Catholicos-Patriarch, Ecumenical Patriarch hold telephone conversation
Catholicos-Patriarch, Ecumenical Patriarch hold telephone conversation

Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude, Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi, Bichvinta and Tskhum-Abkhazeti, Shio III held a telephone conversation with Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I on May 17, 2026, the Georgian Patriarchate reported.

“The World Patriarch congratulated His Holiness and Beatitude on enthronement and wished him prolific, peaceful and long service in the Georgian Orthodox Church in the welfare of Georgia and the Georgian nation.

In this turn, Catholicos-Patriarch Shio III offered heartfelt gratitude to the World Patriarch for sincere congratulations and good wishes. Ecumenical Patriarch invited Catholicos-Oatruarch of All Georgia to Constantinople,” the Patriarchate said.