Tag: Ilia II
New Patriarch Shio III honors late Ilia II at Sioni Cathedral service
Foreign delegations arrive at Sioni Cathedral to honor Ilia II
Ilia II (1933–2026): Mourners flock to Sioni Cathedral in tribute [Video]
Metropolitan Shio: Ilia II continues to unite nation after his death
Andria Jagmaidze: Death of Patriarch have become shared sorrow, Georgians have become each other’s mourners
Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II laid to rest at Sioni Cathedral [Photo/Video]
Ecumenical Patriarch: Be encouraged, your Patriarch and Father is not dead, but asleep; it is of Patriarch Ilia that it is said, ‘the dead are alive’
PM: Farewell to Patriarch who shaped Church’s golden age, loss that feels like orphanhood
Bidzina Ivanishvili: Your Holiness thank you for your kindness, wisdom, and love — a great era has ended
President Kavelashvili: Georgian spirit remains unchanged, nation’s true face seen in this temple, in unity and shared grief
Speaker Papuashvili: Lord sent Ilia II alone—he returns with entire nation
Ecumenical Patriarch: None of worthy Catholicos of past has so closely identified with Georgia, Church, nation and role of peacemaker as Patriarch Ilia II
UK King Charles III expresses condolences, praises Ilia II’s lifelong service
Armenian President arrives in Tbilisi for Ilia II funeral
PM: During Ilia II's patriarchal service, church was not merely religious institution, but also guardian of Georgian statehood and national identity
President of Belarus: Ilia II left deep trace in history of his country, Orthodoxy
UAE President offers condolences to Georgian President over Catholicos-Patriarch's death
FM views Ilia II as not only Patriarch, but as spiritual pillar, conscience of nation
Government Administration holds working meeting on organizational issues of Catholicos-Patriarch's funeral
Armenian PM extends condolences to Georgian government, church, people over death of Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II