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2012 the year of Kakheti

Author: By Tamar Khurtsia

With the goal of placing Kakheti, Georgia’s most sightseeing-rich region, in both the local and international spotlight, the government declared 2012 as the year for tourism in Kakheti.

On Tuesday, the Georgian National Tourism Administration (GNTA), which is responsible for tourism development policy, organized a presentation of Kakheti’s tourism development project. This project aims to help develop tourism activities in Kakheti, which is famous for its wine-making traditions, historic sites, attractive landscapes and beautiful lakes and forests.

The project envisions the creation of new tourist products, as well as improvement of service quality. It also envisages planning the events to promote the region’s potential. The funding - in total, 100 million lari – was allocated for Kakheti’s tourism development by the World Bank and the Georgian government.

“Kakheti is a must see for any visitors in Georgia, and that prompted us to develop the vast tourist resources of this region even further,” said Maia Sidamonidze, the Head of the GNTA, at a presentation, which was attended by Minister of Sustainable and Economic Development, Vera Kobalia and the Governor of the Kakheti Region, Giorgi Gviniashvili.

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Euro-renovation of Georgian Churches

Russia is removing Georgian cultural relics in Abkhazia

Author: By Zaza Jgharkava

In the 90’s, after expelling ethnic Georgians from Abkhazia, the Kremlin has continued to re-write the new history of the small break-away region: Russian companies have started converting the Georgian churches into Russian ones. As a result, with the motif of restoration, one-by-one, Georgian frescos and writings have disappeared from the churches, and after whitewashing the walls, their place is taken by Russian icons and ritual items. Tbilisi looks at the developing situation with alarm.

After the restoration of the St. George Church in Ilori, located in breakaway Abkhazia, the same fate will be shared by the Bedia Monastery – from where the fresco of Bagrat III, King of united Georgia, has already been removed.

Tbilisi fears that if the process of converting Georgian churches into Russian ones continues at this pace, the prayers or visitors would see no signs that remind them of the churches’ belonging to the Georgian cultural heritage.

Besides, Russian interest is not limited to restoration: attempts of integration with the so-called Abkhazian church into the Russian eparchy are already underway. Officially, the Abkhazian Orthodox Dioceses falls under the canonically-recognized territory of the Georgian Church as the Sokhumi-Abkhazian eparchy.

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