Church
Zion Cathedral
110 locals recommend,
Location
3 Sioni St
T'bilisi, Tbilisi
Tips from locals
Sioni has been Cathedral of Georgia for decades until Sameba (trinity) church was built few years ago.
Sioni Cathedral was first built by King Vakhtang Gorgasali in the V-th century. However, it was reconstructed in the 6th and 7th centuries. Restored in 1657.
The Tbilisi Sioni Cathedral is situated in historic Sionis Kucha (Sioni Street) in downtown Tbilisi, with its eastern façade fronting the right embankment of the Kura River. It was initially built in the 6th and 7th centuries. Since then, it has been destroyed by foreign invaders and reconstructed several times. The current church is based on a 13th-century version with some changes from the 17th to 19th centuries. The Sioni Cathedral was the main Georgian Orthodox Cathedral and the seat of Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia until the Holy Trinity Cathedral was consecrated in 2004.
The Tbilisi Sioni Cathedral is situated in historic Sionis Kucha (Sioni Street) in downtown Tbilisi, with its eastern façade fronting the right embankment of the Kura River. It was initially built in the 6th and 7th centuries. Since then, it has been destroyed by foreign invaders and reconstructed s…