Cathedral of the Georgian Icon of Our Lady

Beautiful Church and Monastery

Really beautiful cathedral housing the Georgian Icon of Mary, the centrepiece of Raifa Monastery. As well as this stunning icon which is behind glass and bedecked with jewels, the iconostasis is abso...

Here is a precise copy of the miraculous icon

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The case when the non-casist appearance does not correspond to the lush internal decoration. Although the Troitsky Cathedral is officially considered the main temple of the monastery, this cathedral attracts pilgrims more, ...

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...Contrast between the outer white-blue two-color cargo tower-like building of the church and the jungle gold binder of the iconosta shine in the flame of candles! Very beautiful!

Raifian Residence. Cathedral of the Georgian Icon of God's Mother

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The Cathedral is the place of residence of the main shrine of the Raif desert - the miraculous Georgian icon of the God's Mother (list from the Krasnogorsk image). Built in 1835-1842 years instead of the old ...

The cathedral is good, though heavy

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The Cathedral of the Georgian icon of God's mother. M.P. Corinthsky, 1835–1842. In the center of the monastery court there is a few loaded building in the style of late classicism. Over the two-light parallelpipid, the elevations ...