Kvareli, Georgia
Nekresi Monastery
The Nekresi Monastery is a Georgian Orthodox monastery in the eastern Georgian region of Kakheti, founded in the 6th century. Perched on one of the easternmost spurs of the Greater Caucasus crest, the monastery is part of the larger historic site of Nekresi, once a flourishing town of the Late Antiquity. In medieval Georgian literary tradition, beginnings of monasticism at Nekresi are associated with the 6th-century monk Abibos, known for Christian proselytizing and combating Zoroastrianism.
- City
- Kvareli
- Country
- Georgia
- Category
- Religious
- Suggested visit
- About 45 minutes
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