Rules for Entering the Holy Spring
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If there are many visitors at the spring, please register your name with the attending nun and wait your turn.
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While waiting in line, maintain silence and pray.
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Before entering the enclosure at the spring, remove your shoes and put on slippers (available outside).
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After entering the enclosure, remove your clothing and put on a baptismal robe (kvarti). The robes may be purchased on site (medium – ₾10, large – ₾15, child – ₾6). If you do not wish to purchase one, you may use a communal robe available inside enclosure.
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Before entering the water, remove the slippers and descend the steps into the sacred pool counterclockwise. Immerse yourself three times, then ascend by the steps again.
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After leaving the sacred pool, remove the wet robe and put your clothes back on. Purchased robes may be taken with you and worn again on special occasions. If you used a communal robe, please leave it in the designated area.
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Changing clothes outside the enclosure is not permitted.
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The sick and members of the clergy are allowed to enter the sacred pool without waiting in line.
St. Nina’s Spring
In the 1990s, an enclosure for immersion in the holy water was built at Saint Nino’s Spring, along with a church dedicated to her parents, Saints Zabulon and Sosana, were built. To this day, countless pilgrims immerse themselves in the spring, receiving both spiritual and physical healing.
The water of Saint Nino’s Spring does not multiply.
Pilgrims may immerse themselves in the spring daily from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The spring can be reached from the convent both on foot and by car.