APA, Azerbaijan
Nov 26 2011

Georgian Patriarch will not attend South Caucasus religious leaders’
meeting in Yerevan

[ 26 Nov 2011 10:40 ]
Baku – APA. All-Georgia Catholicos and Patriarch Ilya II probably will
not attend the meeting of South Caucasian religious leaders in
Yerevan, Armenia, the Patriarch’s adviser, expert on international
affairs Zurab Abashidze said.

`As I know, the Patriarch will not attend that meeting’, Abashidze said.

The Governing Board of the CIS Inter-Religions Council will gather on
November 28-29 in Yerevan. The leaders and representatives of
traditional religions (Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism) will
join the meeting. Moscow and All-Russian Patriarch Cyril and
All-Armenian Catholicos Garegin II will also participate at the
meeting.

Press service of Echmiadzeen, Armenian religious center, said Georgian
Patriarch Ilya II and Chairman of the Caucasus Muslims Board,
Sheikh-ul-Islam Haji Allahshukur Pashazadeh were also expected to
attend the meeting, but Pashazadeh has not confirmed his participation
yet.