Bedia Cathedral

Bedia Cathedral is a medieval Georgian Orthodox cathedral located in , in the of Abkhazia, a disputed region on the coast.
Wikipedia
Photo: Inalo1989, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Orthodox
  • Description: medieval Georgian Orthodox cathedral

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Agubedia and Bedia.

Village
is a village in the of , a partially-recognized state but nominally part of . As of 2011, the village had a population of 787, of which 75.7% were ethnic Abkhaz and 23.1% were ethnic Georgians with others being Russians, Mingrelians and Ukrainians.

Village
is a village in the / of , a breakaway region of . As a result of the Georgian dispute over the sovereignty of Abkhazia, Georgia claims the village as part of its . is situated 6 km southwest of Bedia Cathedral.

Town
Photo: Alsandro, Public domain.
Tkvarcheli is a town in , a breakaway region of . It is situated on the river Ghalidzga and a railway connects it with . Akarmara, an area within the town, is a ghost town with abandoned apartments and factories which became uninhabited in the early 1990s due to the War in Abkhazia, and is home to just 35 residents today. is situated 8 km north of Bedia Cathedral.

Bedia Cathedral

Latitude
42.77934° or 42° 46′ 46″ north
Longitude
41.67136° or 41° 40′ 17″ east
Open location code
8HJ3QMHC+PG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 257431533
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­orthodox
Wiki­data ID
Q2471241
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Turkish—“Bedia Cathedral” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Бедиатәи аберҭыԥ”
  • Armenian: “Բեդիայի եկեղեցի”
  • Armenian: “Բեդիայի վանք”
  • Armenian: “Բեդիայի տաճար”
  • Bashkir: “Бедиа соборы”
  • Belarusian: “Бедыйскі сабор”
  • Belarusian: “Бэдыйскі сабор”
  • Catalan: “Catedral de Bedia”
  • Chinese: “貝迪亞主教座堂”
  • Czech: “Bedijská katedrála”
  • Danish: “Katedralen i Bedia”
  • Dutch: “Bediakathedraal”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائيه بيديا”
  • Georgian: “ბედია”
  • Georgian: “ბედიის ეკლესია”
  • Georgian: “ბედიის მონასტერი”
  • Greek: “Καθεδρικός ναός της Μπέντια”
  • Greek: “Καθεδρικός Ναός της Μπέντια”
  • Hebrew: “קתדרלת בדיה”
  • Mingrelian: “ბედიაშ მონასტერი”
  • Polish: “Katedra Blacherneńskiej Ikony Matki Bożej”
  • Polish: “Katedra w Bedii”
  • Portuguese: “Catedral de Bedia”
  • Russian: “Бедийский собор”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de Bedia”
  • Swedish: “Katedralen i Bedia”
  • Turkish: “Bedia Katedrali”

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