Tag: Patriarch Ilia
Georgia Patriarch Calls For Calm After Orthodox Groups Thwart Gay Rights Rally
18/5/13 (Civil.Ge) — The head of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Ilia II, has called for calm after violence that erupted after aggressive anti-gay protesters, ... Read More
Patriarch Kirill hopes visit by Ilia II to Moscow will strengthen Georgian-Russian relations
Moscow, January 21, Interfax - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expects the visit by Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of All Georgia to Moscow to ... 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
Georgian Orthodox Church Leader To Visit Moscow
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
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
Rising birth rate in former Soviet nation credited to Orthodox Patriarch
BY THADDEUS BAKLINSKI 23/5/2012 TBILISI, Georgia, May 23, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church has been credited with helping raise the ... Read More
Georgian Orthodox church patriarch’s mass baptisms boost birth rate
Associated Press in Tblisi 6/5/2012 The patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox church has baptised hundreds of babies in a Tbilisi cathedral and has been credited ... Read More
Metropolitan Volodymyr conferred on His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II the diploma of Doctor of Theology
31/7/2011 On July 30th His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II visited the Kyiv Theological Academy. Near the entrance to the administrative ... Read More
KYIV. Patriarch Ilia II attended the opening of the exhibition “Iberia and the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra – the fertile lands of the Theotokos”
On July 26 at the National Kyiv-Pechersk Historic and Cultural Reserve, an exhibition of "Iberia and the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra - the fertile lands of the ... Read More
The program of visit of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill and The program of visit of His Holiness Patriarch Ilia to Ukraine
The program of visit of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill to Ukraine on 26-28 July 2011 July 26 17:00 - Arrival to "Boryspil" airport. Ceremony of ... Read More
Georgian Patriarch receives Sharon Stone
05.06.11 Sharon Stone visited the Georgian Patriarchy in Tbilisi on Sunday. Georgia`s Catholicos Patriarch Ilia II received the famous actress. The famous actress listened to ... Read More
Georgian spiritual leader criticizes Police and Protesters
InterPressNews 27/5/2011 The leader of the Georgian Orthodox Church has called on the authorities to be merciful to those detained during dispersal of an opposition ... Read More
Saakashvili on Patriarch’s Role in Keeping ‘Georgian Identity’.
30/12/2010 Georgia maintained its very strong identity Georgian President Saakashvili praised the Georgian Orthodox Church and its head, Patriarch Ilia II, for, as he put ... Read More
Georgian Patriarch in Diaspora comeback Plea
21/11/2010 In a sermon in the central Cathedral of Tbilisi on Sunday, the Georgian Orthodox Patriarch Ilia the Second appealed to the Georgian Diaspora to ... Read More
Patriarch: ‘Refrain from Sending Kids Abroad for Education’
3/10/2010 The influential head of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Ilia II, called on believers on October 3 not to send thier children abroad for ... Read More
Mass Baptism Held in Georgia – Snaps
The mass baptism ceremony in the town of Mtskheta outside Tbilisi, July 13, 2010. About 700 children were baptized by the Georgian Orthodox church during ... Read More