Gelati Monastery

The Monastery of the Virgin - Gelati near Kutaisi (Imereti region of Western Georgia) was founded by the King of Georgia David the Builder (1089-1125) in 1106. Gelati Monastery File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Gelati Monastery File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Kutaisi (ancient names: Aea/Aia, Kutatisi) is Georgias second city in the western province of Imereti. ... Imereti is a historic province in Western Georgia, situated along the middle and upper reaches of the Rioni river. ... David the Builder (David IV Bagrationi) (1073 - January 24, 1125) was a King of Georgia (1089-1125). ... Events September 28 - Henry I of England defeats his older brother Robert Curthose, duke of Normandy, at the Battle of Tinchebrai, and imprisons him in Cardiff Castle; Edgar Atheling and William Clito are also taken prisoner. ...

The Gelati Monastery for a long time remained one of the main cultural and enlightening centers in old Georgia. It had an Academy which employed the most celebrated Georgian scientists - theologians and philosophers, many of whom had previously been active at various orthodox monasteries abroad or at the Mangan Academy in Constantinople. Among the scientists were such celebrated scholars as Ioann Petritsi and Arsen Ikaltoeli. Map of Constantinople. ...

Due to the extensive enlightening work carried out by the Gelati Academy, people of the time used to call it "a new Hellas", "a second Athos". Ancient Greece is the term used to describe the Greek-speaking world in ancient times. ... One of the 20 monasteries on Mount Athos Mount Athos is a mountain and a peninsula in Macedonia, northern Greece, called Άγιο Όρος (Ayio Oros or Holy Mountain) in Modern Greek, or Ἅγιον Ὄρος (Hagion Oros) in Classical Greek. ...

The Gelati Monastery has preserved a great number of murals and manuscripts dating back to the 12th-17th centuries. A mural is a painting on a wall, ceiling, or other large permanent surface. ... A manuscript (Latin manu scriptus written by hand), strictly speaking, is any written document that is put down by hand, in contrast to being printed or reproduced some other way. ...

In Gelati is buried one of the greatest Georgian Kings David the Builder (Davit Agmashenebeli in Georgian). David the Builder (David IV Bagrationi) (1073 - January 24, 1125) was a King of Georgia (1089-1125). ...

See also

• Culture of Georgia
• Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church

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