Tag: New Athos

Is Abkhazia returning to Byzantium?

OCP- June 22, 2013

  Georgy Kalatozishvili, Tbilisi. Exclusively to Vestnik Kavkaza  21/6/13 The Minister of Justice of Abkhazia registered the Christian religious organization Sacred Metropolis of Abkhazia (SMA) ... Read More

A new church organization has created in Abkhazia

OCP- May 16, 2011

Sukhumi, May 16, Interfax - An ecclesiastical congress has asked to set up a commission to discuss the status of an independent "Abkhaz Church". The ... Read More

Georgian Patriarchate urges to prevent a schism between the Orthodox Abkhazians

OCP- May 16, 2011

Tbilisi, May 16, Interfax - Georgian Patriarchate urged to prevent a schism between the Orthodox Abkhazians. "It appears that the cause of this congress is ... Read More

Have demons got hold of Ownerless Church?

OCP- April 12, 2011

11/04/2011 Irakli Tskitishvili Expert's Club A conflict is deepening in the Abkhazian Church hierarchy. Actions of Vissarion Apliaa and the Russian Orthodox Church in this ... Read More

Clerics rebelled in Abkhazia

OCP- April 5, 2011

05/04/2011 On April 4th around 400 clerics and laity gathered in the New Athos Monastery and expressed distrust towards self-proclaimed leader of the Abkhazian Church ... Read More