Tag: Vissarion Aplia

Georgian, Ecumenical Patriarchs not expected in Abkhazia

OCP- May 24, 2013

Sukhum, May 23, Interfax - The head of self-proclaimed Abkhaz Orthodox Church Priest Vissarion Aplia, said that the visit of Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia ... 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

Georgian Patriarchate is ready to dialogue with Abkhazia on Church Question

OCP- December 9, 2010

Tbilisi, December 9, Interfax – The Georgian Orthodox Church is open to the dialogue with Abkhazia, head of the Georgian Patriarchate Foreign Department Metropolitan Gerasim ... Read More