Sameba Cathedral yard through time

Tbilisi 1935–2018 17 photos of this spot

17 photographs taken at the same spot in Tbilisi, spanning 1935–2018 — 7 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

Another 1935 view of Khojivank, the historic Armenian cemetery and pantheon overlooking Tbilisi, then still known by its Russian-era name of Tiflis.

Խոջիվանքի գերեզմանատուն, Թիֆլիս - Khojivank Armenian Pantheon, Tiflis (1935) 01 1935 Another 1935 view of Khojivank, the historic Armenian cemetery and pantheon overlooking Tbilisi, then still known by its Russian-era name of Tiflis.

Խոջիվանքի գերեզմանատուն, Թիֆլիս - Khojivank Armenian Pantheon, Tiflis (1935) 05 1935 Grounds of the Khojivank Armenian Pantheon in Tiflis, photographed in 1935, one of several images documenting the hillside cemetery before its later alteration under Soviet rule.

Խոջիվանքի գերեզմանատուն, Թիֆլիս - Khojivank Armenian Pantheon, Tiflis (1935) 02 1935 The Khojivank Armenian Pantheon in Tiflis, present-day Tbilisi, is shown in this 1935 photograph. The burial ground served as a resting place for notable figures of the city's Armenian community before much of it was cleared during the Soviet period.

Խոջիվանքի գերեզմանատուն, Թիֆլիս - Khojivank Armenian Pantheon, Tiflis (1935) 03 1935 The Khojivank Armenian Pantheon in Tbilisi, photographed in 1935. Established in the nineteenth century, this cemetery became the principal burial ground for prominent members of the city's Armenian community.

Խոջիվանքի գերեզմանատուն, Թիֆլիս - Khojivank Armenian Pantheon, Tiflis (1935) 06 1935 Another 1935 view of the Khojivank Armenian Pantheon in Tbilisi, a burial ground that held the graves of notable Armenian writers, clergy, and public figures from the city.

Խոջիվանքի գերեզմանատուն, Թիֆլիս - Khojivank Armenian Pantheon, Tiflis (1935) 04 1935 Gravestones and monuments at the Khojivank Armenian Pantheon in Tbilisi, captured in 1935. The cemetery served as a resting place for leading figures of Tbilisi's historic Armenian community.

Խոջիվանքի գերեզմանատուն, Թիֆլիս - Khojivank Armenian Pantheon, Tiflis (1935) 07 1935 This 1935 photograph shows the Khojivank Pantheon in Tbilisi, then known as Tiflis, a historic Armenian cemetery in the Georgian capital where notable members of the city's Armenian community were buried.

Sameba 5 2006 The Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi, known as Sameba, photographed in 2006. Consecrated in 2004, it is among the largest Eastern Orthodox cathedrals in the world and stands on a hill overlooking the Georgian capital.

Dzveli Tbilisi, Tbilisi, Georgia 2012 A street in Dzveli Tbilisi, the old town of Georgia's capital, photographed in 2012. The district retains narrow lanes and balconied wooden houses dating largely from the 19th century.

ツミンダ・サメバ大聖堂 2012 Tsminda Sameba (Holy Trinity) Cathedral overlooks Tbilisi from Elia Hill and was completed in 2004 to mark 1,500 years of the Georgian Orthodox Church's autocephaly. This photograph was taken in 2012.

ツミンダ・サメバ大聖堂 2012 This 2012 photograph shows another view of Tsminda Sameba Cathedral in Tbilisi, a large Georgian Orthodox church completed in 2004.

ツミンダ・サメバ大聖堂 2012 A further 2012 photograph of Tsminda Sameba Cathedral in Tbilisi, one of the tallest Orthodox cathedrals in the world.

ツミンダ・サメバ大聖堂 2012 The Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi, known as Sameba, was completed in 2004 and is the main cathedral of the Georgian Orthodox Church, built to mark 1500 years of the church's autocephaly. This photograph was taken in 2012.

Sameba Cathedral, Courtyard 3, Tbilisi, Georgia 2014 A courtyard view of Tbilisi's Sameba (Holy Trinity) Cathedral, photographed in 2014. Completed in the early 2000s on Elia Hill, the cathedral overlooks the Georgian capital from one of its highest points.

Sameba Cathedral, Tbilisi کلیسای سامبا در تفلیس گرجستان 41 2017 Another 2017 view of Sameba, Tbilisi's Holy Trinity Cathedral, a modern landmark that rises above the Georgian capital's Avlabari district and ranks among the largest Eastern Orthodox cathedrals in the world.

کلیسای جامع تثلیث تفلیس 14 2017 The Holy Trinity Cathedral, or Sameba, in Tbilisi, photographed in 2017. Its construction between 1995 and 2004 replaced a Soviet-era demolished church on the site.

Sameba Cathedral yard 2018 The courtyard of Sameba Cathedral, formally the Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi, one of the largest Eastern Orthodox cathedral buildings in the world. Completed in 2004 on Elia Hill, it serves as the seat of the Georgian Orthodox Patriarch.