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Epiphany Ceremony on the Mtkvari River, Tbilisi (1890)

Large crowd gathered along a river in Tbilisi during a religious ceremony, with clergy and participants standing on boats in the water.

Epiphany religious ceremony on the Mtkvari River in Tbilisi, 1890.

This 1890 photograph documents an Epiphany ceremony on the Mtkvari River in Tbilisi. A large crowd gathers along the riverbanks while clergy conduct the traditional water blessing ritual from boats. The image offers valuable visual evidence of Orthodox Christian religious life in 19th-century Georgia and reflects the scale of public participation in imperial-era Tiflis.

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Date
1890
Source
Library-museum of Joseph Grishashvili
Attribution
Photos are kept in the Museum
Rights
Archive holding - Contact museum for licensing
Old TbilisiReligious & Ritual Life