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Church of King David - Kutaisi, in the Imereti region, Western Georgia
Upon his death, King David was, as he had ordered, buried under the stone inside the main gatehouse of the Gelati Monastery so that anyone coming to his beloved Gelati Academy stepped on his tomb first, a humble gesture for a great man.


Church of King David - Kutaisi, in the Imereti region, Western Georgia


Svetitskhoveli Orthodox Cathedral, Georgia
Known as the burial site of Christ's mantle, Svetitskhoveli has long been one of the principal Georgian Orthodox churches and is among the most venerated places of worship in the region. The present structure was completed in 1029 by the medieval Georgian architect Arsukisdze, although the site itself dates back to the early fourth century.
Svetitskhoveli is considered an endangered cultural landmark; it has survived a variety of adversities, and many of its priceless frescoes have been lost due to being whitewashed by the Russian Imperial authorities.


The Mtkvari river
The Mtkvari river starts in northeastern Turkey and flows through Turkey to Georgia, then to Azerbaijan, where it receives the Aras as a right tributary, and enters the Caspian Sea. The total length of the river is 1,515 km.


Maria Engelbrecht & Jeannine "Sidonia" Ferreira visiting the Cathedral of Saint Sidonia - Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, Georgia


Maria Engelbrecht at the Cathedral of Saint Sidonia - Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, Georgia


Jeannine "Sidonia" Ferreira at the Cross of St. Nino from the vine, Gelati Monastery, Georgia


Jeannine "Sidonia" Ferreira, SB Daniel Kicknadze, Maria Engelbrecht visiting the Cathedral of Saint Sidonia - Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, Georgia


Jeannine "Sidonia" Ferreira & Maria Engelbrecht visiting the Gelati Monastery, Georgia


Maria Engelbrecht at the Cross of St. Nino from the vine, Gelati Monastery, Georgia


Memorial for Saint Sidonia and inside is the remnants of the 7th pillar with the healing properties of Jesus' robe.


Jeannine "Sidonia" Ferreira visiting St. Nino’s first cross at the Cathedral of Saint Sidonia - Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, Georgia


Maria Engelbrecht visiting St. Nino’s first cross at the Cathedral of Saint Sidonia - Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, Georgia


Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, Georgia


Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, Georgia


Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, Georgia


Cathedral of Saint Sidonia - Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, Georgia


Jeannine "Sidonia" Ferreira visiting Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, Georgia


Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, Georgia


Jeannine "Sidonia" Ferreira visiting Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, Georgia at night


Jeannine "Sidonia" Ferreira visiting Gelati Monastery, Georgia


Zodiac Mural - Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, Sidonia Church – Georgia


Jeannine "Sidonia" Ferreira, Father GIORGI, SB Daniel Kiknadze and Maria Engelbrecht visiting the Cathedral of Saint Sidonia - Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, Georgia


Jeannine "Sidonia" Ferreira at a scale model of the Cathedral of Svetitskhoveli (literally the Cathedral of the Living Pillar)


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Maria Engelbrecht & Jeannine "Sidonia" Ferreira visiting Zodiac Mural - Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, Sidonia Church – Georgia


Jeannine "Sidonia" Ferreira visiting the Cathedral of Svetitskhoveli (literally the Cathedral of the Living Pillar)


Maria Engelbrecht & Jeannine "Sidonia" Ferreira visiting Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, Sidonia Church – Georgia


Mtskheta Svetitskhoveli Cathedral - Tomb of Vakhtang Gorgasali


The truth will set you free!

“After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes,
with palm branches in their hands"
Revelation 7:9 ESV

We love because God first loved us.
1 John 4:19 ERV

Luke 14:12-14 
12 Then Jesus said to his host, “When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or sisters, your relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid. 13 But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, 14 and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”