“We express our full support to the Patriarch in this difficult situation,“ said Georgian businessman Mamuka Khazaradze, the founder of TBC Bank and Anaklia Development Consortium, who recently established new public movement Lelo. He, on behalf of the public movement Lelo, responded to the recent developments in the Patriarchate of Georgia with a special statement,…

Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Gakharia, who is paying an official visit to the Republic of Turkey, made a special statement in connection with the recent developments around the Georgian Orthodox Church. As the Prime Minister said such unbelievable attacks on the Georgian Patriarch, the symbol of country’s spiritual nature, are the attacks on the…

I have never thought of punishing anyone. I always think only of your help, His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia said. As it is written in the protocol of the Holy Synod meeting held on Thursday, the Patriarch said that the Church must do everything to ensure peace in the country as well…

Our Patriarch has withstood KGB and he will surely survive this bite of a mosquito, – former President Giorgi Margvelashvili told reporters. The former President visited the Patriarchate and met with Ilia II yesterday. As Giorgi Margvelashvili noted that the kind of statements we heard are not made just because of anger and that “some…

Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has met with Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II. The meeting was held in the Patriarchate, where the Prime Minister spent about 10 minutes. Giorgi Gakharia left the building without making comments.   — ipn.ge

What we saw yesterday is a deliberate attack on the state and the church, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia said before the cabinet meeting. The Prime Minister started the government session by commenting on the developments in the Patriarchate yesterday. According to the PM, the Georgian Patriarch is a symbol of the Church and statehood….

Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia is meeting with Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II at the Georgian Patriarchate. On October 31, Georgian PM, being an on an official visit in Turkey, released a special statement after the sitting of the Holy Synod. Gakharia said that the attack on the Georgian Patriarch,…

The Georgian Patriarchate published the protocol of October 31 sitting of the Holy Synod. Based on the protocol, the sitting was attended by 42 church officials and was headed by Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II. The Holy Synod decided to mediate with President of Georgia regarding pardoning of Archpriest Giorgi…

Giorgi Gakharia, Prime Minister of Georgia while being on an Official Visit to the Republic of Turkey made an ad-hoc comment after the development of events at the Sacred Synod convened in Tbilisi today. As noted by the Head of Government of Georgia, such unbelievable assaults towards the Patriarch of Georgia – spiritual symbol of…