Tag: Georgia

Hasmik Poghosyan met with representatives of Armenian community in Georgia

OCP- March 26, 2013

26/3/13 YEREVAN, MARCH 25, ARMENPRESS. The Minister of Culture of the Republic of Armenia Hasmik Poghosyan paid a working visit to Tbilisi and had a ... Read More

Natakhtari Fund for adolescents helps make dreams come true

OCP- March 22, 2013

22/3/13 With Natakhtari’s support, Mari Mchedlidze became a graduate of the Natalie Educational Center. The Natakhtari brewing company established the Natakhtari Fund in November 2011. ... Read More

Russian delegation to visit Georgia

OCP- March 22, 2013

Georgia, Tbilisi,/ N. Kirtskhalia / - 22/3/13 Presentation of the GROS international center for humanitarian cooperation will be organized in Tbilisi on the initiative of ... Read More

Patriarchate to presumably take part in Oshki and Ishkhani rehabilitation

OCP- March 18, 2013

Georgia Online - 18/3/13 Georgia’s Patriarchate presumably will be involved in the negotiations on restoring Georgian cultural heritage in Turkey and construction of a mosque ... Read More

Public confidence to Church, Army and Police unrivalled in Georgia – survey

OCP- March 17, 2013

17/3/13 Orthodox Church preserves its leadership in the rating of confidence to social institutions. According to the social research of the International Republican Institute (IRI), ... Read More

Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church in Georgia Celebrates Median Day of Lent

OCP- March 8, 2013

7/3/13 The ‘Median Day of Lent’ (mid-Lent, or Michink) was celebrated at the Surb Echmiadzin Church  in Avlabari, Tbilisi. Michink is celebrated during the middle ... Read More

Resumption of Georgian wine supply to Russian market will help improve bilateral relations – Ilia II

OCP- February 28, 2013

Tbilisi, February 27, Interfax - Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of All Georgia met with representatives of Russia's Rospotrebnadzor, who are in Georgia to inspect the Georgian ... Read More

Bidzina Ivanishvili: Let’s first make church renovation, then start dispute

OCP- February 27, 2013

St. Nshan church in Tbilisi, Georgia 27/2/13 The renovation of the Armenian theater in Tbilisi, as well as six churches will be implemented by the ... Read More

Ilia the Second – Abkhazia and Tskhinvali are Georgia’s Open Wounds

OCP- February 20, 2013

Georgia Online 20/2/13 Abkhazia and Tskhinvali are Georgia’s open wounds - Catholicos Patriarch of Georgia Ilia the Second said during a meeting with the United ... Read More

Patriarchate to presumably take part in Oshki and Ishkhani rehabilitation

OCP- February 19, 2013

Georgia Online - 19/2/13 Georgia’s Patriarchate presumably will be involved in the negotiations on restoring Georgian cultural heritage in Turkey and construction of a mosque ... Read More

Georgian church declares 2013 the year of Queen Tamar

OCP- February 19, 2013

19/2/13 Georgian Orthodox Church has declared 2013 the year of Queen Tamar. Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II made this statement during a Sunday sermon. ... Read More

Patriarch Kirill hopes visit by Ilia II to Moscow will strengthen Georgian-Russian relations

OCP- February 1, 2013

Moscow, January 21, Interfax - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expects the visit by Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of All Georgia to Moscow to ... Read More

Georgia’s Diocese Blasts Saakashvili

OCP- January 31, 2013

31/1/13 TBILISI—The Armenian Diocese of Georgia called on President Mikheil Saakashvili and his United National Movement party to refrain from making provocative statements in relation ... Read More

Armenian Diocese calls upon Saakashvili and other leaders of the UNM to abstain from provocative statements

OCP- January 27, 2013

27/1/13 The release of political prisoners and other amnestied persons, including Vahagn Chakhalyan caused furious reactions from the opposition party, United National Movement. During the ... Read More

Georgian patriarch praises ‘historic’ visit to Russia

OCP- January 27, 2013

27/1/13 Tbilisi. The Catholicos-Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Ilia II, praised his five-day visit to Russia as “historic” upon his arrival to Georgia late ... Read More

Chakhalyan Released from Georgia Prison

OCP- January 25, 2013

25/1/13 AKHALKALAK, Javakhk—Georgian authorities on Thursday released Georgian-Armenian activist Vahagn Chakhalyan, who was serving a 10-year sentence for alleged weapons possession and inciting unrest, his ... Read More

Meeting of patriarchs in Moscow aims to ease tensions

OCP- January 25, 2013

  Nino Edilashvili - 25/1/13 Leader of Georgia’s Orthodox Church, Catholicos Patriarch of Georgia Ilia II, visited Moscow to personally receive the Russian Church’s award ... Read More

Catholicos Karekin II meets Javakhk Armenians

OCP- January 25, 2013

22/1/13 PanARMENIAN.Net - Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin IImet with a delegation of Javakhk Armenians led by the president of Russia’s Javakhk Diaspora Aghasi Arabyan. The meeting ... Read More

Catholicos-Patriarch Iliya II of All Georgia arrives in Moscow

OCP- January 21, 2013

January 20, 2012 – His Holiness and Beatitude Iliya II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, was given a solemn welcome at Vnukovo airport in Moscow. On ... Read More

Patriarch Kirill hopes visit by Ilia II to Moscow will strengthen Georgian-Russian relations

OCP- January 21, 2013

Moscow, January 21, Interfax - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expects the visit by Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of All Georgia to Moscow to ... Read More

Armenian History To Be Taught In Georgian Schools

OCP- January 19, 2013

18/1/13 Armenian history will soon be included in the curriculum of Georgian schools. During a visit to Yerevan on January 18, Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina ... Read More