The feast of k’virik’oba (კვირიკობა), in honor of St. Kvirike of the Georgian church, is held every year atop the mountain in Upper Svaneti where the church of Sts. Kvirike and Ivlita sits. Hundreds of people from all over Georgia come to visit the church, recieve a blessing, and feast. St. Kvirike is associated with hilltops and the pagan god of thunder.