Tag: Georgia
Symposium on female monasticism in Zica Monastery
30/8/2011 Serbian Church The monastery of Zica, the endowment of Saint Sava and St. Simon (king Stephen the First Crowned), formerly the seat of the ... Read More
What Armenian Catholicos Wrote to US President Barack Obama
29/8/2011 ePress.am -- In Dec. 2009, His Holiness Karekin II, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, sent a letter to the US Ambassador ... Read More
SOS: Handwritings are annihilated from Armenian Churches in Tbilisi
26/8/2011 Armenian Churches in Georgia have always been interested and not only for Armenians or the amateurs of the church architecture. Most part of these ... Read More
Another Armenian Church vandalized in Georgia
22/8/2011 TBILISI. - Another Armenian church was vandalized in Georgia. This time it was Church of Surb Etchmiadzin located in the capital, Tbilisi, which was ... Read More
Patriarch seeks reconciliation for Abkhazia and South Ossetia
By Etuna Tsotniashvili 19/8/2011 On the 19th anniversary of the start of the war in Abkhazia, the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia and Mitropolite of Tskhum ... Read More
Georgian authorities must assist Catholicos-Patriarch to normalize relations with Russia
Tbilisi, August 1, Interfax - Ex-Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze has urged Georgian authorities to assist the dialog of Catholicos-Patriarch of all Georgia Ilia II and ... Read More
On the day of Baptism of Kyivan Rus, the three Primates of the Orthodox Churches celebrate Divine Liturgy in Soborna Square of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra
On July 28, commemoration of the Holy Prince Vladimir, Equal to the Apostles, and the 1023-anniversary of the Baptism of Kyivan Rus, His Holiness Patriarch ... Read More
Georgian, Russian Patriarchs Meet in Kiev
Video of the Meeting Civil Georgia, Tbilisi 27/7/2011 Reiterating Georgian Church's authority over breakaway Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Russian Patriarch Kirill said after meeting with ... Read More
His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia visited St. Elias Church city of Kyiv
26/7/2011 The Patriarch-Catholicos was accompanied by Metropolitan Simeon of Vinnytsia and Mohyliov-Podilskyy. Patriarch Ilia II got acquainted with the life of oldest church in Kyiv, ... Read More
KYIV. Patriarch Ilia II attended the opening of the exhibition “Iberia and the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra – the fertile lands of the Theotokos”
On July 26 at the National Kyiv-Pechersk Historic and Cultural Reserve, an exhibition of "Iberia and the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra - the fertile lands of the ... Read More
Catholicos-Patriarch of all Georgia Arrives in Ukraine
25/7/2011 The Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church met His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of all Georgia at the Kyiv Caves Monastery Upon ... Read More
The President of Georgia at Bagrati Cathedral
On July 22 the President of Georgia visited Kutaisi. Mikheil Saakashvili together with Archbishop Kalistrate saw the rehabilitation works at Bagrati Cathedral. The Italian architect ... Read More
Accreditation of journalists to cover the events related to the visit to Ukraine of His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II and Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill begins
23/7/2011 On the eve of celebration of the Baptism of Rus two Patriarchs will meet in Kyiv - His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos-Patriarch of All ... Read More
Patriarch Preached about Importance of Homeland
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
Georgia: Church-State Dispute in Tbilisi Exposes Anti-Armenian Undertones
Molly Corso 15/7/2011 A dispute over efforts to strengthen the legal rights of minority religions has opened a new fault line in Georgia’s fractured political ... Read More
Religious rage: Armenians in Georgia feel tension amid Orthodox Protests
Gohar Abrahamyan Reporting from Tbilisi, Georgia 14.07.11 Last week’s parliamentary approval of amendments in Georgia’s Civil Code granting legal status to several religious minorities, including ... Read More
President’s Spokesperson: ‘We Appreciate Firm Ties with Church’
Civil Georgia, Tbilisi 12/7/2011 The Georgian state will never take a step, which will be in conflict with “firm relations” the state and the Georgian ... Read More
Ex-president afraid of Armenian claims on Georgian Land
11.07.2011 Trend N.Kirtzkhalia Former Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze predicts serious confrontation between the church and Georgian authorities over the adoption of a bill "On granting ... Read More
Remonstrance: Some Georgians protest legalization of non-orthodox Churches
By SIRANUYSH GEVORGYAN ArmeniaNow reporter 11.07.11 Since Saturday, in Georgia, thousands of people have been holding demonstrations of protests, with calls against the “anti-Orthodox forces”, ... Read More
Armenian Church Hails Georgia’s Religious Minorities Law
8/7/2011 YEREVAN -- The Armenian Apostolic Church has welcomed the decision by Georgian authorities that will allow it to gain legal status in Georgia, RFE/RL's ... Read More
Opposition calls on Saakashvili to veto amendments on religious groups’ Law
By Mzia Kupunia 7/7/2011 The Georgian Patriarchate and some of the opposition have slammed changes made to the Georgian Civil Code on Tuesday, envisaging giving ... Read More