Mokva Cathedral
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| Mokva Cathedral | |
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| Location | Mokva, Ochamchira district, Abkhazia (Georgia) |
| Religious affiliation | Georgian Orthodox |
| Ecclesiastical status | Cathedral |
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| Year completed | 10th century during the reign of King Leon III of Abkhazia |
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Mokva Cathedral is a Georgian Orthodox Cathedral located in Mokva, in the Ochamchira district of the de facto independent Republic of Abkhazia, internationally recognised to constitute a part of Georgia.
Mokva Cathedral consists of five naves, built in the third quarter of the 10th century, during the reign of king Leon III of Abkhazia. In the Georgian Orthodox Catholicate of Abkhazia, Mokva was the seat of a Bishop.
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