Korogho church, monument in Georgia

Korogho church is a monument of national importance located on a steep mountain slope in Georgia. The structure features simple stone walls, small windows, and a gabled roof, with a three-story tower and chapel ruins nearby.

The church was built at the turn of the 10th–11th centuries, not the 9th–10th. The defensive tower beside it is older, dating to the 10th century. In 1954 a restoration workshop led by L. Khimshiashvili repaired the complex, and in 2006 the church was granted the status of an Immovable Cultural Monument of National Significance.

The church is dedicated to the Mother of God, and its western gable carries a relief of the Virgin of the Sign flanked by scenes of quarrying, hauling and stone-cutting. Two asomtavruli inscriptions on that facade, dated by their letter forms to the 12th century, were carved after the building was finished. The 11th-century ivory icon of the Theotokos and a cross with the Savior's image, found in the church's hiding places, are kept in the Georgian National Museum in Tbilisi.

The church stands south of Korogho village on a slope in the Khada gorge, reached on foot; the complex includes a three-storey tower, a small chapel and ruined outbuildings. The tower entrance is about 5 m above ground, and a narrow walled passage separates tower and church. Sturdy footwear helps on the rocky ground.

The west facade's twelve cornice slabs show the building process: an ox cart hauling stone, mortar being mixed and carried, stone being cut, blocks carried on backs, women bringing food to the workers, and a cloaked donor holding a model of the church. Two asomtavruli inscriptions on this facade are dated by their letter forms to the 12th century, after the church was built.