OCP News Service - 20/11/2020 Tbilisi- Georgia: Mike Pompeo, US Secretary of States was received by His Holiness Ilia II the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia on 18th of November, 2020 at the headquarters of the Church of Georgia in the capital city of Tbilisi. Pompeo expressed his great pleasure in meeting the Primate of the Georgian Orthodox ...
OCP News Service - 11/11/2020 Tiblisi-Georgia: The maintenance and preservation of the sixth-century Jvari Georgian Orthodox monastery near Mtskheta in eastern Georgia have been catered by the Embassy of the United States of America. The monastery is a certified World Heritage site by UNESCO. The US Embassy in Georgia has pumped in more than $500,000 for preserving various structures of ...
Church of Serbia - 3/4/19 His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch received His Excellency Mr. Irakli Kobakhidze, at the Serbian Patriarchate on 29 March 2019. The audience was attended by His Excellency Ioseb Nanobashvili, Ambassador of Georgia to Athens and Belgrade, members of the Parliament of Georgia Mr. Goga Gulordava, Zakaria Kurtsnashvili, Mr. Giorgi Totladze, Mr. David Bakradze, ...
OCP News Service - 19/12/18 Europe: The Ancient Orthodox Church of Malankara has opened new congregations in the Eastern European nation of Georgia and the West European Nation of France. Metropolitan Mathew Mar Timotheus (of the U.K. and Europe Disocese) celebrated Divine Liturgy at one of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Churches in Georgia. A few weeks back, ...
Orthochristian.com - 2/4/18 His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has received condolences from several primates of fraternal Local Orthodox Churches for the tragic fire that occurred in a mall in the Siberian city of Kemerovo on Sunday, leaving 64 dead, including 41 children, and another 44 injured, according to the official numbers. Several letters have ...
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin - 6/11/17 On October 31, with the blessings of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians; an international conference on “Regional Peace: Realities and Perspectives” was held in the Vatche and Tamar Manookian Library of the Mother See. The conference was organized through the initiative of the ...
The Patriarchate of Jerusalem - July 2017 On Monday afternoon, 11th/24th July 2017, the Prime Minister of Georgia, His Excellency Mr. Giorgi Kvirikashvili, visited the Patriarchate, escorted by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, the Ambassador of Georgia in Israel and the Ambassador of Israel in Georgia among other associates of his. The Georgian Prime Minister ...
Pravoslavie.ru - 2/2/17 The Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development of Georgia has recently decided to allocate 1 million lari ($370,000) to a comprehensive restoration project at the Nativity of the Savior Monastery in the village of Katskhi, 125 miles northwest of Tbilisi. The project includes the construction of an outdoor terrace, the restoration and veneering of the ...
Pravoslavie.ru - 26/1/17 The Tsilkani Mother of God architectural complex, in the ancient Orthodox nation of Georgia, has been granted the status of an immovable monument of culture of national significance. The assignment was initiated by the Ministry of Culture and the monument’s preservers, and accepted by Georgian authorities, reports Blagovest. The complex currently serves as the ...
Pravoslavie.ru - 22/1/17 The feast of Theophany is one of the twelve great feasts of the Orthodox liturgical year, celebrated with great fervency and pious traditions throughout the Orthodox world. In recent years the ancient Orthodox nation of Georgia has added its own unique celebration. It first took place on January 19, 2008, and again this year ...
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Pravoslavie.ru - 17/11/16 Thousands of believers gathered on Metekhi Bridge in the center of the Georgian capital on the day of commemoration of the 100,000 Georgian martyrs slain by the Khwarezmians in Tbilisi in 1227. A Moleben was served on the bridge, reports Sputnik-Georgia. “Today is a special day. Today is the day of the memory of the ...
Aurelian Iftimiu - Basilica News Agency - October 2016 On the feast of Saint Anthimos the Ivirite (Iberian), 27 September 2016, His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch, presided over the Divine Liturgy officiated in an outdoor altar, next to the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, and Metropolitan John of ...
Orthodox Church - 10/2/16 Georgian Orthodox Apostolic Patriarchate of Tbilisi has announced that pope Francis's visit to Georgia is friendly and has nothing to do with ecumenism as long as Rome persists on it's dogmatic differences with the Church. Source:
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin - September 2016 On September 23th, in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians; received Mr. Giorgi Saganelidze, Ambassador, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the Republic of Armenia. Welcoming the newly appointed Ambassador, His Holiness reflected on the long-standing friendly relations ...
Aurelian Iftimiu - Basilica News Agency - September 2016 Hundreds of faithful were present at the Divine Liturgy officiated Tuesday, 27 September 2016, in Bucharest, on the feast of Hieromartyr Saint Anthimos the Ivirite. His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and all East, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, and Metropolitan John of Rustavi, representative of ...
Aurelian Iftimiu - Basilica News Agency- September 2016 On the 300th anniversary of the martyrical death of St Anthimos the Ivirite, Metropolitan of Wallachia, founder of places of worship, a cultural personality, and typographer, the Romanian Patriarchate and the Archdiocese of Bucharest, with the blessing of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, organize from September 26 to October 1, ...
Pravoslavie.ru - June 2016 During archaeological excavations on the territory of Atskuri Church archeologists discovered the ruins of the unknown church of the Atskuri Virgin, attributed to the tenth century, as reported by Georgian television’s Channel One. Archaeologists, art historians, and clergymen clarified that the church found under a layer of earth was built on the site of ...
Ecumenical Patriarchate Press Release- Holy and Great Council - 18/6/16 Pan-Orthodox Council still a go – spokesman for Ecumenical Patriarch Following a doxology and morning prayer service, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew convened the Synaxis (gathering) of the Primates of the local autocephalous Orthodox Churches. This meeting was scheduled in January 2016 to provide the Primates the opportunity to ...
www.basilica.ro - Aurelian Iftimiu - May- June 2016 On 25 May 2016, the regular plenary session of the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Georgia was held at the Patriarchate of Georgia. The Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II acted as the Chairman of the session. Metropolitan Shio (Mujiri) of Senaki and Chkhopotsku was appointed Secretary ...
www.pravoslavie.ru - April 2016 The Holy Monasteries of Mt. Athos have responded to the draft documents and methodology of the upcoming Pan-Orthodox Council with letters sent to the Holy Community of Mt. Athos which have been released to the public. The documents prepared for the upcoming council were sent to the monasteries of Mt. Athos by the Patriarchate ...