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- Grapevine_cross abstract "The Grapevine Cross (Georgian: ჯვარი ვაზისა, Jvari Vazisa) also known as the Georgian cross or Saint Nino's cross, is a major symbol of the Georgian Orthodox Church and dates from the 4th century AD, when Christianity became the official religion in the kingdom of Iberia (Kartli). It is recognisable by the slight drooping of its horizontal arms. Traditional accounts credit Saint Nino, a Cappadocian woman who preached Christianity in Iberia (corresponding to modern eastern Georgia) early in the 4th century, with this unusual shape of cross. The legend has it that she received the grapevine cross from the Virgin Mary (or, alternatively, she created it herself on the way to Mtskheta) and secured it by entwining with her own hair. Nino came with this cross on her mission to Georgia. However, the familiar representation of the cross, with its peculiar drooping arms, did not appear until the early modern era. According to traditional accounts, the cross of St Nino was kept at Svetitskhoveli Cathedral in Mtskheta until 541. During the Persian invasions it was taken to Armenia and stayed there until David IV of Georgia recovered the Armenian city of Ani from the Muslims in 1124, and brought the cross to Mtskheta. King Vakhtang III of Georgia (1303-1307) enshrined the cross in a special envelope, decorated with the scenes from St. Nino's life. During the 1720s, when Georgia was subjected to a Persian and Ottoman invasions, the cross was taken to safer areas, to Ananuri in highland Georgia. From there, the Georgian bishop Timothy brought the cross to the emigre Georgian prince Bakar, residing in Moscow and then in Lyskovo. The Georgian king Erekle II tried to recover the relic for Georgia from Bakar's family, to no avail. In 1801, Bakar's grandson George presented the cross to the Russian tsar Alexander I who returned it to Georgia in 1802 on the occasion of Georgia's incorporation within the Russian Empire. Since then, the cross has been preserved in the Sioni Cathedral in Tbilisi, Georgia.".
- Grapevine_cross thumbnail SaintNinoCross.jpg?width=300.
- Grapevine_cross wikiPageID "3742275".
- Grapevine_cross wikiPageRevisionID "578824194".
- Grapevine_cross hasPhotoCollection Grapevine_cross.
- Grapevine_cross subject Category:Cross_symbols.
- Grapevine_cross subject Category:Georgian_Orthodox_Church.
- Grapevine_cross subject Category:National_symbols_of_Georgia_(country).
- Grapevine_cross type Abstraction100002137.
- Grapevine_cross type Communication100033020.
- Grapevine_cross type CrossSymbols.
- Grapevine_cross type NationalSymbolsOfGeorgia(country).
- Grapevine_cross type Signal106791372.
- Grapevine_cross type Symbol106806469.
- Grapevine_cross comment "The Grapevine Cross (Georgian: ჯვარი ვაზისა, Jvari Vazisa) also known as the Georgian cross or Saint Nino's cross, is a major symbol of the Georgian Orthodox Church and dates from the 4th century AD, when Christianity became the official religion in the kingdom of Iberia (Kartli). It is recognisable by the slight drooping of its horizontal arms.".
- Grapevine_cross label "Croce di Santa Nino".
- Grapevine_cross label "Croix de la Grappe".
- Grapevine_cross label "Cruz de Santa Ninó".
- Grapevine_cross label "Grapevine cross".
- Grapevine_cross label "Weinrebenkreuz".
- Grapevine_cross label "Крест святой Нины".
- Grapevine_cross label "葡萄十字".
- Grapevine_cross sameAs Weinrebenkreuz.
- Grapevine_cross sameAs Cruz_de_Santa_Ninó.
- Grapevine_cross sameAs Croix_de_la_Grappe.
- Grapevine_cross sameAs Croce_di_Santa_Nino.
- Grapevine_cross sameAs 葡萄十字.
- Grapevine_cross sameAs m.09yk0k.
- Grapevine_cross sameAs Q955165.
- Grapevine_cross sameAs Q955165.
- Grapevine_cross sameAs Grapevine_cross.
- Grapevine_cross wasDerivedFrom Grapevine_cross?oldid=578824194.
- Grapevine_cross depiction SaintNinoCross.jpg.
- Grapevine_cross isPrimaryTopicOf Grapevine_cross.
