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The Monastery of the Virgin - Gelati near
Kutaisi (
Imereti region of Western
Georgia) was founded by the King of Georgia
David the Builder (1089-1125) in
1106.
The Gelati Monastery for a long time was one of the main cultural and intellectual centers in Georgia. It had an Academy which employed some of the most celebrated Georgian scientists, theologians and philosophers, many of whom had previously been active at various orthodox monasteries abroad or at the Mangan Academy in
Constantinople. Among the scientists were such celebrated scholars as
Ioane Petritsi and
Arsen Ikaltoeli.
Due to the extensive work carried out by the Gelati Academy, people of the time called it "a new
Hellas" and "a second
Athos".
The Gelati Monastery has preserved a great number of
murals and
manuscripts dating back to the 12th-17th centuries.
In Gelati is buried one of the greatest Georgian kings,
David the Builder (
Davit Agmashenebeli in
Georgian).
In
1994, Gelaty Monastery was recognized by
UNESCO as a
world heritage site.
Gallery
Image:Gelati Theotokos.jpg|Mother of God, mosaic fresco
Image:Gelati archangel.jpg|Archangel Michael, mosaic fresco
Image:Gelati Ascension.jpg|The Ascension, mural
Image:Georgia-DavidIV.jpg|David IV of Georgia, mural
Image:Gelati murals.jpg|Northern wall
Image:Gelati (4).jpg|Icon of St. George in front of the iconostasis
Image:Gelati (2).jpg|Looking up at the Christ Pantokrator in the dome
Image:Gelati (8).jpg|Icon of the Theotokos in the apse
Image:Gelati (state.gov).PNG|Shrine in the monastery church
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