Sunday, November 10, 2013

Spiritus Sanctus




The Sameba Cathedral is erected on the Elia Hill, which rises above the left bank of the Kura River(Mtkvari) in the historic neighborhood of Avlabari in Old Tbilisi.
Designed in a traditional Georgian style but with an exaggerated vertical emphasis, and regarded as an eyesore by many and venerated by as many others,[6] the Sameba Cathedral has a cruciform plan with a dome over a crossing which rests on eight columns. At the same time, the parameters of the dome is independent from the apses, imparting a more monumental look to the dome and the church in general. The dome is surmounted by a 7.5 metre tall cross covered with gold.
The cathedral consists of nine chapels (chapels of the ArchangelsJohn the BaptistSaint Nino,Saint GeorgeSaint Nicholas, the Twelve Apostles, and All Saints); five of them are situated in a large, underground compartment. 


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