Heading out of Rustavi, just 25 km (15 miles) from Gardabani, is David Gareja, a monastery that is one of the most unique and interesting sights of Georgia, on par with the cave cities of Vardzia and Uplistsikhe and the ancient city of Ushguli. The cave complexes that make up David Gareja are famous around […]
Today most of the population of Georgia practices Orthodox Christianity of the Georgian Orthodox Church: Greek Orthodoxy 65%; Muslim 11%; Russian Orthodox 10%; Armenian Apostolic 8%; Catholics, Baptists, Jews (6%). Georgia is one of the oldest Christian countries: it is considered to be an appendage of Holy Virgin. Here Christianity was first preached by the […]
