🇬🇪❤️ Georgia is celebrating the Day of Commemoration of a Hundred Thousand Martyrs.
According to legend, in 1226, Khwarezmid sultan Jalal ad-Din waged war against the Mongols, and wanted to unite all the peoples of Central Asia and the Caucasus. Georgian queen Rusudan refused to obey him and he brought his army into Georgia. With the help of the Persians, he captured Tbilisi and ordered that all icons should be brought from the cathedral church and placed in the center of the bridge over the Mtkvari (Kura) River. The invaders brought people to the bridge, ordering them to stomp the holy icons laid out on the bridge and spit on them. Those who betrayed the Christian faith and insulted icons were spared their lives, while Orthodox confessors were beheaded.
As it has been written in the manunoscripts, one hundred thousand Georgians, who bowed to the holy icons, gave their lives. Their severed heads and decapitated bodies were thrown from the bridge into the river and carried downstream. Tbilisi, along with all its temples, was plundered and practically destroyed.
ℹ️ Vehicle traffic on the Metekhi Bridge in the capital is prohibited from Saturday evening to Sunday 21:00. Thousands of believers come there on this day. A prayer service is held there and the icon of a hundred thousand martyrs is solemnly carried out.
📷 photos from different years
According to legend, in 1226, Khwarezmid sultan Jalal ad-Din waged war against the Mongols, and wanted to unite all the peoples of Central Asia and the Caucasus. Georgian queen Rusudan refused to obey him and he brought his army into Georgia. With the help of the Persians, he captured Tbilisi and ordered that all icons should be brought from the cathedral church and placed in the center of the bridge over the Mtkvari (Kura) River. The invaders brought people to the bridge, ordering them to stomp the holy icons laid out on the bridge and spit on them. Those who betrayed the Christian faith and insulted icons were spared their lives, while Orthodox confessors were beheaded.
As it has been written in the manunoscripts, one hundred thousand Georgians, who bowed to the holy icons, gave their lives. Their severed heads and decapitated bodies were thrown from the bridge into the river and carried downstream. Tbilisi, along with all its temples, was plundered and practically destroyed.
ℹ️ Vehicle traffic on the Metekhi Bridge in the capital is prohibited from Saturday evening to Sunday 21:00. Thousands of believers come there on this day. A prayer service is held there and the icon of a hundred thousand martyrs is solemnly carried out.
📷 photos from different years
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🚠 The construction of a cable car from Rustaveli Avenue to Mount Mtatsminda continues in Tbilisi.
The project, which has been discussed for several years, is entering the main stage. The cable car will have 21 gondolas. They will be able to serve 1200 passengers per hour. The length of the route is more than 800 meters, and the travel time is 4 minutes.
❗️The launch of the cable car is planned for the summer of 2023.
😢 The station in this place was built in 1958 and existed until June 1990, but stopped working after a tragic incident, which killed 20 people.
The project, which has been discussed for several years, is entering the main stage. The cable car will have 21 gondolas. They will be able to serve 1200 passengers per hour. The length of the route is more than 800 meters, and the travel time is 4 minutes.
❗️The launch of the cable car is planned for the summer of 2023.
😢 The station in this place was built in 1958 and existed until June 1990, but stopped working after a tragic incident, which killed 20 people.
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🎆 Tbilisi began to prepare for the New Year
Friday evening city cervices began to decorate Chavchavadze Avenue. Maybe a little early, but beautiful! 😁
Friday evening city cervices began to decorate Chavchavadze Avenue. Maybe a little early, but beautiful! 😁
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🌤 The weather in Georgia will become calmer this week.
A cool Northwest wind will give way to a Southeasterly wind bringing warmer weather.
📍In Tbilisi, despite the cold snap to 12 degrees in the middle of the week, by the weekend the air will again warm up to 18 degrees. Hurricane winds that scared us on Sunday and Monday will calm down. Precipitation is not expected.
📍In Batumi, the week will start with light rain and +15 degrees, but from Tuesday the thermometer will rise and reach 20 degrees by Friday. Precipitation after Monday is also not predicted. Good weather for the end of November 🙂
A cool Northwest wind will give way to a Southeasterly wind bringing warmer weather.
📍In Tbilisi, despite the cold snap to 12 degrees in the middle of the week, by the weekend the air will again warm up to 18 degrees. Hurricane winds that scared us on Sunday and Monday will calm down. Precipitation is not expected.
📍In Batumi, the week will start with light rain and +15 degrees, but from Tuesday the thermometer will rise and reach 20 degrees by Friday. Precipitation after Monday is also not predicted. Good weather for the end of November 🙂
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📊 In October 498,477 foreigners visited Georgia.
According to the Georgian National Tourism Administration, the visits of foreigners in October this year compared to October 2021 increased by 125.9%, compared to October 2020 increased by 858.3%, while the recovery of tourism is only 63.4% from October 2019.
🏵 TOP-10 countries from which guests came to Georgia in October:
🇷🇺 Russia — 109158 visitors
🇹🇷 Turkey - 81033
🇦🇲 Armenia - 72877
🇮🇱 Israel - 23761
🇺🇦 Ukraine - 15133
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan - 13719
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan - 9461
⚪️🔴⚪️ Belarus — 9066
🇮🇷 Iran - 8012
🇩🇪 Germany - 5679
ℹ️ Trends: in comparison to August and September, the number of arrivals from the Russian Federation decreased, Saudi Arabia dropped out of the top ten (-30,000), the number of visits from Belarus decreased by half, the flow from Israel decreased (-6,000 ), Thailand and India were added (not included in the top, but they have 4,000 visitors each).
According to the Georgian National Tourism Administration, the visits of foreigners in October this year compared to October 2021 increased by 125.9%, compared to October 2020 increased by 858.3%, while the recovery of tourism is only 63.4% from October 2019.
🏵 TOP-10 countries from which guests came to Georgia in October:
🇷🇺 Russia — 109158 visitors
🇹🇷 Turkey - 81033
🇦🇲 Armenia - 72877
🇮🇱 Israel - 23761
🇺🇦 Ukraine - 15133
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan - 13719
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan - 9461
⚪️🔴⚪️ Belarus — 9066
🇮🇷 Iran - 8012
🇩🇪 Germany - 5679
ℹ️ Trends: in comparison to August and September, the number of arrivals from the Russian Federation decreased, Saudi Arabia dropped out of the top ten (-30,000), the number of visits from Belarus decreased by half, the flow from Israel decreased (-6,000 ), Thailand and India were added (not included in the top, but they have 4,000 visitors each).
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