The Church and Archaeological Museum of the Holy Metropolis of Abkhazia.
The foundation of the newly created Church-Archaeological Museum of HMA was founded by Archimandrite Dorotheos (Dbar) at the New Athos Spiritual School in 2002. Since 2002 the Foundation has got an extensive collection of pre-revolutionary icons, books, lithographs, photographs and church utensils. In addition there are various architectural artifacts of the ancient Abkhazian temples in the Fund. The collection also contains paintings and graphic works of modern Abkhazian artists on religious topics.
Most exhibits of the Foundation have been discovered or acquired in Abkhazia from 2002 to the present day. The head of the Foundation is the Doctor of Theology, Archimandrite Dorotheos (Dbar).
The Church and Archaeological Museum of HMA will be placed in the eastern three –storey wing of the Monastery of Simon the Canaanite in New Athos. This building was used as an exhibition hall in the Soviet period.
The online exposition of the Foundation of the Church-Archaeological Museum of HMA is available in the official website of HMA (www.anyha.org.category/museum). Dear visitors of the website anyha.org! The administration of the Foundation of the Church-Archaeological Museum of HMA appeals to all residents of Abkhazia with a request for information or transfer of thematic materials and artifacts on the ancient and modern history of Christianity in Abkhazia to the Museum Fund.
Our address: The Republic of Abkhazia, Holy Metropolis of Abkhazia, Monastery of St. Apostle Simon the Canaanite in New Athos.
Contacts: Archimandrite Dorotheos (Dbar)
1. New Athos. Scheme of protection zones in the master plan system. Developed in 2002-2003 by Anzor Agumaa.
2. New Athos. Main drawing. Developed in 2002-2003 by Anzor…
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Coin of 1897, made of copper. The edge of the coin consists of many vertical notches. The obverse of the…
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State acts on the perpetual use of land by the collective farms of the villages of Anukhva and Anukhva-Armyanskaya of the Gudauta region of the Abkhaz ASSR. Only 3 acts, collected in a single hardcover with the heading of…
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In October 2022, Ibrahim Chkadua gave two old postcards to the Church and Archaeological Office of the Holy Metropolis of Abkhazia.
1.Caucasus. New Athos. Cell in the vineyard. 9×14 cm. Publication of…
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In October 2022, Ibrahim Chkadua gave 4 books to the Church and Archaeological Office of the Holy Metropolis of Abkhazia:
1. Takaishvili E. Description of the manuscripts of the Society for Propagation of…
Photos of the monastery of St. John the Baptist in the Soviet period:
1. Primary school students from the village of Ankhua in front of the Skete of St. John…
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On 5 October, 2022, Ibrahim Chkadua gave to the Church and Archaeological Museum of the Holy Metropolis of Abkhazia a collection of photographs of the Soviet era with views of the New Athos Monastery:
Hajek L., Forman W. u. B. Der Frühe Japanische Holzschnitt. Artia-Prag, 1957. — 102 p.
Book with exclusive design.
Transferred to the fund…
Solovyov V.S. Complete Works. Vol. III. SPb., 387 p.
There is a seal of the Institute of Abkhazian Culture of the ASSR of Abkhazia of the Academy of Sciences of…
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Illustrated Venice Guide. Guide Illustré de Venise. Б.м. и г.и. — 71 p.
Transferred to the fund of the Church and Archaeological Museum…
Handwritten scheme of the territory of the Mugudzyrkhva collective farm (modern village of Mgudzyrkhua, Gudauta district of the Republic of Abkhazia).
Symbols:
1. Board of the collective farm.
2. Railroad.
3. Highway.
Adjacent…
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Trebnik in the Abkhaz language. Tiflis, 1907. – 69 p. This original copy of Trebnik from the library of Yuri Argun (1939-2014). Donated to the fund of the Church-Archaeological Museum of the…
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В ночь на 27 апреля 2019 г. в монастыре святого апостола Симона Кананита в Новом Афоне состоялось торжественное…
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Вышел в свет третий номер религиозно-просветительского журнала Священной Митрополии Абхазии «Алашарбага».
В третьем номере журнала «Алашарбага» представлены…
Photo album, edition No. 2, supplemented. Monastery of St. Apostle Simon the Canaanite in New Athos, 2013 – 120p.
Publisher is I. Platonov. The author of the text is Hieromonk Andrey…
The Monastery of the Holy Apostle Simon the Canaanite in New Athos. Temple painting. New Athos, 2010. – 96 p. The project leader is Hieromonk Andrey (Ampar). The author of…
The Sacred Places of Abkhazia. The Orthodox Churches and Monasteries. Abkhazia, 2010. – 128 p.
This publication is blessed by the hierarchy of the Monastery of St. Apostle Simon the Zealot…
