The Jakismani monastery (Georgian: ჯაყისმანის მონასტერი, jak'ismanis monasteri, also spelled Jaqismani) is a medieval monastic church in Georgia, some 20 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of the town of Vale, Akhaltsikhe Municipality, Samtskhe-Javakheti region. It was repopulated by monks in 2010. The name "Jakismani" is a corruption of the Georgian "Jakisubani" (ჯაყისუბანი), "a district of Jaki".[1]
| Jakismani Monastery of the Resurrection ჯაყისმანის აღდგომის სახელობის მონასტერი | |
|---|---|
 Jakismani Monastery | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Georgian Orthodox Church |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | Akhaltsikhe Municipality, Samtskhe-Javakheti,  Georgia |
  Shown within Georgia | |
| Geographic coordinates | 41°31′05″N 42°49′15″E / 41.518162°N 42.820829°E |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Georgian; Monastery |
The Jakismani monastery is located in the historical province of Samtskhe, within the Georgian-Turkish border zone. It is accessible through a poor road only after crossing the Georgian border checkpoint. The monastery consists of a main church, named after Resurrection, two small chapels (one of them possibly a pastophorium, i.e., a chamber to the side of the apse), and a ruined narthex. The main church is a refined hall church design, architecturally dated to the 9th or 10th century and stylistically resembling features of the churches in Javakheti and Tao-Klarjeti. Close to the monastery, in the Potskhovi valley, stand the ruins identified with the medieval Jaki castle, a possession of the Jakeli dynasty.[2] In 2006, the Jakismani monastery was inscribed on the list of the Immovable Cultural Monuments of National Significance of Georgia.[3]
Notes
edit- ^ Silagadze 2012, pp. 120–121.
- ^ Silagadze 2012, pp. 119–125.
- ^ "საქართველოს პრეზიდენტის ბრძანებულება № 665" [Order of the President of Georgia #665]. Sakartvelos Sakanonmdeblo Matsne (in Georgian). Tbilisi. 7 November 2006. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
References
edit- Silagadze, Nino (2012). "ჯაყისმანის (ჯაყისუბნის) მონასტრის უძველესი ნაგებობის დათარიღების საკითხისათვის" [Towards the Date of the Earliest Building of Jakismani Monastery in Southern Georgia] (PDF). Proceedings of the Institute of Georgian History (in Georgian and English) (Special: To the Splendid Hermitage Places of Klarjeti): 119–133.