Ejmiatsin Church, Tbilisi

Ejmiatsin Church
File:Թիֆլիսի Սուրբ Էջմիածին Եկեղեցին.JPG The newly renovated Ejmiatsin Church in 2011
Basic information
Location	Avlabari district, Old Tbilisi, Georgia
Geographic coordinates
Affiliation	Armenian Apostolic Church
Architectural description
Architectural style	Armenian
Completed	18th century

The Ejmiatsin Church (Armenian: Էջմիածնեցոց Սուրբ Գևորգ եկեղեցի; Georgian: წმინდა ეჯმიაწინის ეკლესია) is an 18th-century Armenian Apostolic church in the Avlabari district of Old Tbilisi, Georgia. The church is adjacent to the Avlabari Square.

Gallery

• After renovation
• Ejmiatsin Church, Tbilisi.JPG

  Side view of the church

• Grounds of the Ejmiatsin Armenian Church, Tbilisi.JPG

  Walkway to the church grounds from Havlabar Square

• Էջմիածին եկեղեցի, Թիֆլիս.JPG

  Entrance to the church

• Site of the Ejmiatsin Church, Tbilisi.JPG

  Foundation and walls of the church

• Ejmiatsin Church, Tbilisi, lit up at night.JPG

  The church lit up at night

• Epitaph near the entrance to the Ejmiatsin Church, Tbilisi.JPG

  Memorial to the church benefactor near the entrance

• Altar of the Ejmiatsin Church, Tbilisi.JPG

  Altar

• Inside the dome of the Ejmiatsin Church, Tbilisi.JPG

  Dome and columns

• Խաչքար Թիֆլիսի Սուրբ Էջմիածին եկեղեցւոյ բակում.JPG

  Khachkar memorial to innocent victims of Tbilisi's April 9, 1989 crackdown.

• Havlabar Square.JPG

  Location of the church near Havlabar Square

• Before renovation
• Tbilisi - Avlabari Square.JPG

  The Ejmiatsin Church adjacent to Avlabari Square

• Ejmiatsin Armenian Cathedral, Avlabari, Old Tbilisi, Georgia.jpg

  Closeup of church (before renovation)

• Ejmiatsin Armenian Church, Tbilisi.png

  View of Ejmiatsin Church in its current state from Narikala fortres

• Ejmiatsin Armenian Church, Tbilisi (early 1900s).png

  Historical picture from the early 1900s

See also

• Church of the Red Gospel, a nearby 18th century Armenian church
• Armenians in Georgia

External links

• Photo of the Ejmiatsin Church