• Khe Church of St. Barbara

  • Khe Church of St. Barbara

  • Khe Church of St. Barbara

  • Khe Church of St. Barbara

  • Khe Church of St. Barbara

  • Khe Church of St. Barbara

  • Khe Church of St. Barbara

Khe Church of St. Barbara

The modest single nave church, dating from the late 10th - early 11th centuries, is located in the village of Khe in the Kala community. It draws attention with the architectural articulation of its eastern and western facades. The interior paintings of the church date to the 13th century.

The murals of the church belong to the so-called vernacular trend of the epoch and represent a its particularly noteworthy example. It is also important to note that 13th century paintings of this trend are preserved only in Upper Svaneti.

The wall paintings in the Khe church vividly exhibit the general features typical of the so-called vernacular trend, as well as the distinctive characteristics of this particular murals: bright colors, lively expressiveness of faces, ingenious naivety, sincerity of feeling and the ability to achieve maximal artistic effect with minimal means.

Special emphasis on the theme of the Holy Archangels in the painting program is worth noting. This emphasis is achieved through both the abundance of their images and their increased scale in comparison to other figures. This makes it possible to suppose that the church may have originally been dedicated to the Holy Archangels.

Also significant is the survival of a painted 13th century epistilion with an extended Deesis and the fact that it is preserved on its original place, on the entablature of the chancel-barrier.



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Location In the village Khe, near the central road
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