Bedia Cathedral

Ochamchire, Georgia

Bedia Cathedral is a medieval Georgian Orthodox cathedral located in Bedia, in a disputed region on the Black Sea coast.

Bedia Cathedral was originally built at the close of the 10th century and consecrated in 999 on the behest of King Bagrat II of Abkhazians, who would go on to become King of the Georgians as Bagrat III and who was interred at the church after his death. The extant edifices, however, date back to the 13th-14th centuries and include a domed cruciform church, a belltower resting upon the northern narthex and the ruins of an old palace. The southern wall of the main church contains fragments of contemporary murals, including the portraits of Bagrat II and the representatives of the Dadiani noble family of Georgia.

In the Catholicate of Abkhazia, Bedia was the centre of a diocese and the seat of a bishop. In the 17th century, services were ceased, but resumed from the second half of the 19th century onwards.

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Founded: 999 AD
Category: Religious sites in Georgia

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Elguja Imerlishvili (5 years ago)
ბედიის მონასტერი — X საუკუნის ქართული მონასტერი ოჩამჩირის მუნიციპალიტეტში (აფხაზეთის არ).ისტორიული ცნობების თანახმად, ბედიის კომპლექსი X საუკუნის მიწურულს, დაახლოებით 999 წელს ააგო გაერთიანებული საქართველოს პირველმა მეფემ ბაგრატ III ბაგრატიონმა და შექმნა "საყდრად საეპისკოპოსოდ". ბედიის სამონასტრო კომპლექსი აღმართულია ოჩამჩირიდან 25 კმ-ის დაშორებით. სოფელ ბედიის ცენტრში. იგი ქართული ხუროთმოძღვრების ულამაზესი ნიმუშია. მასში დღეისთვის ღვთისმშობლის სახელობის ტაძარი, საეპისკოპოსო პალატა და სამრეკლოს ნაწილი შედის.სამონასტრო კომპლექსის მთავარ ნაგებობას წარმოადგენს ეზოს ცენტრში აგებული ბედიის ღმრთისმშობლის სახელობის ტაძარი, მისგან დასავლეთით შერჩენილია ბედიელ მიტროპოლიტთა ორსართულიანი სასახლე. ტაძარი მნიშვნელოვნად გადაკეთებულია XIII-XIV საუკუნეთა მიჯნისა და XV საუკუნეში. სამრეკლო XII-XIV საუკუნეების ნაგებობას წარმოადგენს, ხოლო საეპისკოპოსო პალატა აშენდა XV საუკუნეში ბედიელი მიტროპოლიტის - ანტონ ჟუანისძე-ს მიერ. ტაძრის ინტერიერში შემორჩენილია ფრესკული მხატვრობის სამი ფენა, რომელიც X-XI, XIII-XIV და XVI-XVII საკუნეებით თარიღდება.
Bacho Zarra (6 years ago)
Bedia Monastery - is located in village Bedia, Ochamchire district of Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, of Georgia.
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