Tetri Giorgi

Tetri Giorgi was used as a national symbol, as part of Georgia's coat of arms in the years 1918–1921 and 1991–2004.The name of Tetri Giorgi has also been adopted by several political and non-political organizations, significantly by an anti-Soviet Georgian émigré group in Europe and a 1990s paramilitary unit.[1] The exonym Georgia was applied to the country from the 11th or 12th century, probably by false etymology, but inspired by the great popularity of the saint there.[5] In May 1918, the Democratic Republic of Georgia – newly independent from the Russian Empire – chose the equestrian depiction of Tetri Giorgi as a centerpiece of its coat of arms.[6] In this design, Tetri Giorgi is shown as an armed horseman below a depiction of "the Seven Celestials" (the seven classical planets).
The Tetri Giorgi Church near Alaverdi Monastery in Akhmeta , Georgia .
Tetri Giorgi and the Seven Celestials – 1918 design of the emblem of the Democratic Republic of Georgia .
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