Church of the Holy Spirit (Batumi) explained

Church of the Holy Spirit
Native Name:სულიწმიდის კათოლიკური ეკლესია
Building Type:Church
Location:Batumi, Georgia
Owner:Catholic Church
Inauguration Date:2000
Architect:Oleg Pataridze and Giorgi Baghoshvili

The Church of the Holy Spirit (Georgian: სულიწმიდის კათოლიკური ეკლესია) is a Roman Catholic church in the Black Sea city of Batumi, Georgia’s autonomous republic of Adjara. It was constructed in the late 1990s by the Georgian architects Oleg Pataridze and Giorgi Baghoshvili and consecrated in 2000.[1]

The building replaced the earlier church which was confiscated by communists during the Soviet occupation but since 1989 serves as the Georgian Orthodox Cathedral of the Mother of God.

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Notes and References

  1. ბათუმის სული წმიდის სახელობის კათოლიკური ეკლესია The Batumi Church of the Holy Spirit . Catholic Church in Georgia. Retrieved on May 10, 2009