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 sorr...
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 sorro...
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 p...
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 Churc...
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 ...
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 recei...
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...
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has sent a letter of condolence to Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze following the death of His Holiness, Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II. In his message, Pashinyan said he was saddened by the news, descr...
Georgia’s former president Mikheil Saakashvili has paid tribute to His Holiness, Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II, following his death, describing him as a “truly significant figure” whose legacy will endure. Saakashvili on Wednesday said the Patriarch ...
The Head of the Government of Adjara, Sulkhan Tamazashvili, has expressed condolences following the death of His Holiness, Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II, describing him as a spiritual pillar for both the nation and its people. In a statement on Wedne...