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Batumi Cathedral of the Mother of God

Coordinates: 41°39′00″N 41°39′00″E / 41.6500°N 41.6500°E / 41.6500; 41.6500
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The Church of the Mother of God (Georgian: ბათუმის ღვთისმშობლის სახელობის ეკლესია, batumis ghvtismshoblis sakhelobis eklesia) in Batumi is a Georgian Orthodox cathedral, originally built as a Catholic church early in the 1900s. A Gothic Revival design, the church is located in the Black Sea city of Batumi in Georgia's autonomous republic of Adjara.

The church was built as a Roman Catholic church through the sponsorship of the Zubalashvili brothers, Georgian Catholic businessmen, between 1898 and 1902. During the Soviet period the church was closed and converted into a high-voltage laboratory. In 1989 the church was transferred to the Georgian Orthodox Church. The Roman Catholics in Batumi now use the Church of the Holy Spirit, a modern structure consecrated in 2000.[1]

References

  1. ^ Batumi: sights. Official website of Batumi. Retrieved on May 10, 2009

41°39′00″N 41°39′00″E / 41.6500°N 41.6500°E / 41.6500; 41.6500