• The present building, or "Great Church of Jvari", is generally held to have been built between 590 and 605. It is based on the Jvari inscriptions on its façade.
  • A fabulous panoramic site near the town of Mtskheta, just over 20 kilometres north of Tbilisi, hosts the monastery of Jvari.
  • Jvari is an example of a harmonic relationship between architecture and nature. The temple, which appears to be growing from the mountain, was built on a cliff.
  • Jvari Monastery is the most famous monastery in Georgia. You can see it on the road to Tbilisi if you drive from Batumi. ... There are several ways to get to Jvari.
  • Jvari Monastery is one of the most iconic in Georgia. ... Unlike most Orthodox churches, Jvari is beautiful with its simplicity, rigour and clarity of lines.
  • The Jvari church had a great impact on the further development of Georgian architecture and served as a model for many other churches.
  • Jvari Monastery (Region of Mtskheta-Mtianeti). ... A small church was erected over the remnants of the wooden cross in 545 named the “Small Church of Jvari”.
  • I guess the name of the monastery was based on this cross as Jvari Monastery is translated as ” The Monastery of the Holy Cross”.
  • However, its limited capacity led to the construction of the larger "Great Church of Jvari" between 590-605 by Stepanoz I, according to the Jvari inscriptions.