Tag: Georgia
President and Patriarch Remember the Fallen of 2008
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
Medieval Georgian Sites Placed On UNESCO Endangered List
The Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery, two jewels of medieval Georgian architecture, are under threat. That's according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural ... Read More
Armenian historian blames Georgian authorities for ‘privatizing’ Churches
15/7/2010 Identity crisis?: Armenian historian blames Georgian authorities for ‘privatizing’ churches By GAYANE ABRAHAMYAN ArmeniaNow reporter An Armenian historian and researcher has warned that another ... Read More
Mass Baptism Held in Georgia – Snaps
The mass baptism ceremony in the town of Mtskheta outside Tbilisi, July 13, 2010. About 700 children were baptized by the Georgian Orthodox church during ... Read More
Poland – Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorki visits Georgia and Armenia
14/7/2010 On 12-15 July Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski is paying official visits to Georgia and Armenia. Minister Sikorski will meet Georgia’s President Mikheil Saakashvili, Prime ... Read More
Orthodox TV channel stops broadcasting in Georgia
23/6/2010 Ertsulovneba , the TV channel of Georgian Patriarchy stopped broadcasting. According to the director general of the channel, it was disconnected because of debts ... Read More
Novella’s publication provokes culture war in Georgia
17/6/2010 An irreverent short novel in Tbilisi has provoked a culture war that has Georgians fighting over the limits of individual freedom. The work, titled ... Read More
The Patriarch Of Romania Received The President Of Georgia At Antim Monastery
Romanian Orthodox Church His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church received His Excellency, Mr. Mihail Saakashvili, President of Georgia, on a visit, at ... Read More
Catholicos-Patriarch: Abkhazia and Samachablo are our pride, pain and Hope
3/5/2010 No enemy will not be able to divide Georgians, Abkhazians and Ossetians, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II said at a meeting at the ... Read More
Supreme Spiritual Council Convenes in the Mother See
On June 1, a meeting of the Supreme Spiritual Council was convened in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin under the presidency of His Holiness ... Read More
OBL Forum Delegation Meets Metropolitan Abba Seraphim
18/1/2010 With the blessings of Rt Rev Chorbishop Dr. Kyriakose Thottupuram of Chicago (OBL Chancellor) the OBL delegation met with His Eminence Metropolitan Abba Seraphim ... Read More
Holy Synod session held at the Patriarchate of Georgia.
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
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
Upon blessing by Metropolitan Dimitri the II Homemade Wine Festival was held in Batumi on 3rd May 2009.
Georgian Orthodox Church Applicants could bring their taste samples during 2 months. The testing commission included famous winemakers throughout Georgia. The commission worked for two ... Read More
Appeal to the Georgian nation by the Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II
April 9th is approaching, a day that has left its mark on our consciousness as the day on which our nation fought for freedom and ... Read More
Statement by the Patriarchate of Georgia
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
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
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
His Holiness Karekin II receives Chairman of the Georgian Parliament
On 24 February, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, received Mr. Davit Bakradze, Chairman of the Georgian Parliament. Mr. Bakradze ... Read More
Patriarch Blessed Congregation to Start Lent
Catholic Patriarch of Georgia Ilia the second blessed congregation to start Lent.Ilia the second spoke about forgiveness in St. Trinity temple. Orthodox Church celebrates the ... Read More
Georgian Patriarch prompts Population Boom
Georgia has stemmed a long-term population decline thanks to an unpredecented offer by the head of its Orthodox Church to be godfather to thousands of ... Read More