Khandzta
Sign in to saveKhandzta (, ) was a medieval Georgian monastery founded by Gregory of Khandzta in 782 AD. It has been identified as probably being the ruined monastery known as Porta, in Pırnallı village, Artvin province, Turkey.
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- Instance of
- church building
- Religion
- Christianity
- Country
- Turkey
- Located in
- Artvin Province
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- inception
- 0901-01-17
- Commons category
- Khandzta
- native label
- ხანძთა
- diocese
- Georgian Orthodox Church
- located in/on physical feature
- Black Sea Region
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Khandzta (, ) was a medieval Georgian monastery founded by Gregory of Khandzta in 782 AD. It has been identified as probably being the ruined monastery known as Porta, in Pırnallı village, Artvin province, Turkey.
==History== In 780 the future St Gregory of Khandzta moved to Tao-Klarjeti to revive Georgian monasticism in the region. He initially resided at the monastery of Opiza but then founded his own monastery at Khandzta in c782, and soon it became the center of monastic life in Tao-Klarjeti under his direction. Its influence lasted after his death in 861. In the 10th century, a local monk, Giorgi Merchule, wrote a Life of Gregory, celebrated as a masterpiece of Georgian medieval hagiography.
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