The Sharumianti Tsetskhlisjvari church stands on the western edge of the village, on a slope, in Dusheti Municipality. The name translates as Cross of Fire. The hall is about six metres by four, a later annexe runs along the whole southern side, and both volumes are laid of roughly worked stone in reddish and grey tones.
The entrance to the church leads in from the south, from the upper floor of the annexe, while the door to the lower floor is cut in the western part of the south wall: it is rectangular and framed by a thin architrave stone. The sanctuary is rectangular and its east wall holds one window, with a straight lintel inside and a vault with a stepped base outside.
A cross is engraved to the right of the window. A rectangular altar table stands beneath it with two stepped shelves on either side. Two niches are made in each of the south and west walls and one in the north, and a corbel that once carried an arch survives on the north and south walls a little above head height. Above the window of the east facade, in the gable itself, a relief ornament is carved on reddish stone.
💡 Tip
- The name translates as Cross of Fire
- An engraved cross to the right of the sanctuary window
- Relief ornament on the reddish stone of the east gable
🚗 Getting there
- Dusheti Municipality, Mtskheta Mtianeti
- The Build Route button will take you to the spot
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