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St. Mary's Church, Tskhinvali

Tskhinval, Georgia · built 1718

The St. Mary's Church, also called Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, is a church of the Armenian Apostolic Church in the center of Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, a de facto independent region claimed by Georgia. The church is used by various Orthodox Christian groups in South Ossetia. It was damaged during the night of August 7 to 8, 2008, in a bombing during the war between Russia and Georgia. The Church of the Blessed Virgin was built in 1718. The church has a dome and was constructed using brick and stone. The masonry walls of the facade are embedded with large crosses and arches.

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