120 km from tbilisi
IV-IX CC
St. Nino Convent is located in 2 km from Signaghi. The cathedral was constructed in IV century AD, on the tomb of St. Nino who introduced Christianity in Georgia. Bodbe Episcopacy was founded in V century by Vakhtang Gorgasali. In 1837 Bodbe monastery was closed. In 1889 by Decree of the Russian emperor, Alexander III, Bodbe Convent was opened. In 1924 the Bolsheviks closed the monastery. In 1991 the monastery life was restored in Bodbe.