Group of Haloed Figures. In the 4th century Saint Nino brought Christianity to Kartli, carrying a cross of grapevine bound with her own hair — still the symbol of Georgian faith. A sacred scene from the memorial, with figures in long robes rendered in deep bronze relief. Ilia Chavchavadze, the 19th-century writer later canonised as a saint, gave the nation its watchwords: “Fatherland, Language, Faith”.
