Likhni Church “Aba-Ata” (Georgian: ლიხნის ეკლესია აბა-ათა, Abkhaz: Лыхнытәи ауахәама Абаҭаа) is a church in the village of Lykhny, Gudauta Municipality, Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia.

Likhni Church Aba-Ata
ლიხნის ეკლესია აბა-ათა (in Georgian)
Лыхнытәи ауахәама Абаҭаа (in Abkhaz)
Religion
AffiliationGeorgian Orthodox
ProvinceAbkhazia[1]
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusruins
Location
LocationGeorgia (country) Bombora, Gudauta Municipality, Abkhazia, Georgia
Likhni Church Aba-Ata is located in Abkhazia
Likhni Church Aba-Ata
Shown within Abkhazia
Likhni Church Aba-Ata is located in Georgia
Likhni Church Aba-Ata
Likhni Church Aba-Ata (Georgia)
Geographic coordinates43°07′21″N 40°37′35″E / 43.12250°N 40.62639°E / 43.12250; 40.62639
Architecture
TypeChurch
CompletedHigh Middle Ages

The church was built in the High Middle Ages. The church walls are in a heavy physical condition and need an urgent conservation.[2] The church was awarded the category of a real cultural monument of national importance on November 7, 2006, by a decree of the President of Georgia.[3]

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  1. ^ The political status of Abkhazia is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Georgia in 1992, Abkhazia is formally recognised as an independent state by 5 UN member states (two other states previously recognised it but then withdrew their recognition), while the remainder of the international community recognizes it as de jure Georgian territory. Georgia continues to claim the area as its own territory, designating it as Russian-occupied territory.
  2. ^ Aba-ata church in Likhni village Historical monuments of Abkhazia — Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia.
  3. ^ (in Georgian) საქართველოს პრეზიდენტის ბრძანებულება № 665, 2006 წლის 7 ნოემბერი, ქ. თბილისი, კულტურის ზოგიერთი უძრავი ძეგლისათვის ეროვნული მნიშვნელობის კატეგორიის მინიჭების შესახებ
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