The church of the Kirakoza nasoplari stands in the Samtsevrisi area of Bolnisi Municipality. The hall is laid of stone fragments of varying size and shape, with roughly worked large blocks placed at the corners. The door is cut in the west wall and covered by an architrave of a large greenish stone of irregular shape.
A narrow window with a straight lintel is cut in each of the east, south and west walls. The apse is semicircular and clearly drawn, with openings made in the wall on either side of it at window level. The vault is divided in two by a hanging load bearing arch on corbels, and a stone slab with a cross whose arms widen at the ends survives on a projection of the west facade. A roughly cut shelf like cornice survives in places.
The main thing here is at the right end of the door architrave: three crosses and an Armenian building inscription are carved there. From it we know that a priest restored the church in fifteen thirty one, which means the building itself is older than that date.
💡 Tip
- An Armenian building inscription on the door architrave
- A hanging arch on corbels divides the vault in two
- A stone cross with widening arms on the west facade
🚗 Getting there
- Samtsevrisi village, Bolnisi Municipality, Kvemo Kartli
- The Build Route button will take you to the spot
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