Jakismani Monastery

Jakismani Monastery of the Resurrection ჯაყისმანის აღდგომის სახელობის მონასტერი
Jakismani Monastery
Religion
Affiliation	Georgian Orthodox Church
Status	Active
Location
Location	Akhaltsikhe Municipality, Samtskhe-Javakheti,  Georgia
Shown within Georgia
Geographic coordinates	41°31′05″N 42°49′15″E / 41.518162°N 42.820829°E / 41.518162; 42.820829Coordinates: 41°31′05″N 42°49′15″E / 41.518162°N 42.820829°E / 41.518162; 42.820829
Architecture
Type	Georgian; Monastery

The Jakismani monastery (Georgian: ჯაყისმანის მონასტერი, jak'ismanis monasteri, also spelled Jaqismani) is a medieval monastic church in Georgia, some 20 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of the town of Vale, Akhaltsikhe Municipality, Samtskhe-Javakheti region. It was repopulated by monks in 2010. The name "Jakismani" is a corruption of the Georgian "Jakisubani" (ჯაყისუბანი), "a district of Jaki".^[1]

The Jakismani monastery is located in the historical province of Samtskhe, within the Georgian-Turkish border zone. It is accessible through a poor road only after crossing the Georgian border checkpoint. The monastery consists of a main church, named after Resurrection, two small chapels (one of them possibly a pastophorium, i.e., a chamber to the side of the apse), and a ruined narthex. The main church is a refined hall church design, architecturally dated to the 9th or 10th century and stylistically resembling features of the churches in Javakheti and Tao-Klarjeti. Close to the monastery, in the Potskhovi valley, stand the ruins identified with the medieval Jaki castle, a possession of the Jakeli dynasty.^[2] In 2006, the Jakismani monastery was inscribed on the list of the Immovable Cultural Monuments of National Significance of Georgia.^[3]

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• Silagadze, Nino (2012). "ჯაყისმანის (ჯაყისუბნის) მონასტრის უძველესი ნაგებობის დათარიღების საკითხისათვის" [Towards the Date of the Earliest Building of Jakismani Monastery in Southern Georgia] (PDF). Proceedings of the Institute of Georgian History (in Georgian and English) (Special: To the Splendid Hermitage Places of Klarjeti): 119–133.