Kazbegi georgia church. The church is situated on the right bank of the river chkheri the left tributary of the river terek at an elevation of 2170 meters 7120 feet under mount kazbek. Two names for the church and two names for the town which took a hot minute to figure out when i first arrived in georgia. The complex includes holy trinity cathedral constructed in the xiv century the bell tower built in the xiv century and clergy houses from the xv centur.
So if there was one trek i was going to push myself to complete it was the hike to gergeti church from the nearby town of kazbegi stepantsminda. Gergeti trinity church otherwise known as holy trinity church is located in the small mountain town of stepantsminda georgia which the town itself is also commonly referred to as kazbegi. Tsminda sameba tsminda sameba is a popular name for holy trinity church near the village of gergeti in georgia.
This 14th century church 2200m above stepantsminda has become almost a symbol of georgia for its incomparably photogenic hilltop setting with mighty mt kazbek rising behind it and for the fierce determination involved in building it on such a lofty isolated perch.