March: 17, 2026
Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilya II has died. The patriarch Ilia IIdied in the clinic at the age of 93.
Earlier we reported that Patriarch Ilya II of Georgia is in the intensive care unit due to health problems and is connected to an artificial respiration device. According to the country’s health minister, the situation remains very difficult and worrying. The Patriarch of Georgia was taken to the hospital with internal bleeding.
The patriarchate of Ilia II is the longest in the history of the Georgian Orthodox Church. In 1977 since December 25, he has been the Catholicos-Patriarch of all Georgia, as well as Archbishop of Mtskheta and Tbilisi, Metropolitan of Pitsunda, Sukhum and Abkhazia, and Georgian Orthodox Church leader
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