In the 9th-10th c. "old" cults of the Queen Sadukht, Nerses the Great,Vardan Mamikonian, etc. revitalized in the Georgian Church. The latter sponsored translation of Armenian hagiographical writings into Georgian. These literary activities were carried out by the Chalchedonian Armenians and targeted at Armenian communities of Tao who had almost lost their identity by that time
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Stephen H. Rapp.Georgian Christianity // The Blackwell Companion to Eastern Christianity. — Ames, Iowa, USA : Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008. — 25 лютого. — С. 137–155. — ISBN 978-0-470-69020-8, 978-0-631-23423-4.
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K‘art‘velian political authority remained feeble throughout the ninth century, and as it had in previous times the local church postured to fill the void. But the Arab con- quest brought changes to the K‘art‘velian Church. As a result of the occupation, what may have been thousands of religious and secular elites evacuated the region. Some travelled east into the mountainous far eastern regions of Kaxet‘i, while many others sought refuge in the Georgian south-west, in regions such as Tao (the Armenian Tayk‘), Klarjet‘i and Shavshet‘i, where the Arabs had been unable to extend their dominion. Over the next two centuries a K‘art‘li-in-exile was created, which I call neo K‘art‘li.
This study uses "Tao-Klarjeti" in a broad sense. Throughout Late Antiquity and early medieval era, this extensive region was inhabited by K‛art‛velian-, Armenian-, and it would seem, to a considerably lesser extent, Greek-speaking communities.
