Mokvi Cathedral

Mokvi Cathedral
მოქვის ეკლესია
Mokvi Cathedral; მოქვის ეკლესია
	Mokvi Cathedral
	Shown within Georgia (country)
Basic information
Location	Mokvi, Ochamchira district, Georgia/ Abkhazia
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Affiliation	Georgian Orthodox Church
Region	Caucasus
District	Ochamchira District
Architectural description
Architectural style	Georgian; Cathedral
Completed	10th century during the reign of King Leon III of Abkhazia
Specifications
Dome(s)	1

Mokvi Cathedral (Georgian: მოქვის ეკლესია) is a Georgian Orthodox Cathedral located in Mokvi, in the Ochamchira district of the de facto independent Republic of Abkhazia, internationally recognized to constitute a part of Georgia.

Mokvi Cathedral consists of five naves, built in the third quarter of the 10th century, during the reign of king Leon III of Abkhazia. According to a non-extant inscription (found by Patriarch Dositheos II of Jerusalem who visited Mokvi in 1659) the church was painted during the reign of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and David IV of Georgia.^[2] In the Catholicate of Abkhazia Mokvi was the seat of a Bishop at least until the 17th century.^[2]

References

↑ Abkhazia's status is disputed. It considers itself to be an independent state, but this is recognised by only a few other countries. The Georgian government and most of the world's other states consider Abkhazia de jure a part of Georgia's territory. In Georgia's official subdivision it is an autonomous republic, whose government sits in exile in Tbilisi.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Акты собранные Кавказскою Археографическою Комиссиею (Acts of Caucasian Archeographic Commission), v. 5, pp. 1056-1057, cited by Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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