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Parhal Monastery (Georgian: პარხლის მონასტერი; TransLite .: "p'arh'lis monast'er") is historical in the Tao of Turkey's Artvin province is a Georgian Orthodox monastery located in the village of Altiparmak Yusufeli. 9-10. The main church and two chapels have survived from the monastery building community built in the 16th century. The word Parhali has taken the form of Barhal in Turkish.

history
According to the Gospel of Parhali, which was copied by Ioane Beria in Şatberdi Monastery in 973, the Parhali Monastery was built by Georgian King III. It was built by Davit between 961 and 973. Founded in the name of John the Baptist, the monastery consisted of a main church and two small churches. Parhali Church, the main church of the monastery, was converted into a mosque in 1677.

The oldest manuscript of Şuşanik's Şehadeti, which is the oldest of the Georgian hagiographic works (5th century) and considered by some authors as the oldest novel of Georgian literature, was written in this monastery. It is also known that someone named Gabriel replicated a number of gospels here on the same dates. During the reign of Alexander the Great, the front entrance of the church was opened with arches on three sides. According to the inscription written in red paint on the south wall of the middle nave, Patriarch VIII. During the reign of Ioane (1495–1507), repairs were made, and in 1518 a new place was added by Atabek Kvarkvare in front of the west entrance.

In his book published in 1874, Giorgi Kazbegi mentioned the Parhali Church at length. Parhal of the Georgian Orthodox Church is dissimilar to other churches in Turkey, wrote that the church's exterior structure of the new era theater moment. Kazbegi also stated that this domeless church was in better condition than the Tbeti Church at that time. In addition to the old inscriptions, the church attracted new inscriptions. Kazbegi stated that most of the new inscriptions were in Armenian, the old long Georgian inscription was largely erased and had difficulty reading.

The church building is protected by the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism in 1987 has been registered as immovable cultural property.

Parhali church and chapels
Parhali Church, which is the main church of the monastery, has a rectangular plan (28.40x18.65 meters from the outside). In terms of plan type and dimensions, it is largely similar to the Church of Othta Eklesia. Built in the 10th century, the church is a three-aisled basilica. During its conversion to a mosque, the interior of the north of the church was closed by knitting and the mihrab in the south was converted into a niche.

The facades of the church were built with cut stone using neat workmanship. The arrangement created by the blind arches in the Church of Othta Eklesia is also applied here. The upper arches of the windows have figured decorations made with embossed technique. The wall paintings of the Parhali Church have survived in part. The wall paintings were plastered when the church was converted into a mosque. The Parhali Church is one of the largest surviving structures in Tao-Klarceti.

Of the two chapels (chapels) of the monastery, the first chapel is located 1.5 kilometers south of the main church, close to an old road. The second chapel is 1 km southwest of the main church, on the side of the road leading to the first chapel. Both chapels remained largely standing.

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