Georgia’s third president, Mikheil Saakashvili, has announced on social media that he had asked his lawyer to submit a request to attend the funeral of His Holiness, Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II. “I have asked my lawyer to file a request and I demand...
The Church of Cyprus has expressed deep sorrow over the passing of His Holiness, Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia, sharing in the grief of the sister Georgian Orthodox Church. The Cypriot Church recalled Patriarch Ilia II’s 2014 pastoral visit...
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili and members of parliament paid tribute to His Holiness, Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II, participating in the procession for his transfer to the Holy Trinity Cathedral. Patriarch Ilia II’s body was moved fr...
Shalva Papuashvili, Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia, has received a letter of condolence from Alen Simonyan, Speaker of Armenia’s National Assembly, following the death of His Holiness, Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II. Simonyan expressed deep sorro...
Sahiba Gafarova, Speaker of Azerbaijan’s Milli Majlis, has sent a letter of condolence to Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili following the death of His Holiness, Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II. In her message, Gafarova expressed deep sorrow...
Serbian Patriarch Porfirije conducted a memorial service in Belgrade for His Holiness, Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia at the Patriarchal Residence chapel. The service was attended by the head of the Patriarchate Chancellery. Following the pr...
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will attend the funeral of His Holiness, Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia, the Georgian Orthodox Church has confirmed. The Ecumenical Patriarch also held a memorial service for Ilia II at the Patriarchal Church...
Indian cinema legend and Member of the Indian Parliament, Hema Malini, expressed her sorrow over the death of His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia, in a post on Facebook on Wednesday. “I was deeply saddened to know of t...
Ukrainian Metropolitan Onufriy has expressed condolences following the death of Ilia II on Tuesday. In a message addressed to Shio Mujiri, the locum tenens of the Patriarchal Throne of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Onufriy said he receiv...
Patriarch Kiril of Moscow and All Russia has expressed condolences following the death of His Holiness, Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II, describing his nearly fifty-year leadership as “an entire era” in the history of the Georgian Orthodox Church and th...
