Parekhi
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Parekhi (Georgian: პარეხი or პარეხთა) is a Georgian medieval Orthodox monastery in historical Medieval Georgian Kingdom of Klarjeti (modern-day Artvin Province of Turkey).[1]
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Parekhi Monastery პარეხის მონასტერი | |
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Location | Province of Artvin, Northeast Turkey (historic Georgian principality of Klarjeti) |
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Type | Monastery, Church |
Completed | ninth century |
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The monastery is an illustration of the activity of St. Gregory's followers. Founded in 840s as a hermitage, it soon turned into a coenobium. Monastic buildings are sheltered by a horizontal ledge and form an organic whole with the surrounding landscape. Two ninth-century churches, a single-nave structure and a basilica, stand in the middle of the monastery next to each other.[2][3]