Tag: Georgian President
Georgian president grants 78 pardons for Easter
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
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
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
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
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
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
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