Georgian Church says Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II may meet with Patriarch Kirill soon
Tbilisi/Moscow, August 12, Interfax – A meeting between the Primates of the Georgian Orthodox Church and the Russian Orthodox Church can take place in the near future in Sochi, Sukhumi, or Vladikavkaz, Father Michael Botkoveli, a spokesman for Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of All Georgia, told journalists on Wednesday.
“However, this is only an idea so far, and no final decision has yet been made,” Fr. Michael said.
The date for the meeting between the two Patriarchs is so far unknown, but “there is an agreement that it will take place in the near future,” he said.
Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II said during a service at St. Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi on Sunday that his meeting with Patriarch Kirill could take place in the Daryal Gorge at the Georgian-Russian border.
The Georgian Patriarchate said negotiations on a meeting between the two religious leaders have been held for a long time but the venue and time of the meeting have still not been determined.
The Russian Orthodox Church has denied that the two might meet in the near future.
“This is not so,” the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations told Interfax on Wednesday.
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