Georgian Orthodox Church

Georgian Ambassador discusses Orthodox media cooperation during visit to Romanian Patriarchate

Her Excellency Tamar Beruchashvili, Ambassador of Georgia to Bucharest, visited the Romanian Patriarchate on Wednesday, where she held discussions with representatives of Trinitas TV and Basilica Travel. The meeting was attended by Archdeacon Gheorghe-Cristian Popa, Director of Trinitas TV, alongside Oana Lungu and Father Mihai Profiroiu from the Basilica Travel Agency. The ambassador was accompanied…

Apr 3, 2025Aurelian Iftimiu

Diplomatic and religious dialogue: Bishop Varlaam meets Georgian Ambassador in Bucharest

On Wednesday, His Grace Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Varlaam of Ploiești, Secretary of the Holy Synod, welcomed Her Excellency Tamar Beruchashvili, Ambassador of Georgia to Romania, at the Patriarchal Palace in Bucharest. Bishop Varlaam extended a warm welcome to the ambassador, emphasizing the strong and long-standing friendship between the Romanian Orthodox Church and the Georgian Orthodox…

Mar 5, 2025Aurelian Iftimiu

Georgians gather to Râmnicu Vâlcea to celebrate the city’s patronal feast of Saint Anthimos the Iberian

The feast of Hieromartyr Saint Anthimos the Iberian was celebrated on Tuesday in Râmnicu Vâlcea, in the presence of a hierarch from the Saint’s country of origin, Metropolitan Theodor of Akhaltsikhe and Tao-Klarjeti. The celebrations were attended by other guests from Georgia, including a children’s choir. His Eminence Archbishop Varsanufie of Râmnic presided over the…

Sep 29, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Georgian PM condemns “unprecedented attack” against Patriarch Ilia and the Orthodox Church

Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili expressed his admiration for the Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II and disapproved of the slanders brought in the public space against the Georgian Orthodox Church. The Prime Minister of Georgia met on Tuesday, March 2, with His Beatitude Patriarch Ilia at the Patriarchate’s headquarters in Tbilisi a week after being appointed to…

Mar 5, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia celebrates his 87th birthday

Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia celebrated on 04 January his 87th birthday. Ilia II, also transliterated as Ilya or Elijah (born January 4, 1933), is the current Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia and the spiritual leader of the Georgian Orthodox Church. He is officially styled as Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, the Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi and Metropolitan…

Jan 4, 2020Sorin Ioniţe

42nd enthronement anniversary of Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia

Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia celebrates on 25 December 2019 his 42nd enthronement anniversary. Ilia II, also transliterated as Ilya or Elijah (born January 4, 1933), is the current Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia and the spiritual leader of the Georgian Orthodox Church. He is officially styled as Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, the Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi and…

Dec 25, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu

Georgian Patriarch Ilia II receives new PM Giorgi Gakharia

One week after officially taking over as Georgia’s new Prime Minister, Giorgi Gakharia met with the Georgian Patriarch Ilia II at the Patriarchate in Tbilisi. His Beatitude Patriarch Ilia blessed the PM and wished him success in the new post, the administration of the government of Georgia wrote on Sunday, Sept. 15, as reported by…

Sep 22, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

56 Years since the episcopal consecration of Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia

Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia celebrates on 26 August 2019 his 56th anniversary of episcopal consecration. Ilia II, also transliterated as Ilya or Elijah (born January 4, 1933), is the current Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia and the spiritual leader of the Georgian Orthodox Church. He is officially styled as Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, the Archbishop of…

Aug 26, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu

Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia celebrates his name day

Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia celebrates Friday his name day: The Holy Prophet Elijah. Ilia II, also transliterated as Ilya or Elijah (born January 4, 1933), is the current Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia and the spiritual leader of the Georgian Orthodox Church. He is officially styled as Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, the Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi and Metropolitan…

Jul 20, 2018Sorin Ioniţe

Georgian Minister of Defense visits St Anthimos Monastery. ‘Hieromartyr Anthimos created a bridge between the Romanian Orthodox Church and other Churches,’ Bishop Varlaam says

During the visit of Georgian DefMin Levan Izoria at St Anthimos Monastery in Bucharest on Wednesday, Bishop Varlaam of Ploiesti stressed the importance of the monastic settlement founded by Saint Anthimos the Iberian who ‘with his typographical work, represents a bridge between the Romanian Orthodox Church, the Romanian nation, and the other Churches, especially the…

Feb 1, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia celebrates his 85th birthday anniversary

Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia celebrated on 04 January his 85th birthday anniversary. Ilia II, also transliterated as Ilya or Elijah (born January 4, 1933), is the current Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia and the spiritual leader of the Georgian Orthodox Church. He is officially styled as Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, the Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi and…

Jan 4, 2018Iulian Dumitraşcu