Zedazeni Monastery ( ka, ზედაზნის მონასტერი) is a
Georgian Orthodox
The Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს სამოციქულო ავტოკეფალური მართლმადიდებელი ეკლესია, tr), commonl ...
monastery, located on the Zedazeni mountain the hills of
Saguramo Range, northeast to
Mtskheta
Mtskheta ( ka, მცხეთა} ) is a city in the Mkhare, region of Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia (country), Georgia. It is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It is locat ...
and to the east side of the
Aragvi
The Aragvi ( ka, wikt:არაგვი, არაგვი, tr ) and its basin are in Georgia (country), Georgia on the southern slopes of the Caucasus Mountains. The river is long, and its basin covers an area of . The ground strata are most ...
River.
The monastery was founded by Saint John, one of the
Holy Assyrian Fathers of Georgia whose mission was to strengthen Christianity in the region.
[David Khoshtari]
Zedazeni Monastery
Atinati 29.12.2020
History
Saint John founded the monastery in the 540s (6th century) on Zedazeni mountain, where prior to
Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion, which states that Jesus in Christianity, Jesus is the Son of God (Christianity), Son of God and Resurrection of Jesus, rose from the dead after his Crucifixion of Jesus, crucifixion, whose ...
used to be a cult of
Zaden, the idol of fruitfulness.
References
{{Georgian Churches
Georgian Orthodox monasteries