Tag: Georgian President

Georgian president grants 78 pardons for Easter

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- April 15, 2015

Tbilisi, April 14, Interfax - Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili has signed a decree pardoning 78 prison inmates on the occasion of Orthodox Easter, chairman of ... Read More

Cathedral Restoration Causes Headache For Georgian President

OCP- June 20, 2012

Coilin O'Connor with contributions from RFE/RL correspondent Merkhat Sharipzhanov and RFE/RL's Georgian Service 19/6/2012 Georgian Orthodox Patriarch Ilia II has ordered the suspension of restoration ... Read More

Georgia demands return of Monastery of the Cross from Jerusalem

OCP- February 27, 2012

27/2/2012 Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili wants Israel to return control over the Monastery of the Cross in Jerusalem, News.ru reports. The monastery was built by ... Read More

Georgian authorities must assist Catholicos-Patriarch to normalize relations with Russia

OCP- August 3, 2011

Tbilisi, August 1, Interfax - Ex-Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze has urged Georgian authorities to assist the dialog of Catholicos-Patriarch of all Georgia Ilia II and ... Read More

Ex-president afraid of Armenian claims on Georgian Land

OCP- July 11, 2011

11.07.2011 Trend N.Kirtzkhalia Former Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze predicts serious confrontation between the church and Georgian authorities over the adoption of a bill "On granting ... Read More

Opposition calls on Saakashvili to veto amendments on religious groups’ Law

OCP- July 7, 2011

By Mzia Kupunia 7/7/2011 The Georgian Patriarchate and some of the opposition have slammed changes made to the Georgian Civil Code on Tuesday, envisaging giving ... Read More

Meeting between Armenian Catholicos, Georgian President Possible

OCP- January 22, 2011

21/1/2011 The press service of the Holy See of Echmiadzin informed NEWS.am that Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II may meet with Georgian President Mikhail ... Read More