Summary 

      The construction of the church and monastery complex named after the icon of the Mother of God of Iveria on the Makhata mountain in Tbilisi is considered one of the main attempts by the Georgian nation, which is devoted to the Mother of God, to grasp and recognize its own responsibility before her. The rather long process of selecting a suitable area for the construction of such a high-level monastic complex was completed in 2002. A few years later, several attempts to involve people living in Georgia and beyond, to start construction and ensure its continuous financing, ended in vain. Only in 2010, after the establishment of the "Iveriisa" Foundation, it was decided that the necessary funds should be mobilized at the expense of each GEL donated in the name of living and dead people, which has no analogues in the world. The main goal of the fund was to introduce the importance of this initiative to the broad layers of society and to collect and optimally dispose of the donated funds. Even today, donors join by filling in special questionnaires, where the list of living and dead people, or builders, whose total number has already reached 1.5 million, is indicated. In 2012, the construction of the main church of the complex, the church named after the Icon of the Mother of God of Iveria, which is the second largest in Georgia, began. Its height is 51 meters, the maximum dimensions in the plan are 60 X 34 meters, and the internal area is 1250 m2. For the natural lighting of the temple, more than usual and large windows are traditionally used, which makes it very bright and different compared to other temples.   Due to the way of financing, the customer of the construction of the temple was literally the whole of Georgia. Because of this, there was a special interest in the accounting and spending of donated funds. In order to ensure complete transparency in this direction, any newly filled out questionnaire and all donations are still strictly fixed (in accordance with the numbering) and uploaded to a special web page. An audit report is held twice a year and published publicly. Also, at least once a quarter, a report is presented to the members of the Board of Directors, which consists of prominent representatives of the Georgian society. Despite the fact that the vast majority of donations were one-time, during the construction of the main temple, its monthly amount exceeded 300 thousand GEL and no problems were created. As a result, the construction of the monolithic reinforced concrete frame and the interior and exterior finishing of the temple using local and foreign natural stones were completed in a relatively short time. One of the main conditions was also fulfilled, that all the crosses and bells were cast by Georgian masters, which used to be a great rarity, and their production was mainly done abroad. It should be noted that the temple turned out to be so good that Proeti's chief architect Omar Napetvaridze and sculptor Gia Japaridze received the highest Rustaveli award in Georgia for its artistic decoration. On May 12, 2019, the temple was blessed, which turned into a public celebration. After that, instead of continuing the construction of the whole complex with more enthusiasm, the opposite happened. A large part of the donors and the population considered that the main goal has been achieved and the inflow of cash has decreased dramatically. Actually, it is necessary to build many new buildings in accordance with the approved master plan of the monastery complex. Which is impossible under such conditions. As of August 2024, due to the lack of funds, after the completion of the construction of the temple, the construction of not a single new object was started, and the two buildings included in the complex were not covered. Despite many efforts and promises from the Georgian government, there are no prospects that this magnificent case will continue in the near future.