The Bodbe Cathedral in the name of Saints George the Victorious and Nina of the Bodbe Monastery is a three-nave basilica of the 9th century, built of brick, with travertine corners and openings. A short high naos, divided into naves by just one pair of pillars from the east, ends with a three-part altar with three apse protruding on the facade, and in the west with a narthex. The relics of St. Nina rests in the now inaccessible crypt under the southeastern room corresponding to the deacon. The central throne is dedicated to st. St. George the Victorious, and the southern aisle, where the saint was buried - St. Nina.
Based on the information of the medieval Georgian chronicle of Vakhushti Bagrationi, the erection of the church over the grave of St. Nina is associated with the name of King Bakar; according to the historian, the first stone temple at this place was built by King Vakhtang Gorgasali.
The temple was repeatedly restored. The first information about the renewal refers to the XII century: according to the lapidary inscription of this time in the western corner of the southern facade, a certain George during the reign of the son of St. King David the Builder King Demetrius (1125-1156) resumed the Bodbe Temple. The next restoration of the complex damaged by the Persian invasion, according to available historical sources, was carried out by Tsar Teimuraz I c. 1631, when the building around the perimeter was surrounded by masonry.
Bodbe murals are the most outstanding painting of the 18th - early 19th centuries, which constitutes the final stage of Georgian medieval art, which is characterized by the increasingly strong influence of modern European art and, at the same time, the preservation of the traditions of Orthodox icon painting and unique national features.
The relics of St. The Enlightenment of Georgia is one of the greatest relics of the Georgian Church. Apparently, along with the restoration work in 1823, a tombstone of St. Nina, hidden at the end of the XIX century. marble tombstone with the image of St. The tombstone of the grave from antiquity decorated the veil with the image of the saint, elegantly embroidered in gold. According to P. Iosseliani, one of the best such covers was a gift from his namesake saint from Princess Nina Chavchavadze-Griboedova.