Patriarch of Georgia: on Russia, Abkhazia, the war and Separatism

14/2/2011 Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi and the Metropolitan Pitsunda and Tskhum-Abkhazia Ilia II gave an interview to the BBC Russian edition during his official visit to the UK last week. Interested in his new title, the BBC journalist asked Catholicos Patriarch how he can lead the diocese, which is not under Georgia’s jurisdiction? The Patriarch responded that the jurisdiction of the Georgian Orthodox Church extended to Abkhazia and Tskhinvali