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[[Image:SaintNinoCross.jpg|thumb|The Grapevine Cross at [[Tbilisi Sioni Cathedral]].]]
[[File:VardziaGrapevineCross.JPG|thumb|A Grapevine Cross inlay on a door in [[Vardzia]] cave monastery ([[Georgia (country)]]).]]
The '''Grapevine Cross''' ([[Georgian language|Georgian]]: ჯვარი ვაზისა, ''Jvari Vazisa'') also known as the '''[[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] cross''' or '''[[Saint Nino]]'s cross''', is a major symbol of the [[Georgian Orthodox Church]] and dates from the 4th century AD, when [[Christianity]] became the official religion in the kingdom of [[Caucasian Iberia|Iberia]] ([[Kartli]]).
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