Zedazeni Monastery ( ka, ზედაზნის მონასტერი) is a
Georgian Orthodox
The Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს სამოციქულო ავტოკეფალური მართლმადიდებელი ეკლესია, tr), commonly ...
monastery, located on the Zedazeni mountain the hills of
Saguramo, northeast to
Mtskheta
Mtskheta ( ka, მცხეთა, tr ) is a city in Mtskheta-Mtianeti province of Georgia. It is one of the oldest cities in Georgia as well as one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the World. Itis located approximately north of ...
and to the east side of the
Aragvi 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 based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth
Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesu ...
used to be a cult of
Zaden, the idol of fruitfulness.
References
{{Georgian Churches
Georgian Orthodox monasteries