President and Prime Minister visit patriarchate on Orthodox New Year’s Eve

By Ana Robakidze – 16/1/13 Patriarch Ilia II hosted the President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili, Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili and chairperson of parliament Davit Usupashvili at the Patriarchate on Orthodox New Year’s Eve. The reception was attended by the World Patriarch Bartholomew I, who visits Tbilisi on the occasion of the 80th birthday of the Georgian Patriarch Ilia II, and by other high rank religious figures, including Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Irinej and interim leader of Bulgarian Orthodox Church Metropolitan Cyril of Varna and Veliki Preslav and others. “Let 2013 be the year of love.