:

The above image is Saint Nino, a female evangelist credited with converting King Mirian III of Iberia to Christianity,(credits from Wikipedia) 

Above Picture: View of the dome and the wooden cross

The most important part of being a Christian: is I light up a candle and pray.

It took Us around an hour to finish checking what's in the area. Afterward, the local tour guide transferred us to another Orthodox Church. But I'm going to share that content on my next blog :)

I hope you guys enjoy reading this content. And Looking forward to seeing you on my next  Part 3 of my Tour to Georgia :)

As always, Stay Safe :) 

-Ceddy