The name of Sioni is associated with Jerusalem or, rather, with the mountain of Sion. This temple houses the famous cross of Saint Nino - the one that brought Christianity to Georgia. Since the Georgian cross was made of vines, its horizontal crossbar was lowered down. In this temple is buried priest Ambrose Hilaria. He was brutally tortured by the Bolsheviks. It is said that before his death, he said to his executioners: My soul belongs to God, the heart to Georgia, and with the body, you can do what you want, murderers.
This day in Tbilisi was unexpected and unusual. It started outside the city, with a horse farm on the Tbilisi Reservoir. It is impossible to understand and feel Georgia and Tbilisi without seeing a Georgian on a horse. From there, the path ran to the Bridge Peace, the cable car, the fortress of Narikala and the old town, the marvelous sulfur waterfall and the fig gorge and of course to the royal baths. After the rest, we walked the streets of the ancient city of the Meydan district, the streets of Sioni and the Church of Sion and ended the day with a beautiful boat ride through the Kura River. It was an incredible adventure!
