The (As)Syrian Father Tadeoz Stepantsmindeli is also known as Theodosius or Tata and is also referred to as bearing the toponym "Rekhali". This is because he was associated with the church of St. Stephen (Tsminda Stepanos) in the village of Rekha on the slope of Mt. Tkhoti in Shida Kartli. Today it is unclear which of the several ruined sites on the mountainside was Rekha and so Tadeoz Stepantsmindeli is the only one of these figures who does not have an ancient or modern monastery associated with him today.
Creator
Emma Loosley
Date of Visit
17th August 2017
Contributor
Peter Leeming
Rights
Metadata and all media released under Creative Commons
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Type
Landscape
Tags
(As)Syrian Fathers, Georgia, Mt. Tkhoti, Shida Kartli, Tadeoz Stepantsmindeli, Thirteen (As)Syrian Fathers
Collection
The Early Christian Architecture of Georgia
Citation
Emma Loosley, “Rekha/Mt. Tkhoti,” Architecture and Asceticism, accessed January 18, 2025, https://architectureandasceticism.exeter.ac.uk/items/show/842.