In his diary entries, mountaineer Levan Sudzhashvili in 1947 noted that he saw a cave with an iron gate and a descending chain in a rock northeast of the top of Kazbek. In January 1948, a group of mountaineers led by Alexandra Dzhaparidze explored the cave, finding a 5.5-meter long hanging metal chain at the entrance. The cave had a dome-shaped vault, rounded walls and a paved floor with square tiles. The altar of the church, the utensils of the medieval church, the banner of the church, dating from the X-XI centuries, coins of the XV-XVIII century and other articles were found.