Pitsunda Cathedral

Pitsunda Cathedral
Pitsunda Cathedral
Basic information
Location	Pitsunda, Gagra district, Abkhazia (Georgia)
Affiliation	Georgian Orthodox
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Cathedral
Architectural description
Completed	10th century by King Bagrat III of Georgia
Specifications

Pitsunda Cathedral (Georgian: ბიჭვინთის ტაძარი) is a Georgian Orthodox Cathedral located in Pitsunda, in the Gagra district of the de facto independent Republic of Abkhazia, internationally recognised to constitute a part of Georgia. The cathedral is currently used by the Abkhazian Orthodox Church and serves as that body's seat, although this usage is disputed by the Republic of Georgia and is considered irregular by the Eastern Orthodox communion.

Pitsunda Cathedral was built at the end of the 10th century by King Bagrat III of Georgia. It served as the seat of the Georgian Orthodox Catholicate of Abkhazia until the late 16th century when Abkhazia came under the Ottoman hegemony.

The cathedral contains vestiges of wall-painting from the 13th and the 16th centuries.