Georgian Church marks Restoration of Autocephaly
13:28, 25.03.2021
Georgia is celebrating the 104th anniversary of the Restoration of Autocephaly of the Georgian Orthodox Church today.
A solemn liturgy was held at Sioni Cathedral. Top Georgian officials attended the service.
The day marks the restoration of autocephaly from the Russian Orthodox Church on March 25, 1917. The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople officially recognized the Autocephaly of the Georgian Orthodox Church in 1990. On March 4, 1990, on the Feast of the Triumph of Orthodoxy, His Holiness Patriarch Dimitrios of Constantinople presented Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II with an official declaration of the autocephaly of the Georgian Orthodox Church.
