Tag: Georgia
Georgian Monk Calls Opposition ‘Devils’
14/03/2012 MOSCOW, March 14 (RIA Novosti) An abbot of an Orthodox Christian monastery in Georgia earned a reprimand from church hierarchs for calling the political ... Read More
Greek Patriarch denies negotiations over monastery
DFWATCH STAFF 10/3/2012 TBILISI, DFWatch – Theophilos III, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, is unfamiliar with there being negotiations regarding returning church control over ... Read More
Repairs for Saint Nshan: Georgia to restore Armenian Church
7/3/2012 The National Agency for Protection of Cultural Heritage of Georgia announced Tuesday that it has begun restoration of Saint Nshan church, an Armenian house ... Read More
Armenia’s Supreme Spiritual Council holds meeting in extended format
3/3/2012 Armenia’s Supreme Spiritual Council meeting in extended format took place at the Holy See in St. Etchmiadzin led by all Armenian Catholicos Karekin II. ... Read More
Georgia demands return of Monastery of the Cross from Jerusalem
27/2/2012 Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili wants Israel to return control over the Monastery of the Cross in Jerusalem, News.ru reports. The monastery was built by ... Read More
His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia the Second Visits Israel
22/2/2012 His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia the Second departed for Israel on February 16. During his visit in Israel His Holiness ... Read More
Ecumenical Patriarchate recognized Abkhazia canonical territory of Georgian Apostolic Orthodox Church
15/02/2012 Ecumenical Patriarchate and Constantinople Patriarch Bartholomew support the territorial integrity of Georgia and recognize Abkhazia as canonical territory of the Georgian Apostolic Orthodox Church. ... Read More
Building mosques to restore churches
13/2/2012 Georgian church On February 9, the Georgian Patriarchate released a statement condemning a recent agreement between the Georgian and Turkish governments, on the restoration ... Read More
Interior Ministry Says It Helped Secure Release of Georgian Monk from Captivity in Abkhazia
Civil Georgia 12/2/2012 The Georgian Interior Ministry said in a brief statement on February 11 without providing further details, that a Georgian priest-monk was released ... Read More
Historic documents tell it all
07/02/2012 Disturbing news is coming from Abkhazia. With instigation of the Moscow Patriarchate and through blindness of the separatist authorities of Abkhazia vandals of the ... Read More
Georgia wants CoE to take charge of its Orthodox monuments in Abkhazia
Strasbourg, January 25, Interfax - Georgian parliamentarians are going to draw the attention of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to what ... Read More
Commentary: Georgia’s Chokehold on Armenia Reaches Critical Level
By Edmond Y. Azadian 26/1/2012 While Armenian news media outlets have been concentrating on the French Senate action criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide, ... Read More
Tbilisi municipality launches restoration of Armenian Church
23/1/2012 TBILISI. – Municipality of Tbilisi started restoration works of the Armenian Church St. Nshan in the ancient part of the capital. “Currently the territory ... Read More
Handing over of Armenian churches must be based on principles of equality – Georgian patriarch
23/1/2012 The Georgian Orthodox Church passed a statement after the fire at the Church of St. Nikolai (Surb Nshan) on Serebryanaya Str. in Tbilisi. The ... Read More
565 more babies became Patriarch’s godchildren
20/1/2012 565 more babies became the Patriarch’s godchildren. The 21st baptism was held at the Trinity Cathedral yesterday. The Patriarch arrived at the cathedral for ... Read More
Armenian church in Tbilisi to be restored
19/1/2012 Armenia and Georgia have reached an agreement on restoration of the Armenian Church of Surb Nshan in Tbilisi, News Armenia reports. A group of ... Read More
Friday the 13th
16/01/2012 Irakli Tskitishvili Club of Experts In recent times the month of January has become quite scandalous for Abkhazia. This was the case last year, ... Read More
Armenian-Georgian relations continued to develop actively in 2011 – Armenain MFA
16/1/2012 YEREVAN. – Armenian-Georgian relations continued to develop actively in 2011. Bilateral visits on various levels were significantly activated, as well as an active political ... Read More
Catholicos Patriarch of all Georgia to visit Germany for medical examination
17/1/2012 Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II will leave for Germany for medical examination at the end of this week. As Patriarchate told Trend, he ... Read More
Restoration threatens Georgian Medieval Masterpiece
3/1/2012 AFP - Bagrati cathedral, a world-renowned but crumbling masterpiece of mediaeval Georgian architecture, is suffering not only from wear and tear but also from ... Read More
Head of Georgian Church Meets Ivanishvili
Civil Georgia, Tbilisi 25/12/2011 Head of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Ilia II, met on December 24 in the Patriarchate with billionaire philanthropist Bidzina Ivanishvili for ... Read More