Blue Monastery

The Lurji Monastery, that is the "Blue Monastery", is a 12th-century Georgian Orthodox church built in the name of Saint Andrew in the Vere neighborhood of , .
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Georgian Orthodox
  • Description: Georgian Orthodox church in Tbilisi, Georgia
  • Also known as: “Church of Saint Andrew the First-Called” and “Lurji Monastery”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vera Park and Church of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian.

Park
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Church
Photo: Андрей Романенко, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Theater building
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The Tbilisi State Opera and Ballet Theater named after Zacharia Paliashvili, shortly Paliashvili Theatre, is an opera house situated on Rustaveli Avenue in , . is situated 1 km southeast of Blue Monastery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pikris Gora and Vera.

Neighborhood
is small, triangular shaped neighborhood in the Vera District of central portion of the Georgian city of . The neighborhood is bordered on the north by Merab Kostava Street, on the south by Petre Melikishvili Street, and on the west by Varaziskhevi Street.

Quarter
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is a quarter.

Photo: Moahim, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, is the capital city of the country of , lying on the banks of the Mtkvari River. The metropolitan area covers 726 km² and has a population of approximately 1.3 million.

Blue Monastery

Latitude
41.70792° or 41° 42′ 29″ north
Longitude
44.78899° or 44° 47′ 20″ east
Inception
12th century
Height
17 metres (56 feet)
Open location code
8HH6PQ5Q+5H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 188447537
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­georgian_orthodox
Wiki­data ID
Q7210949
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Turkish—“Blue Monastery” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Լուրջի վանք”
  • Azerbaijani: “Lurgi monastırı”
  • French: “Monastère bleu”
  • French: “monastère Lourdji”
  • French: “Monastère Lurji”
  • Georgian: “ლურჯი მონასტერი”
  • Georgian: “წმინდა ანდრია პირველწოდებულის ეკლესია”
  • Hebrew: “המנזר הכחול”
  • Russian: “Лурджи монастери”
  • Russian: “Лурджи монастырь”
  • Russian: “Синий монастырь”
  • Russian: “церковь Андрея Первозванного”
  • Turkish: “Lurji Manastırı”

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