The Great Martyr Barbara, Barbare in Georgian, is widely venerated in Georgia. Her feast, Barbaroba, falls in December and is traditionally marked by baking a special bread, while many households prepare lobiani and sweet gomi porridge that day.
The church stands on the south-eastern edge of the Rustavi agglomeration, where the urban fabric has already ended and the plain of Gardabani Municipality begins. The spot is a border in the most literal sense, between an industrial town and the rural steppe, and the contrast reads straight from the road.
This is an ordinary parish with no tourist infrastructure. Come here as to a place that shows the edge of a large town from its unglamorous side.
📌 In brief
- A parish church in the name of the Great Martyr Barbara
- The south-eastern edge of the Rustavi agglomeration, Gardabani Municipality
- Barbaroba in December is marked with home baking
🚗 Getting there
- Landmark: the south-eastern exit from Rustavi towards Gardabani, at the edge of the built-up area
- The Build Route button will take you to the spot
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