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The architect of this beautiful church had his hand cut off after completion, to ensure he never created another masterpiece like it. Svetitskhoveli Cathedral The name means literally, "the Living Pillar Cathedral": in the 1st century AD a Georgian Jew from Mtskheta named Elias was in Jerusalem when Jesus was crucified. Elias bought Jesus’ robe from a Roman soldier at Golgotha and brought it back to Georgia. Returning to his native city, he was met by his sister Sidonia who upon touching the robe immediately died from the emotions engendered by the sacred object. The robe could not be removed from her grasp, so she was buried with it. The place where Sidonia is buried with Christ's robe is preserved in the Cathedral. Later, from her grave grew an enormous cedar tree. Ordering the cedar chopped down to build the church, St. Nino had seven columns made from it for the church’s foundation. The seventh column, however, had magical properties and rose by itself into the air. It returned to earth after St. Nino prayed the whole night. It was further said that from the magical seventh column a sacred liquid flowed that cured people of all diseases. In Georgian sveti means "pillar" and tskhoveli means "life-giving" or "living", hence the name of the cathedral. The current building is from 1010 AD and is a very sacred place to the Georgians. It has a very special feel about it, and even for an agnostic like me, the place blew me away. Most other churches we have visited on this trip I have been ready to leave and move on; but here I could have stayed for hours. It surprised me greatly that I actually found it quite emotional. |
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| Author | Grete Howard from Bristol, England |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Grete Howard at https://www.flickr.com/photos/11683866@N06/8109262239. It was reviewed on 4 October 2014 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0. |
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