Tag: Georgia
Catholicos of All Armenians Receives Georgian Prime Minister
On 17 January 2013, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians; received the Georgian Prime Minister, Mr. Bidzina Ivanishvili; in ... Read More
Georgia’s Ivanishvili Wants ‘Ideal’ Ties With Armenia
Sargis Harutyunyan - 18/1/13 Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili pledged to seek the restoration of Georgia’s railway communication with Russia, vital for Armenia, and help make ... Read More
Georgia’s Holy Trinity
Giorgi Lomsadze - 16/1/13 Georgia’s two squabbling rulers, the prime minister and the president, both need love . . . the love of the country’s ... Read More
Yanukovych presents Order of Merit I to Patriarch of Georgia
2013-01-15 KYIV, January 15. /UKRINFORM/. Ukrainian Ambassador to Georgia Vasyl Tsybenko handed the Order of Merit I over to spiritual leader of Georgia, Catholicos-Patriarch of ... Read More
President and Prime Minister visit patriarchate on Orthodox New Year’s Eve
By Ana Robakidze – 16/1/13 Patriarch Ilia II hosted the President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili, Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili and chairperson of parliament Davit Usupashvili ... Read More
Orthodox church leaders leaving Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch — 14/1/13 Clerics from different Orthodox countries will leave today, Monday. The guests arrived five days ago in order to congratulate Georgian Patriarch ... Read More
Georgian pilgrims denied Israeli visas
12/1/13 - Lika Moshiashvili On Christmas Eve, the news that the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Israel had refused to issue visas to Georgia’s commercial ... Read More
Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Visits Georgia
The spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (C) and Georgian Orthodox Patriarch Ilia II (R) walk during their meeting in Tbilisi, ... Read More
Putin Congratulates Georgian Orthodox Church Leader
Civil Georgia, Tbilisi - 12/1/13 Russia’s President Vladimir Putin congratulated Georgian Orthodox Church Patriarch Ilia II on his 80th birthday and 35th anniversary of enthronement. ... Read More
Georgian Patriarch denies controversial Karabakh comment
Karabakh - 9/1/2013 H H Ilia II, the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia and the spiritual leader of the Georgian Orthodox Church, has denied making a ... Read More
Catholicos Patriarch’s traditional Christmas epistle
8/1/2013 Ilia II, Catholicos Patriarch of Georgia, celebrated Christmas and addressed residents of Georgia with his traditional Christmas epistle. “First of all we are responsible ... Read More
Anniversary of reconsecration of St. Cross Church celebrated in Javakhk
2 5/12/12 YEREVAN, DECEMBER 25, ARMENPRESS. Devine liturgy has been celebrated in St. Cross Church in Javakhk on December 23, which was dedicated to the ... Read More
Georgia to celebrate 35th anniversary of enthronement of Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II
Trend, N. Kirtskhalia- 25/12/12 Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II is celebrating the day of his enthronement today. As the Patriarchate of Georgia told Trend, ... Read More
Georgians revive tradition of sacred chanting
4/12/2012 Since the fourth century AD, Georgians have proudly nurtured their brand of Orthodox Christianity. But it hasn’t always been easy. Now young Georgians want ... Read More
“Armenian Churches in Tbilisi, Yesterday and Today” Exhibition Opens in Georgia
4/12/2012 An exhibition entitled "Armenian Churches in Tbilisi, Yesterday and Today" opened on December 1, 2012 at the “Hayartun” Cultural Center of the Diocese of ... Read More
Georgia remembers ‘Day of 100,000 Martyrs’
16/11/2012 Georgian Orthodox believers take part in a service in downtown Tbilisi, Georgia, Nov. 13, 2012. Every year people gather to attend a special service ... Read More
Financing of Church from state budget to increase in 2013
GEORGIA ONLINE - 6th November 2012 According to the draft budget for 2013, funding of the Georgian Orthodox Church from the state budget increases from ... Read More
Ensemble Basiani performs secular, sacred Georgian music
By Caela Murphy 17/10/2012 Ensemble Basiani, a choral group from the Republic of Georgia, will perform an array of secular Georgian folk music alongside sacred ... Read More
Javakhk Armenians’ issue to challenge Georgia’s democracy – expert
4/10/2012 PanARMENIAN.Net - Finding solution to Javakhk Armenians and the Armenian Church issues will be a true challenge to Georgian leadership, putting the country’s democracy ... Read More
Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II speaks about prisoners
28/9/2012 The Patriarchate of Georgia has released information about a meeting between Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia ll and students of the spiritual academy ... Read More
Church Leader Calls Against ‘Misuse’ of Prison Abuse Case
25/9/2012 Civil Georgia Georgian Orthodox Church leader, Patriarch Ilia II, has called on “everyone not to misuse” prison abuse case for “humiliation of Georgia”. “Developments ... Read More