Gareja, Udabno Monastery, Church of the Virgin
Location: | Gareja Desert, Sagarejo Municipality |
Place: | Georgia, Kakheti |
Dedication: | The Virgin |
Category: | Rock-Cut |
Type: | Domeless Church, Hall church |
Date/Period: | First half of the 10th century |
Renovation/Reconstruction: | |
Layers of the Murals: | One layer |
The church is cutted out/partly built in the central part of the Udabno cave monastery. It has a large single-nave chapel to the north dated to the 10th century, and connected with the church by several apertures; this space was later converted to a diaconicon. Numerous incised inscriptions have been preserved on the walls of the church.