The Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin[1] or the Catholic Church of the Ascension of the Virgin Mary (Georgian: თბილისის ღვთისმშობლის ამაღლების კათოლიკური ეკლესია) It is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Tbilisi,[2][3] the Georgian capital.

In 1328 a cathedral dedicated to St. John the Baptist was built and Tbilisi became an Episcopal seat (which suspended its operation in the sixteenth century).

The current cathedral was built in front of the Church of the Annunciation (no longer exists) between 1805 and 1808 by the monk Philipo Foranian (then the Catholic parishes in Georgia were part of the Archdiocese of Mohilev, until 1848, and later the Diocese of Tiraspol).

In 1937 the church was confiscated by the soviets, but after Georgia regained independence it was returned to the faithful in 1999.

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