Tag: Catholicos Patriarch

Monastery to open on Georgia-Russia border

OCP- September 14, 2011

Trend, N. Kirtskhalia Georgia, Tbilisi 14/9/2011 A monastery will open tomorrow in Darial Gorge near the Georgian-Russian border, the Catholicos Patriarch of all Georgia Ilia ... Read More

Russian, Georgian, Ukrainian church leaders to meet in Kyiv

OCP- July 20, 2011

Interfax-Ukraine 19/7/2011 Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia will visit Ukraine on July 26-28 to mark the Day of Christianization of Kyivan Rus. During ... Read More

Patriarch Preached about Importance of Homeland

OCP- July 18, 2011

18/7/2011 Catholicos Patriarch of Georgia preached about the importance of the homeland at the Sunday service. Patriarch blessed Georgians who arrived from Iran and personally ... Read More

Georgian idea and Georgian World

OCP- April 28, 2011

By Messenger Staff 27/4/2011 During the recent religious celebrations, Catholicos Patriarch of Georgia Ilia II paid certain attention to political themes. If we realize how ... Read More

Catholicos Patriarch Consecrates Three Crosses – One Goes to Abkhazia

OCP- April 28, 2011

2011-04-07 Georgian Church Catholicos Patriarch consecrates three crosses at Annunciation Church, Tbilisi. One cross out of three will be sent to Abkhazia. Catholicos Patriarch of ... Read More

Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia Meets Abkhazians Living in Georgia

OCP- April 17, 2011

2011-03-24 His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia, Archbishop of Mtskheta and Tbilisi, Metropolitan of Pitsunda and Sukhumi-Abkhazia Ilia II has met with ... Read More

Catholicos Patriarch Consecrates St. George’s Church at Georgian Diocese of Great Britain and Ireland

OCP- February 15, 2011

2011-02-07 His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia, Archbishop of Mtskheta and Tbilisi and Metropolitan of Pitsunda and Sukhumi-Abkhazia left for London. The ... Read More

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

OCP- February 15, 2011

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 ... Read More

Ilia the Second Celebrated His 78th Birthday

OCP- January 9, 2011

By Salome Modebadze 5/1/2011 His Holiness and Beatitude, Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia, Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi, Metropolitan of Bichvinta and Tskhum-Abkhazia Ilia the Second celebrated ... Read More

Georgian Patriarch takes control over Abkhaz Diocese

OCP- December 23, 2010

Tbilisi, December 22, Interfax - The Georgian Patriarchate announced the transfer of control over the Abkhaz Diocese to the leader of the Georgian Orthodox Church. ... Read More

The head of the Georgian Church urged Georgians and Abkhazians to forgive Each Other

OCP- October 3, 2010

28/8/2010 Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II said that the war in Abkhazia in the early 1990's was directed against the unity and brotherhood of ... Read More

Georgian Patriarch ready to share church lands with Population

OCP- September 1, 2010

Tbilisi, August 30, Interfax – Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II has come up with the initiative of sharing the lands of the Orthodox Church ... Read More

President and Patriarch Remember the Fallen of 2008

OCP- August 7, 2010

By: Salome Modebadze 7/8/2010 President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili and the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia the Second laid flowers at the graves of soldiers ... Read More

Holy Synod session held at the Patriarchate of Georgia.

OCP- May 12, 2009

The session was chaired by His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II. The session speaker was Metropolitan Nikoloz (Pachuashvili) of Akhalkalaki ... Read More

Catholicos Patriarch of Georgia Meets Diplomatic Corps

OCP- May 12, 2009

Yesterday, Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II met with diplomatic corps and stated that extremely tensed relations between the government and the opposition were ... Read More

Statement by the Patriarchate of Georgia

OCP- April 17, 2009

As it emerged, initially reports were circulated in the Azerbaijani press claiming that Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II had made a statement that contained ... Read More

Copy of St. George’s Miraculous Icon Arrives to Georgia

OCP- March 29, 2009

Copy of St. George’s miraculous icon is rested at Holy Trinity Cathedral. The icon has been brought from Holy Mount Athos upon blessing by Catholicos ... Read More

Statement by Georgian Patriarchate

OCP- March 29, 2009

Recently, there have been appeared publications about health of Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II in Georgian media specifying no sources the articles give ... Read More

Patriarch Is Back to Georgia

OCP- February 27, 2009

2009-02-20, Today, Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia returns from Germany back to Georgia. His Holiness and Beatitude together with accompanied persons take a charter flight. ... Read More

The Patriarch’s Health Is Stable

OCP- January 31, 2009

Georgian Orthodox Church Health condition of His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgi Ilia II is stable and his life is no more ... Read More

The Patriarch’s Health Is Stable

OCP- January 31, 2009

Georgian Orthodox Church Health condition of His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgi Ilia II is stable and his life is no more ... Read More