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Church of St. Marine in Avlabari

St. Marine Church in Avlabari, Dusheti st. Located at .12. The church, according to historical boundaries, st. It was located in Tbilisi, on the territory of the old capital "ISN", in the XII sector north of Kakheti Square.

St. Marine Church in Avlabari The church is bounded by a fence according to the 1802 plan. There is a Georgian cemetery east of the fence. The fence extends to the south-north according to the plan, the temple standing in its western part.

According to the archival materials, the church of St. Marine was built in 1857 on the foundations of the abolished church "Mirkma" on the old cemetery, which was called "Sagodebeli" or "Place of Crying".

The temple was a basilica, built of white stone, covered with tiles, and later with tin. Attached to the west side was a several-story bell tower, the lower floor of which was an extension of the church. Near the bell tower there was an ascending whitewashed staircase to the choir. The iconostasis of the plank had three tiers.

In addition to the bell tower, council houses were built in the churchyard. A total of ten buildings stood with church storerooms. A one-story, balcony house built of lime mortar near the temple stood on the side of the courtyard.

St. Marine Church in Avlabarshi was abolished in 1934 because the bells were rung and taken away by order of the then government. The council houses in the churchyard had already been confiscated in 1934. The church congregation was forced to live in private apartments and suffered great material hardship.

From 1932, the deeds of acceptance of the temple property show that the list of properties does not include the buildings and bells that are in the yard.

According to Act N2 of 1938, the main icon of the Holy Marine Parish Church was moved to Zion.

By the order of the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Kalistrate Tsintsadze, the Holy Odik, Samiron, icons and clothes were taken to the candle warehouse. The parish of "St. Marine Church" was handed over to the parish of Zion.

The head of the church is Archimandrite Joachim Asatiani.