Dranda Cathedral
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| Dranda Cathedral | |
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| Location | Dranda, Gulripsh district, Abkhazia (Georgia) |
| Affiliation | Georgian Orthodox |
| Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Cathedral |
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| Completed | possibly 551 by Emperor of Rome Justinian I |
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Dranda Cathedral (Georgian: დრანდის ტაძარი) is a Georgian Orthodox Cathedral located in Dranda, in the Gulripsh district of the de facto independent Republic of Abkhazia, internationally recognised to constitute a part of Georgia.
According to the Roman historian Procopius of Caesarea, in 551 emperor Justinian I built a temple in these environs, this is believed by some to have been what is now the cathedral in Dranda. In the Georgian Orthodox Catholicate of Abkhazia, Dranda was the seat of a Bishop.
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