TBILISI, May 10 – About 1,200 delegates are expected to attend an expanded church meeting on Monday to elect the next patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church. The meeting will be held at Sameba (Holy Trinity) Cathedral in Tbilisi. Archpriest Andria Jaghmaidze, head of the Patriarchate’s public relations service, said entry into the cathedral will … Read more
TBILISI, March 19 – Georgia’s mourning for Patriarch Ilia II moved into a public phase on Wednesday and Thursday, as the late church leader was transferred to Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi (pictured) and the cathedral was opened around the clock for mourners. Ilia II, who led the Georgian Orthodox Church for nearly half a … Read more
TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi City Hall announced its plans to sponsor restoration works at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, known colloquially as Sameba (‘Trinity’), which was damaged by fire earlier this month.
Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili asked the Minister
TBILISI, DFWatch–Prayer service has been temporarily halted at Sameba Cathedral after a fire burned about 1,200 square meters on the ground floor of the building on Sunday.
However, prayer will offer in four little churches on the territory of Sameba that are
TBILISI, DFWatch–An area of more than 1,200 square meters was burnt at Sameba Cathedral in Tbilisi on Sunday after a fire started on the ground floor of the cathedral.
More than a hundred firefighters worked to extinguish the fire, which started at about 14:00 and lasted