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The Head of the Public Relations Service of the Georgian Patriarchate, Archpriest Andria Jagmaidze, has stated that the order issued and published by Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II approximately nine ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special representative for international cultural cooperation, Mikhail Shvydkoy, attended a memorial liturgy in Tbilisi for the late Georgian Patriarch Ilia II. The ...

TBILISI, March 22 (Reuters) - Large crowds of Orthodox Christians gathered in the centre of the Georgian capital on Sunday to mourn Ilia II, ‌the spiritual leader who led the church through nearly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mourners attend a funeral service of the late Georgia's Orthodox Patriarch Ilia II outside the Sameba Cathedral in Tbilisi, ...

Thousands of Georgians attended the funeral of influential Orthodox Patriarch Ilia II on Sunday, as some expressed fears his successor could strengthen Russian influence over the Caucasus country.

By Lucy Papachristou TBILISI, March 22 (Reuters) - Large crowds of Orthodox Christians gathered in the centre ‌of the Georgian capital on Sunday to ‌mourn Ilia II, the spiritual leader who led the ...