menu
or sign in with
Click here if you forgot your password

Already Member Click to Sign In

or join with
Click here if you forgot your password

Enter your email, instructions wil be sent to you in next 2 minutes

Click here Sign In

MATRQOPI MONASTERY

MARTQOPI MONASTERY dates back to the mid-sixth century when St. Anton, one of a group of monks known as the “Thirteen Syrian Fathers,” settled here. According to tradition, he lived on top of a pillar, thus following the Syrian practice of Stylitism. Soon a community of monks had gathered around him, which led to the foundation of a monastery that was subsequently named Martqopi (shortened from “Martodmqopi” – literally "one living in solitude," a hermit). Monastery is located about 25 km east of Tbilisi.