TBILISI, January 7 – Georgia marked Orthodox Christmas with sharply contrasting scenes as the clock passed midnight on January 6–7. At Tbilisi’s Holy Trinity Cathedral, Patriarch Ilia II led the traditional Christmas liturgy and issued his annual epistle, calling for peace, unity, restraint in speech, and fidelity to Christian values amid global wars and domestic … Read more
TBILISI, December 12 – Tbilisi flips the switch on its main Christmas tree on Friday night, opening the city’s New Year village at First Republic Square, a new location that comes after last year’s holiday site became embroiled in political conflict. According to Tbilisi City Hall, the central tree will be lit at 20:00 on … Read more
TBILISI, DFWatch–The arrival of Christmas was observed Saturday night at several churches in Georgia with Midnight Mass at the Catholic Assumption of the Virgin Mary Church in Tbilisi and in the Protestant Holy Trinity Church in Batumi.
The ceremony in Batumi