guria, rogorc administraciuli erTeuli, egrisis “lazeTi” adre feodaluri saxelmwifos daSlis Semdeg warmoiSva.

jumaTis wmida giorgis xatis asomTavrul warweraSi ikiTxeba: “axovano mxedaro qristesao, Semwe eyav monasa Sensa erisTavT-erisTavsa varden vardenis Zesa. amin”. varaudoben, rom es warwera X_XI saukuneebiTaa daTariRebuli da amitomac miiCneven, rom guriis pirveli mTavari varden vardeniZea.

erisTavT-erisTavs guriis mxaris erisTavebi emorCilebodnen. guriis erisTavT-erisTavebis rezidencia im dros (IV saukuneSi) lexouri iyo- varaudoben dRemde Semonaxul mecxre saukunis cixes, romelSic iyo karis eklesia da odnav moSorebiT sagvareulo saZvale.

saistorio wyaroebSi xSirad ixsenieben vardaniZeebs. erT-erTi gamokveTili pirovnebaa suTmon gurieli, romelic zarzmis freskis
(samcxe) warweraSi svanTa erisTavadac moixsenieba.

zarzmis freskaze gurieli moxucebulobis asakSia gamosaxuli-WaRara wveriT da saxis nakvTebiT. es freska adasturebs, rom suTmon gurieli, am droisaTvis (XIII saukunis 30-40-ian wlebSi) politikur moRvaweobas Cam oSorebula da berad aRkvecila (amas beris samoseli adasturebs).

guriis saepiskoposoebis daarseba

me-15 saukunis saqarTveloSi Seqmnilma politikur-ekonomikurma  da sazogdoebis socialiurma krizisma gamoiwvia qvynis samefo-samTavroboebad daSla. `saqarTvelos erTian centralur xelisuflebas gamoecala ekonomikur-socialuri safuZvlebi. qveynis gamaerTianebuli Zalebis, qalaqebis, vaWroba-aReb-micemobis dacemam gaaZliera provinciul-Temobrivi gankerZoebuloba~.moiSala saeklesio erToba, romelic centralizebuli samefos mZlavri iaraRi gaxldaT. Tavis droze swored aRmosavleT da dasavleT saqarTvelos eklesiurad gaerTianebam misca dasabami qveynis politikur gaerTianebasac. am SemTxvevaSi ki ukuprocesebi viTardeboda. jer kidev saqarTvelos samefo-samTavroboebad daSlamde iyo Camoyalibebuli mcxeTisa da afxazeTis sakaTalikosoebi. es ukanaskneli, rogorc  `umrwemesi Zma~ mcxeTis kaTalikoss emorCileboda. afxazTa kaTalikosis ufleba-movaleobebs sagangebod Seexo akademikosi berZeniSvili. misi daskvniT, jer kidev me-15 saukunemde afxazTa kaTalikoss hqonia miswrafeba mcxeTis kaTalikosTan gaTanasworebisa. misi gandideba-aRmatebis survilebi marjved gamoiyenes gaxelmwifeba- gamTavrebis gzaze mdgarma dasavleT saqarTvelos separatistma feodalebma. imereTis erisTavi bagrati, dadiani da gurielic kargaT grZnobdnen, rom politikuri damoukideblobis mosapoveblad saWiro iyo mxardaWera iseTi mZlavri organizaciisagan, rogoric eklesia gaxldaT.
albaT aRniSnuli viTarebidan gamomdinare logikuric iyo, rom gurielebs TavianT samTavroSi axali saepiskoposoebi daearsebinaT. marTlac, guriis samTavroSi samive saepiskoposo: Semoqmedis, jumaTis da xinowmindis maT mier iyo dafuZnebuli. savsebiT marTebulad SeniSnavs vaxuSti batoniSvili, rodesac ambobs: `xolo gurielTagan daidgines samnive ese episkopozni Tvisisa didebisaTvis~. igive faqtis Sefasebisas daviT reqtori aRniSnavs: `odes saqarTvelo ganiyo da sam samefod gansqda... da agreTve xuT samTavrod maSin  yovelTave mefeTaca da mTavarTac Tvis-Tvisad sardrebi ganiweses... egreTve didebis moyvarebisaTvis romelime axalni episkoposni dasxnes~, gurielTa amgvari saqcieli savsebiT pasuxobda im periodSi Seqmnil  situacias.
guriaSi, me-XV saukuneSi xdeba axali eparqiebis daarseba. manamde es teritoria eklesiurad `quTaTelis samwyso iyo~. bunebrivia, aRzevebuli  gurielebis interesebSi ar Sedioda, eklesiurad imereTis mefis  politikis gamtarebel quTaTels damorCilebodnen.  gurielis imereTis mefesTan  uTanxmoebis SemTxvevaSi, quTaTels sruli ufleba eqneboda Tavis samwysoSi Semavali guriis eklesiebi daeketa, misi samRvdeloeba SeeCvenebina da ganekveTa, ris Semdegac faqtiurad Sewydeboda mniSvnelovani qristianuli ritualebis Sesruleba. msgavsi movlenebi ki xalxSi did ukmayofilebas gamoiwvevda, rac gurielTa politikur TviTnebobas aRkveTda.
guriaSi saepiskoposoebis daarseba gurielTa iniciativiT moxda.
guriaSi saepiskoposoebis daarsebis TariRad me-XV saukunes aRiarebda akad. n. berZeniSvilic. igi aRniSnavda: `guriaSi saepiskoposo kaTedrebi ar unda iyvnen Zveli. kerZod, Semoqmedis Sesaxeb garkveuli cnobac arsebobs, rom saepiskoposo kaTedra iq mxolod me-XV saukuneSi daarsda. gansxvavebuli mosazreba hqonda s.kakabaZes, mas miaCnda, rom Semoqmedis saepiskoposo 1570-1590 wlebSi unda daearsebinaT.
vaxuSti batoniSvilis cnobiT guriis samTavroSi  sami saepiskoposo arsebobda: Semoqmedis, jumaTis da xinowmindis a. lambertis mier Sedgenil saqarTvelos saepiskoposoTa nusxaSi, romelic m. TamaraSvilma gamoaqveyna guriis samTavros eparqiebis Sesaxeb Semdegi CamonaTvali arsebobs: 1. wm. macxovris Semoqmedeli, 2. wm. RvTismSoblis blaeli; 3. wm. ioane naTlismcemlis xinowmindeli.
rogorc vxedavT, aq jumaTeli naxsenebic ki ar aris, xolo blaeli, romelic RvTismSoblis saxelobis kaTedras ganagebs afxazeTis saepiskoposoTa nusxaSic aris dasaxelebuli. lambertis igive teqstis beJan giorgaZiseul TargmanSi aRniSnulia: `guria saqarTvelos provinciebs Soris yvelaze mcirea, amitom SedarebiT naklebi episkoposi hyavs, ricxvi sami: pirveli episkoposi Semoqmedelia, eklesia wminda macxovrisadmia miZRvnili. meore epiksoposi jumaTelia, misi eklesia miZRvnilia wminda miqel-angelosisadmi, mesame xinowmindelia, misi eklesia ioanesadmia miZRvnili~.
amrigad, me-XV saukuneSi saqarTveloSi  mimdinare politikur-ekonomikurma movlenebma xeli Seuwyo saeklesio separatizmis gaRvivebasac. mefe-mTavrebi cdilobdnen TavianTi politikuri miznebisaTvis daeqvemdebarebinaT eklesiis interesebi. gamTavrebis gzaze mdgarma guriis erisTavebmac imereTis samefosagan sruli damoukideblobis mosapoveblad saepiskoposo kaTedrebi daarses. guriaSi tradiciulad sami saepiskoposo arsebobda, Tumca garkveul periodSi aq Cans adgilnacvali mRvdelmTavris kaTedra, an guriis umaRlesi sasuliero piris tituls iRebs adgilnacvali episkoposi.

