Tag: Georgia

Symposium on female monasticism in Zica Monastery

OCP- August 30, 2011

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

OCP- August 30, 2011

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

OCP- August 27, 2011

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

OCP- August 24, 2011

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

OCP- August 21, 2011

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

OCP- August 3, 2011

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

OCP- July 28, 2011

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

OCP- July 27, 2011

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

OCP- July 27, 2011

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”

OCP- July 27, 2011

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

OCP- July 26, 2011

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

OCP- July 26, 2011

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

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

Georgia: Church-State Dispute in Tbilisi Exposes Anti-Armenian Undertones

OCP- July 16, 2011

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

OCP- July 14, 2011

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’

OCP- July 12, 2011

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

OCP- July 11, 2011

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

OCP- July 11, 2011

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

OCP- July 9, 2011

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

OCP- July 7, 2011

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