Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II turned 88

The Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia and the spiritual leader of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Ilia II, turned 88 today. After the death of the then Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia, David V, on December 23, 1977, the Holy Synod of the Georgian Orthodox Church elected Catholicos Ilia II as the Patriarch. Ilia II was enthroned on December 25, 1977, in Svetitskhoveli Cathedral. By the decision of the Synod on December 21, 2010, the title of the Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia was defined as follows: Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, the Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi and Metropolitan Bishop of Bichvinta and Tskhum-Abkhazia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II.

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Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II turned 88

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