Mokvi Cathedral

Mokvi Cathedral მოქვის ეკლესია
Mokvi Cathedral
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Basic information
Location	Mokvi, Ochamchira district,  Georgia/ Abkhazia [1]
Geographic coordinates	42°50′06″N 41°30′28″E / 42.835°N 41.507778°ECoordinates: 42°50′06″N 41°30′28″E / 42.835°N 41.507778°E
Affiliation	Georgian Orthodox Church
Region	Caucasus
District	Ochamchira District
Architectural description
Architectural style	Georgian; Cathedral
Completed	10th century during the reign of King Leon III of Abkhazia
Specifications
Dome(s)	1

Mokvi Cathedral (Georgian: მოქვის ეკლესია) is a Georgian Orthodox Cathedral located in Mokvi, in the Ochamchira district of the de facto independent Republic of Abkhazia, internationally recognized to constitute a part of Georgia.

Mokvi Cathedral consists of five naves, built in the third quarter of the 10th century, during the reign of king Leon III of Abkhazia. According to a non-extant inscription (found by Patriarch Dositheos II of Jerusalem who visited Mokvi in 1659) the church was painted during the reign of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and David IV of Georgia.^[2] In the Catholicate of Abkhazia Mokvi was the seat of a Bishop at least until the 17th century.^[2]

References

1. Abkhazia's status is disputed. It considers itself to be an independent state, but this is recognised by only a few other countries. The Georgian government and most of the world's other states consider Abkhazia de jure a part of Georgia's territory. In Georgia's official subdivision it is an autonomous republic, whose government sits in exile in Tbilisi.
2. Акты собранные Кавказскою Археографическою Комиссиею (Acts of Caucasian Archeographic Commission), v. 5, pp. 1056-1057, cited by Экзеков, Мусса (2012). По обе стороны Большого Кавказа. Сборник документов (1-я половина XIX века). Том II. Питер. pp. 570–572. ISBN 9785459008906.

Online references

• Photograph of Mokvi Cathedral
• Photographs and background information (Russian)