dakrZalulni “wminda mociqulTa sworni” mefe miriani da dedofali nana. 1030 -1040 wlebSi ki “zemo” eklesiis naSTebze macxovris saxelobis taZari aSenda. XI saukunis taZris qveS gvianantikuri nagebobisa da adreqristianuli eklesiis fenebis arseboba 2002 2003 wlebSi Catarebulma arqeologiurma eqspediciamac daadastura. 1010-1029 wlebSi qarTlis kaTalikos melqisedekis ganzraxviT, Zveli eklesiis naSTebze (IVs. xis eklesia, Vs. bazilika) agebuli sveticxovlis sakaTedro taZari Tormeti mociqulis saxelobisaa. taZris xuroTmoZRvaria arsukisZe, romlis saxelic warwerebSi orgzisaa moxseniebuli. erT-erTis (Crd. fasadi) Tanxmlebad gamokveTilia ostatis xelis da gonios gamosaxulebac. swored, sveticxovlis taZarSia davanebuli uflis kvarTi, romlis adgilasac XVI saukuneSi, kaTalikos nikoloz
stituted the earlier 4th century wooden chapel). The name of the architect of the temple, Arsukisdze, is twice mentioned in the stone slab inscriptions. Beside the one on the northern façade there is an image of the master’s right arm holding a setsquare.
VIII-m marTkuTxa koSkiseburi nageboba aRmarTa. sveticxovelSive mdebareobs uflis saflavis eklesiis simboluri asli – patara gumbaTiani samlocvelo (XVs.).
The Holy Robe of Jesus Christ is rested in this very temple, under a tower-like rectangular structure built in the interior of the Cathedral in the sixteenth century, in the times of Catholicos Nickolas VIII. In Svetitskhoveli there also is a symbolic imitation of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem – a small domed chapel built in the fifteenth century. The Svetitskhoveli Cathedral was the place of enthronement of many Georgian sovereigns throughout the centuries. It was a sepulchral church as well. Here were buried Kings Vakhtang Gorgasali, David VI, Giorgi VIII, Erekle II, Giorgi XII, King Rostom’s spouse Queen Mary and other representatives of the Royal Family.
am taZarSi araerTxel momxdara mefeTa kurTxevac. sveticxoveli samarxi taZaric iyo. aq arian dakrZaluli: vaxtang gorgasali, daviT VI, giorgi VIII, erekle II, giorgi XII, rostom mefis meuRle dedofali mariami da samefo ojaxis sxva warmomadgenlebi.
Nowadays Mtsheta has the status of a city-museum. Several monuments of the city – the Holy Cross Monastery, Svetitskhoveli, the Samtavro Nunnery and the Armaztsikhe-Bagineti Complex – were included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1994. n
dResdReobiT mcxeTa qalaqi-muzeumia. 1994 wlidan ki misi calkeuli Zeglebi – jvris monasteri, sveticxoveli, samTavros dedaTa monasteri da armazcixe-bagineTi UNESCO-s msoflio memkvidreobis nusxaSia Setanili. n