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На северо-западной стороне от входа в соборный храм св. великомученика Пантелеимона расположена церковь св. мученика Иерона. Здание церкви…

A memorial plaque with an inscription in Greek has been preserved in the Orthodox Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God in the village of Lykhny, located next to…

Located on the slope of the Anakopya Mountain between the walls of the citadel and the 2nd defensive wall of the Anakopya Fortress, it was investigated by famous Abkhazian archaeologist Mikhail Trapsh in 1957-1958.

This is a small church with…

1. Clearing the ruins of a little-known church in Bzhylua (Ankhua)
2. A stone with fragments of frescoes from the ruins of the church in the village of Bzhylua (Ankhua, Gudauta district)
3….

THE TEMPLE ON THE MOUNTAIN OF AQUY (АҚӘИ-НЫХА) IN ANKHUA VILLAGE

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Mount Aquy (abh. Ақәи/Ақәҩы, later named Mount Athos) and the village with the same name Aquy are located above…

On 24 September, 2018, an expedition consisting of Archimandrite Dorotheos (Dbar), Ruslan Pandaria, Alkhas Argun and Mark Trapsh visited the top of Mount Aquy (Mount Athos), located at an altitude of…

The Church of St. George (Ayerg-nykha) in the village of Paquash,Ochamchyra district, Eastern Abkhazia.
Photos by Georgy Zakhartsev.
 
The coordinates of the church: 42°48’12.8″ North latitude, 41°34’43.05″ Eastern longitude:
 

 

 
The exact date of the Church construction is unknown.
 
Probably the Church Of Transfiguration existed in the village of Mikhailovka (Guma) in the beginning of XXth century.
 
However, nobody knows where the church was precisely located. It is possible that…

Supposedly the church was built in the XIth century. There is one hall with an apse in the church . Nowadays the foundation of the church has remained with the socle of the wall, as well as the Holy…

On behalf of Community of the Orthodox Christianity in the Caucasus,” the Bishop of Imereti Gabriel (picture №1) went to Abkhazia to review the Orthodox parishes (religious communities) in 1868.
 
On May 17 he visited the village of Duripsh….

The wooden church of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ was built in the village of Achandara (Abkhazia, Gudauta district) in 1869. The church was a part of the Abkhazian…

On 1876 the monks from Mount Athos (Greece) arrived in Abkhazia. They built a temple in New Athos. It was their first temple in honor of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin. The construction of the temple was over…