Georgian Community

Georgia's recorded history dates back more than 2,500 years. Georgian -- a South Caucasian (or 'Kartvelian') language unrelated to any other outside the immediate region -- is one of the oldest living languages in the world, and it has its own distinctive alphabet. Tbilisi, located in the picturesque Mtkvari River valley, is more than 1,500 years old. In the early 4th century Georgia adopted Christianity, only the second nation in the world to do so officially, and Orthodox Christianity in combination with a unique language and alphabet proved to be key factors in preserving Georgia's separate identity for so many centuries... Full Text