TY - JOUR AU - Avtandil Tordia, PY - 2022/06/17 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Svaneti and Christianity JF - KREBSI JA - zssu VL - IS - 12-13 SE - HUMANITIES DO - 10.52340/zssu.2022.09 UR - https://journals.zssu.ge/index.php/zssu/article/view/43 SP - AB - <p>The publication deals with the issues of the spread of Christianity in Svaneti. The article clarifies that during the Middle Ages – from the XIII century the church of Svaneti was divided into two parts. The church of Kvemo Svaneti was ruled by the Bishop of Tsaisheli, and the church of Zemo Svaneti – by the Bishop of Lechkhumi. In the XIV-XV centuries, Svaneti church was ruled by Chorbishops. From the XVI-XVII centuries, the influence of the kings of Imereti, Tsaisheli and Tsagereli on the church of Svaneti decreases and it becomes formal.</p> ER -