guriis episkoposTa qronologiuri rigi

amrigad, CvenTvis saintereso epoqaSi Semoqmedel episkoposTa qronologiuri rigi warmogvidgeba Semdegnairad:

jumaTeli episkoposebi

1. simon I CxetiZe XVI saukunis 30-60-iani wlebi.
2. malaqia I gurieli Ze giorgi II-isa _ XVI saukunis dasawyisi _ 1639 w.(afxazeTis kaTalikosi)
3. nikoloz I manveliSvili _ XVI saukunis 40-iani ww.
4. malaqia II gurieli, Ze qaixosro I-isa _ XVI saukunis 50-iani ww.
5. sesiaSvili _ daaxl. 1658-1660 ww.
6. maqsime I maWutaZe _ XVI saukunis 60 ww. _ 1676, Semdeg jumaTel-bovneli.
7. maqsime II SarvaSiZe, 1677-1685ww.
8. ioane beriZe 1687 w.
9. gabriel Ciqovani XVII saukunis dasawyisi Wyondidel-genaTel-jumaTeli.
10. eqvTime SarvaSiZe 1736 w. 1767 w.
11. maqsime III SarvaSiZe _ XVII saukunis 40-50-iani ww.
12. simon II abaSiZe _ 1777-1778 ww. ioane xinowmindelyofili 1780-daaxl. 1788 w.
13. ioseb TayaiSvili _ 1788-1794 wlebi, Semoqmedel-jumaTeli mitropoliti.
14. maqsime IV niJaraZe _ 1794-1810 wlis 11 seqtemberi an 1811 wlis 13 seqtemberi.
15. nikoloz II SarvaSiZe _ 1811-1827 ww.

xinowmindeli episkoposebi

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