Mokvi Cathedral
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Mokvi Cathedral
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| Location | Mokvi, Ochamchira district,  Georgia/ Abkhazia [1] |
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| Affiliation | Georgian Orthodox Church |
| Region | Caucasus |
| District | Ochamchira District |
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| Architectural style | Georgian; Cathedral |
| Completed | 10th century during the reign of King Leon III of Abkhazia |
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| 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]
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- ↑ 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.
