Georgian Patriarch Ilia II casts vote in local elections via mobile ballot box

The head of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Ilia II, participated in the local government elections on Saturday, casting his ballot through a mobile ballot box, the Georgian Patriarchate announced.

“Today, October 4, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, took part in the local self-government elections,” the Patriarchate said in a statement.