Seated Figures in Relief. Begun in the last years of the Soviet era, the memorial was raised slowly over many years — some details are still unfinished, which only adds to its aura. A close-up 360° view of the bronze reliefs under a soft cloudy sky, with Tbilisi below. Georgian monks kept learning alive in monasteries far from home — at Iviron on Mount Athos, in Jerusalem and on Mount Sinai.
