Likhni Church Aba-Ata

Likhni Church “Aba-Ata” (Georgian: ლიხნის ეკლესია აბა-ათა, Abkhazian: Лыхнытәи ауахәама Абаҭаа) is a church in the village of Lykhny, Gudauta Municipality, Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia.

Not to be confused with Lykhny Church.
Likhni Church Aba-Ata
ლიხნის ეკლესია აბა-ათა (in Georgian)
Лыхнытәи ауахәама Абаҭаа (in Abkhazian)
Religion
AffiliationGeorgian Orthodox
ProvinceAbkhazia[1]
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusruins
Location
Location Bombora, Gudauta Municipality, Abkhazia, Georgia
Shown within Abkhazia
Likhni Church Aba-Ata (Georgia)
Geographic coordinates43°07′21″N 40°37′35″E
Architecture
TypeChurch
CompletedHigh Middle Ages

The church was built in the High Middle Ages. The church walls are in a heavy physical condition and need an urgent conservation.[2] The church was awarded the category of a real cultural monument of national importance on November 7, 2006, by a decree of the President of Georgia.[3]

References
  1. Abkhazia is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Abkhazia and Georgia. The Republic of Abkhazia unilaterally declared independence on 23 July 1992, but Georgia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory and designates it as a territory occupied by Russia. Abkhazia has received formal recognition as an independent state from 7 out of 193 United Nations member states, 1 of which has subsequently withdrawn its recognition.
  2. Aba-ata church in Likhni village Historical monuments of Abkhazia — Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia.
  3. (in Georgian) საქართველოს პრეზიდენტის ბრძანებულება № 665, 2006 წლის 7 ნოემბერი, ქ. თბილისი, კულტურის ზოგიერთი უძრავი ძეგლისათვის ეროვნული მნიშვნელობის კატეგორიის მინიჭების შესახებ
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