TBILISI, DFWatch–The Patriarch’s Christmas epistle continues to cause controversy in Georgia. Not only in vitro fertilization and the use of surrogate mothers, but also what he wrote about sexual minorities.
“It’s a pity that minority groups, that have sharply
TBILISI, DFWatch–Four persons were detained on Wednesday after several incidents during two counter-rallies held at the main office of the Georgian Orthodox Church, the Patriarchate.
Participants at one rally came to protest against an epistle by the Georgian Patriarch
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian Patriarch’s Christmas epistle is causing a reaction among human rights groups in the country.
In the epistle, which was published yesterday night, Catholicos Patriarch Ilia II talks about children who were born to surrogate mothers. He
TBILISI, DFWatch–Speaker of Parliament Davit Usupashvili has managed to convince the government to amend a disputed passage in a draft bill about local government reform, as promised.
The government prepared a draft law to regulate the country’s territorial
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian parliament has postponed the adoption of a landmark bill that will drastically change local government, after the draft Self-Governance Code was harshly criticized by the influential head of the Georgian Church.
The bill should have been
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Patriarch Ilia II, who visited Russia for the 1025th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus, met with the Russian Patriarch Kirill I and invited him to Georgia.
The meeting was held in Moscow on July 23 at the Russian Patriarchate to discuss
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Patriarch will visit Russia for the 1025th epiphany anniversary.
Events for the anniversary will be held in Moscow, Kyiv and Minsk.
Patriarch Ilia II will visit all three cities accompanied by a Georgian delegation July 23-30.
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Muslims in an eastern Georgian village are still not able to live their lives normally, as Friday prayer was disrupted again in Samtatskharo.
Neither local Muslims or Muslims from the other regions came to pray yesterday.
Parmen Tsetskhladze,
TBILISI, DFWatch–92 percent of Georgians say they like Patriarch Ilia II, who for many years has been the most trusted person in the country.
According to a new survey published by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) on Monday, 75 percent say they like Prime
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgian Patriarch Illia II on Wednesday met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and passed on greetings from Georgia’s Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili.
Vladimir Putin hosted Illia II and Kirill I of Russia at suburban residence in Novo