Explained: Tbilisi Sameba's Controversy

Tbilisi Sameba Cathedral is one of the most prominent landmarks in Tbilisi, and Georgia, however, the cathedral is shrouded in controversy, from its grandiose size to its dark history. Bibliography: “წმინდა სამების საკათედრო ტაძარი.” Orthodoxy.ge. Accessed March 30 2020. At http://www.orthodoxy.ge/tsnobarebi/ta... გოგოაშვილი, ნათია. “თბილისის მდებარე სადავო სომხური ტაძრები ინგრევა.” Human Rights. 10 Feb 2016. Accessed 30 March 2020. At http://www.humanrights.ge/index.php?a... Hauer, Niel; Jardine, Bradley. “Georgian Orthodox Church takes aim at Armenian churches.” Eurasianet. 05 Nov 2018. Accessed 30 March 2020. At https://eurasianet.org/georgian-ortho... Goble, Paul. “Tensions Between Georgian and Armenian Churches Escalate.” Eurasia Daily Monitor. Vol 11 issue 146. Jamestown Foundation. At https://jamestown.org/program/tension... Ghazinyan, Aris. “The ‘Armenian Problem:’ Hayastanis in Georgia Face Problems Over Ethnicity.” Armenian General Benevolent Union. 01 Nov 2008. Accessed 30 March 2020. At https://agbu.org/news-item/the-armeni...