Jakismani Monastery Explained

Building Name:Jakismani Monastery of the Resurrection
ჯაყისმანის აღდგომის სახელობის მონასტერი
Map Type:Georgia
Map Size:275
Location:Akhaltsikhe Municipality, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia
Coordinates:41.5182°N 42.8208°W
Religious Affiliation:Georgian Orthodox Church
Functional Status:Active
Heritage Designation:Immovable Cultural Monument of National Significance
Architecture:yes
Architecture Type:Georgian
Monastery

The Jakismani monastery (Georgian: ჯაყისმანის მონასტერი, jak'ismanis monasteri, also spelled Jaqismani) is a medieval monastic church in Georgia, some 20km (10miles) southwest of the town of Vale, Akhaltsikhe Municipality, Samtskhe-Javakheti region. It was repopulated by monks in 2010. The name "Jakismani" is a corruption of the Georgian "Jakisubani" (ჯაყისუბანი), "a district of Jaki".

The Jakismani monastery is located in the historical province of Samtskhe, within the Georgian-Turkish border zone. It is accessible through a poor road only after crossing the Georgian border checkpoint. The monastery consists of a main church, named after Resurrection, two small chapels (one of them possibly a pastophorium, i.e., a chamber to the side of the apse), and a ruined narthex. The main church is a refined hall church design, architecturally dated to the 9th or 10th century and stylistically resembling features of the churches in Javakheti and Tao-Klarjeti. Close to the monastery, in the Potskhovi valley, stand the ruins identified with the medieval Jaki castle, a possession of the Jakeli dynasty. In 2006, the Jakismani monastery was inscribed on the list of the Immovable Cultural Monuments of National Significance of Georgia.[1]

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  1. საქართველოს პრეზიდენტის ბრძანებულება № 665. Sakartvelos Sakanonmdeblo Matsne. 7 November 2006. 9 September 2013. Order of the President of Georgia #665. Tbilisi. ka.