Church of St George

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The Church of St George is one of the principal medieval churches within Georgia’s Gelati Monastery complex, notable for its religious significance and traditional Georgian ecclesiastical architecture.

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Church of St George canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Georgian Orthodox church
church building
medieval church
architecturalStyle traditional Georgian ecclesiastical architecture
architecturalType cross-in-square church
associatedWith David IV of Georgia
surface form: King David IV of Georgia

medieval Georgian monastic scholarship
country Georgia
culturalSignificance important monument of medieval Georgian Christian architecture
denomination Georgian Orthodox Church
facesDirection east
function monastic church
hasConservationStatus protected monument of cultural heritage of Georgia
hasFeature apse
dome
fresco decoration
narthex
nave
stone carvings
heritageCriteria UNESCO cultural criterion (iv)
UNESCO cultural criterion (vi)
heritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Gelati Monastery"
isPrincipalChurchOf Gelati Monastery secondary ensemble
liturgicalTradition Byzantine rite
locatedIn Imereti
Kutaisi
locatedWithin Gelati monastic complex courtyard
materialUsed stone
namedAfter Saint George of Lydda
surface form: Saint George
near Gelati Monastery
surface form: Church of the Virgin (Gelati Monastery)

Gelati Monastery
surface form: bell tower of Gelati Monastery
partOf Gelati Monastery
period Middle Ages
region western Georgia
surface form: Western Georgia
religiousAffiliation Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
tourismType cultural tourism site
religious tourism site
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteExtension 2010
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1994
usedFor Christian worship
liturgical services
pilgrimage

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Gelati Monastery hasPart Church of St George