SAPARA CROSS-DOMED CHURCH
235 Km from Tbilisi
13 th - 14 th CC
Sapara – a medieval Georgian monastery located in 12 km to the south-east from the town of Akhaltsikhe. The first records of Sapara date back to the X century and in the 13th-14th centuries the monastery included 12 churches and chapels.
In the 16th century, during the sway of the Ottomans, monks left the monastery. The monastery life was renewed in Sapara in 1988.