Tag: Georgia
Divine Liturgy in Memory of St. Gregory the Illuminator
Armenian Orthodox Church in Georgia - march 2015 On March 21, 2015 the feast of the first Catholicos St. Gregory the Illuminator was celebrated in ... Read More
Remembering Ananian-Hovnanian Family
Armenian Orthodox Church in Georgia On March 15, 2015 Doctor of Philology, Chairman of the Patriotic Union "Lorva Dzor"("Lori Valley”), Head of RA MES State ... Read More
Commemoration Day of the Forty Saint Martyrs in the Armenian Diocese in Georgia
On March 14, 2015 the Divine Liturgy was held in memory of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste in Saint Etchmiadzin church, located in Avlabari, Tbilisi. ... Read More
Catholicos of All Armenians Receives Chairman of State Agency for Religious Affairs of Georgia
On March 9, in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians; received Mr. Zaza Vashakmadze, ... Read More
The Monastic Republic of Mount Athos: the traditions of Orthodox people of Greece, Russia, Serbia, and Georgia
St Thikon University - February 2015 As our followers know, in 2014 two new organizations opened at St. Tikhon’s Orthodox University –St.Tikhon-Serbia and St.Tikhon-Greece, whose ... Read More
Ilia II of Georgia: there was never a time that humanity has fallen so low
Vestnik Kavkaza - 24/2/15 “People today think only of material goods and do not see how low they have fallen spiritually and how unhappy they are, ... Read More
Anahit Bostanjyan – Poetess and Translator Who Connects Armenian and Georgian Literatures
Armenian Orthodox Church in Georgia - February 2015 On February 17, 2015 the 65th birthday anniversary of famous poetess and translator Anahit Bostanjyan and 40th ... Read More
Flowers Laid on the Tomb of the Great Armenian Writer
Armenian Orthodox Church in Georgia - February 2015 The birthday of the great Armenian writer Hovhannes Tumanyan was on February 19. As every year, Armenians ... Read More
Two Orthodox Communities Offer Prayers for the People of Ukraine and Georgia
By Fr. Vasyl Pasakas Photos by Subdeacon Volodymyr Sukanets Two Orthodox communities that share much of modern day history gathered together over the weekend of ... Read More
“My Tbilisi” exhibition held at the “Hayartun” Center of the Armenian Orthodox Church in Georgia
Armenian Orthodox Church in Georgia- February 2015 The personal exhibition of honored artist Giovanni Vepkhvadze’s oil paintings entitled “My Tbilisi” was opened on February 6. ... Read More
Mikael Hovsepyan – A Man Devoted to Armenian Choreography
Armenian Orthodox Church in Georgia - February 2015 Mikael Hovsepyan was a well-known, merited choreographer, who dedicated all his life to the preservation and development ... Read More
Chairman of the “Free Democrats” political party meets with the representatives of the Armenian community in Georgia
On February 1, 2015 the Chairman of the “Free Democrats” political party Irakli Alasania met with the representatives of the Armenian community in Georgia at ... Read More
Body of Georgian priest killed in fire on Norman Atlantic ferry taken to Georgia
Tbilisi, January 19, Interfax - The body of Archimandrite Ilia Kartozia, who was killed in the fire on the ferry Norman Atlantic in the Adriatic ... Read More
An ancient chapel discovered in the caves of the David-Gareja monastery complex
David-Gareja - January 2015 An unknown chapel with frescoes depicting the Mother of God and saints has been discovered in the David-Gareja monastery complex, the ... Read More
“He told me that God would not abandon us” – the circumstances of death of Fr. Ilia Kartozia have become known
Pravoslavie.ru - January 2015 Archimandrite Ilia (Kartozia) saved the lives of a Greek lady and her little daughter on the Norman Atlantic ferry at the cost ... Read More
Armenian Orthodox Nativity and Theophany of Lord Jesus Christ Celebrated in Georgia
January 2015 The Armenian Diocese in Georgia has celebrated the first major feast of 2015, the Feast of Nativity and Theophany of Our Lord Jesus ... Read More
Patriarch Ilia II: “God is with us. These words are written in the Bible”
Pravoslavie.ru - December 2014 On the occasion of the 37th anniversary of his patriarchal enthronment, Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of All Georgia together with the Holy Synod ... Read More
Patriarch Ilia of Georgia condemns explosion in Sakdrisi
15/12/14 Patriarchate of Georgia has released a special statement which reads the following: ‘’The fact of exploding the Sakdrisi gold field has caused our great ... Read More
Patriarch Ilia of Georgia: don’t evict people from houses because of the debt
Christiantelegraph - December 2014 The Catholicos – Patriarch Ilia II of All Georgia asked the country’s commercial banks to not evict from their houses those people, ... Read More
Georgia celebrates its National Holiday—St. George’s (Giorgob) Day
On November 23 the Georgian Orthodox Church celebrated the St. George’s (Giorgob) Day. Great Martyr George the Victory-Bearer is venerated as patron-saint of the Georgian ... Read More
MOSQUE-CHURCH DISPUTE DIVIDES GEORGIAN VILLAGE
The Institute for War & Peace Reporting - November 2014 A dispute over whether a building in southern Georgia is a Muslim mosque or a Christian ... Read More