Tag: Georgian Orthodox Church

GEORGIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IS SUPPORTED BY 91% OF RESPONDENTS

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- April 8, 2015

http://www.atlantaserbs.com/   Pravoslavie.ru - 8/4/15 Results of the new survey research carried out by the International Republican Institute (IRI) in Georgia have been published. According to ... Read More

Vatican’s Foreign Minister Visits Georgia

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- September 16, 2014

Civil Georgia - September 2014 Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, Secretary for Relations with States of the Holy See, met Georgian leadership in Tbilisi on September 15 and also ... Read More

Georgian Church Leader: ‘Believers will not Accept’ Anti-Discrimination Law

OCP- May 9, 2014

May 2014 “How can illegality be legalized? Legalizing illegality is a huge sin and that’s exactly what I have spoken out about" - Patriarch Ilia ... Read More

Utah Philanthropist Meets with Leader of Georgian Orthodox Church

OCP- December 18, 2013

18/12/13 Award-winning author and philanthropist John M. Simmons recently traveled to Tbilisi, in the former Soviet State of Georgia, to meet with His Holiness and ... Read More

Georgian Priests Should Remember Jesus’ Words

OCP- December 14, 2013

By Paul  Rimple - 14/12/13 The charitable State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic, or SOCAR,  has begun providing free gas to some 200 churches throughout Georgia  ... Read More

Georgia Removes “666” from ID Cards

OCP- June 24, 2013

Giorgi Lomsadze - June 2013 When Tea Tsulukiani became Georgia’s justice minister her task seemed tough, but straightforward: Take former corrupt officials to task and build ... Read More

Rising church asserts itself in Georgia

OCP- May 24, 2013

Nicholas Clayton - 24/5/13 Anti-gay mobs and opposition arrests are raising concerns about the country’s direction since a new government took power last year. TBILISI, ... Read More

Georgian Orthodox Church Calls for Anti-Abortion Law

OCP- May 6, 2013

Civil Georgia, Tbilisi - 6/5/13 Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Ilia II, has called on the Georgian authorities in his Easter epistle for adopting ... Read More

Ivanishvili on Georgian Orthodox Church

OCP- April 11, 2013

Civil Georgia, Tbilisi - 10/4/13 PM Ivanishvili said on April 10 that “problems exist” in the Georgian Orthodox Church too and speaking publicly on these ... 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

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with Primate of Georgian Orthodox Church

OCP- January 22, 2013

On 21 January 2013, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos-Patriarch Iliya II of All Georgia and ... Read More

Georgian Orthodox Church head to visit Moscow

OCP- January 20, 2013

20/1/13 The Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II is headed to Moscow on the occasion of him being awarded the Prize of the International Foundation ... Read More

Putin Congratulates Georgian Orthodox Church Leader

OCP- January 12, 2013

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 Orthodox Church Leader To Visit Moscow

OCP- January 3, 2013

3/1/2013 (Civil.Ge) — Head of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Ilia II, will visit Moscow later this month to receive an award from Russian Orthodox ... Read More

Financing of Church from state budget to increase in 2013

OCP- November 16, 2012

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

Georgia: Orthodox Church Looks Askance at Proliferation of Yoga Studies

OCP- September 1, 2012

Molly Corso 1/9/2012 A growing number of Georgians are turning to yoga to shake off the stress of daily life. But their quest for inner ... Read More

Patriarch Preached about Importance of Culture of Listening

OCP- June 26, 2012

25/6/2012 The Georgian Orthodox Church The Catholicos Patriarch of Georgia Ilia the Second spoke about the importance of culture of listening on the church service ... Read More

Head of Georgian Orthodox Church sent address to IV Religious Congress

OCP- May 31, 2012

31/5/2012 Catholicos Patriarch of all Georgia Ilia II has sent an address to the IV Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, which is ... Read More

Handing over of Armenian churches must be based on principles of equality – Georgian patriarch

OCP- January 23, 2012

23/1/2012 The Georgian Orthodox Church passed a statement after the fire at the Church of St. Nikolai (Surb Nshan) on Serebryanaya Str. in Tbilisi. The ... Read More

Georgian Orthodox Church head in Moscow for Russian patriarch’s birthday

OCP- November 19, 2011

(RIA Novosti) 18/11/2011 The head of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of All Georgia, arrived in Moscow on Friday for events to celebrate ... Read More

Four Groups Registered For Now Under New Law of Legal Status of Religious Minorities

OCP- September 28, 2011

Civil Georgia, Tbilisi 28/9/2011 Four religious groups have so far been registered as legal entities of public law, as a result of legislative amendment approval ... Read More