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Armazi (Georgian - არმაზი) was the highest god in Georgian pagan pantheon. According to Georgian chronicles it was a figure of soldier, made from gold, 30m height, with green eyes and sword in the right hand. Armazi was the heighest god of Georgians from IV BC to IV AD. Michelangelos depiction of God in the painting Creation of the Sun and Moon in the Sistine Chapel) This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism and derived henotheistic forms. ... Paganism (from Latin paganus) and Heathenry are catch-all terms which have come to connote a broad set of spiritual/religious beliefs and practices of a natural religion, as opposed to the Abrahamic religions. ... A Pantheon (Greek: παν, pan, all + Θεός, Theos, God), is a set of all the gods of a particular religion or mythology, such as the gods of Hinduism, Greek mythology, Norse mythology, and Egyptian mythology. ... A soldier is a person who has enlisted with, or has been conscripted into, the armed forces of a sovereign country and has undergone training and received equipment (such as a uniform and weapon) to defend that country or its interests. ... General Name, Symbol, Number gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 6, d Appearance metallic yellow Atomic mass 196. ... Swiss longsword, 15th or 16th century Sword (Old English: sweord; akin to Old High German: swerd, wounding tool; Proto-Indo-European: *swer-, to wound, to hurt) is a term for a long-edged, bladed weapon, consisting in its most fundamental design of a blade, usually with two edges for striking...


When Saint Nino, enlightener of Georgia entered Mtskheta, capital city of Kartli kingdom, she saw the celebration of Armazi (appr. it was in August). She began praying and by the grace of God idol was burnt by lighning. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Mtskheta is one of oldest cities of the republic of Georgia (in Kartli province of Eastern Georgia), near Tbilisi. ... Kartli is the largest and most populated province of Eastern Georgia. ... Divine grace is believed by Christians to be the sovereign favor of God exercised in the bestowment of blessings upon those who have no merit in them. ... Michelangelos depiction of God in the painting Creation of the Sun and Moon in the Sistine Chapel) This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism and derived henotheistic forms. ...


At the place of Armazi was built Jvari Monastery in VI-VII c. Jvari may mean Jvari, an ancient monastery in Georgia Jvari, a town in Georgia This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ...


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The Armazi Project: Project description (0 words)
Das Projekt, das von 1999 bis 2002 von der Volkswagen-Stiftung unterstützt wurde, setzte sich zum Ziel, einige sprachwissenschaftlich-philologisch ausgerichtete Institute der führenden Wissenschaftsinstitutionen Georgiens in den internationalen Datenverbund einzubinden.
The ARMAZI server is the result of an international project which was supported by Volkswagen Foundation within the program Common Roads to Europe
The project, which was supported by Volkswagen Foundation from 1999 to 2002, was aimed at introducing some philological departments of the main scientific institutions of the Republic of Georgia into the framework of the World Wide Web.
"Mtskheta" by Valerian Mamukelashvili - from Besiki Sisauir's Web Site (3651 words)
Armazi idol overlooked Mtskheta from the Bagineti Mountain.
It was on the blessed territory of Armazi that the father of Georgian historiography Ivane Djavakishvili touched the Georgian values.
Armazi and Seraphita have become the source of inspiration for many famous Georgian poets, giving new impulses to the Mtskheta topic.
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