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	Ambrosi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In February 25, 1921 the Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918-1921) was occupied and abolished by the Bolshevik regime of the Soviet Russia.
		Ambrosi was born in 1861, in the Martvili (Samegrelo region of Western Georgia).
		In 1887-1896 he was a teacher of theology in Western Georgia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ambrosi (364 words)

	CONK! Encyclopedia: Georgian_Orthodox_and_Apostolic_Church
		In 1010 the Catholicos of Kartli was elevated to the honor of Patriarch.
		Georgian Orthodox tradition holds that Georgia is a country alloted to Mary, the mother of Jesus and that she is the main protector and intercessor, thereof.
		Announcement of the Patriarchate of the Georgian Orthodox Church
	www.conk.com /search/encyclopedia.cgi?q=Georgian_Orthodox_and_Apostolic_Church (983 words)

	Orthodox Church of Georgia
		Thereafter, the church in Georgia remained under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Antioch until the eighth century when it became autocephalous.
		In 1811 Georgia was annexed by Russia, and the Church of Georgia was forced to merge with the Russian Orthodox Church.
		Christianity came to Georgia in the fourth century through the ministry of a slave girl, Nina (d.335), whose strength of faith so impressed King Merian and Queen Nana that they adopted Christianity and made it the religion of their people.
	philtar.ucsm.ac.uk /encyclopedia/christ/east/ocgeo.html (217 words)

	Georgia
		Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos-Patriarch of All 1977.
		Dahlonega, Georgia Dahlonega is a population of 3,638.
		Buckhead, Georgia Buckhead is a population of 205.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/georgia.html (6751 words)

	Patriarch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Historically, a Patriarch may often be the logical choice to act as Ethnarch, representing the community that is identified with his religious confession within a state or empire of a different creed (as christians within the Ottoman Empire).
		Eritrean Orthodox Church: The Patriarch of All Eritrea
		One of the patriarch's primary responsibilities is to give Patriarchal blessings, as Jacob did to his twelve sons in the Old Testament.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Patriarch (558 words)

	Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia since the restoration of autocephaly was His Holiness and Beatitude Kirion III Sadzaglishvili (1917-1918).
		His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia is the head of the Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church.
		Catholicos-Patriarch has been the title of the heads of the Georgian Orthodox Church since 1010.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Catholicos-Patriarch_of_All_Georgia (237 words)

	Pravda.RU:Triptych icon may return to South Ossetia
		At the ceremony in Georgia's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday, the icon was handed to the president and the head of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilie II.
		Some scientists believe that the three-paneled silver-bound ivory icon was made in the Byzantine Empire in the 11th century and brought to Georgia as the dowry of Tsarina Helen, the wife of Georgian Tsar Bagrat IV and the niece of Byzantine Emperor Romanoz Agririos.
		Georgia's foreign minister, Salome Zourabishvili, thanked the government of Switzerland, which helped return the icon to Georgia, and the representatives of Georgia's government who took part in returning it.
	newsfromrussia.com /main/2004/05/26/54135_.html (315 words)

	Rustavi 2
		Georgia's president Mikheil Saakashvili and the parliamentary Chairperson Nino Burjanadze handed over the Oqoni Tripticon to the Catholicos - Patriarch of Whole Georgia, His Beatitude and Holiness Illia II at the ministry for foreign affairs today.
		In 90-es the icon was illegally transported from Georgia and in 2001 it was discovered at the auction in Switzerland.
		"The time has come, when Georgia is regaining all that we lost and the time when we shall get back every material or spiritual treasure taken away from Georgia is not far" - Georgia's president declared.
	www.rustavi2.com.ge /view.php?id=7707 (160 words)

	Flag of Georgia (country) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		During the Soviet period, Georgia adopted a number of versions of the red Soviet flag incorporating either the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic's name, or a red hammer and sickle with a star in a blue sun in canton and blue bar in the upper part of flag (right).
		During Georgia's brief existence as an independent state (the Democratic Republic of Georgia) from 1918-1921, a tricolor flag was adopted (right).
		The official flag of Georgia is the "five-cross flag", restored to official use on January 14, 2004 after a break of some 500 years.
	www.peekskill.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Flag_of_Georgia_(country) (581 words)

	Besiki Sisauri's News
		Patriarch ILIA is well acquainted with the challenges of ecumenical relations, having served in the past as President of the World Council of Churches.
		The number of functioning churches in Georgia has more than doubled, a number of monasteries have been repaired and opened, the number of seminarians has also doubled, additional bishops have been consecrated, and the Georgian Church, in general, has been experiencing a revival, especially characterized by an influx of youth into the churches.
		On August 25,1963, Father Ilia was consecrated as Bishop of Shemokmedi and Vicar to the Georgian Patriarch Ephrem II.
	www.angelfire.com /ga/Georgian/news.html (1116 words)

	BIOGRAPHY
		On August 26, 1963, with the blessing of His Holiness and Beatitude, Ephrem II, Catholicos-Patriarch of all Georgia he was consecrated Bishop of Shemokmedi and appointed Patriarchal Vicar.
		His Holiness has received the highest Church awards from Patriarchs of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the Orthodox Churches of Antioch, Jerusalem, Alexandria, Russia, Georgia, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Czechoslovakia and almost all other Orthodox Churches.
		In 1927 the couple moved to Vladikavkaz, where they purchased a house in which the future Patriarch of Georgia was born (six years later).
	www.patriarchate.ge /biograf/1e.htm (709 words)

	Salutatory Speech Delivered by Patriarch-Catholicos Ilia II
		Georgia is the country, where in the beginning of the 4th century, like in Byzantine, Christianity was proclaimed as a state religion.
		This is the first time today, when our ancient capital Mtskheta and the first patriarchal cathedral-Svetitskhoveli is meeting with the Primate of the church of Rome, His Holiness Pope John Paul II.
		Georgia is the country, where the nail of our Lord Jesus Christ, sent by the emperor Konstantine the Great, vesture of the Holy Virgin, St. Nino’s cross of vine and other relics have been kept.
	www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org /encyclicals/georgia/ilia2_john_paul2_Nov1999.htm (668 words)

	georgia
		To the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Ilia II, And to the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Georgian Orthodox Church
		(Patriarch Ilia was a WCC president from 1979 to 1983.) The Georgian church's synod cited the "WCC leadership s continued efforts of endow the organisation with unified ecclesiological functions" and the WCC s alleged "failure to take interests of Orthodox churches fully into account" as reasons for its decision, according to press reports.
		In a letter sent on 9 June to Patriarch Ilia, Dr Raiser referred to a pan-Orthodox conference in 1986 which had said that "the Orthodox Church is a fully fledged and equal member of the WCC and with all the means at her disposal, contributes to the progress and success of all WCC activities".
	www.stetson.edu /~psteeves/relnews/georgia.html (2692 words)

	vassily.htm
		The All-Holy Patriarch Ilia II proclaimed Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday as days of fasting, and that on Thursday a Divine Liturgy, with intense prayer for the souls of these schismatics, would be served, so that the Lord would save them and would take them away from wiles of the devil.
		After all that had taken place, the Patriarch addressed himself with a call to the nation and unmasked the schism and expressed the hope that fanaticism and fundamentalism will not take root in the people of the Church.
		Georgia cannot be both indifferent to religion and also a flourishing government, such as perhaps Sweden.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/jim_forest/vassily.htm (3326 words)

	Rustavi 2
		The Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia blessed the flags of the Georgian Navy, the Georgian Air Forces, the Georgian Infantry, the Georgian National Guards and the Coat of arms of the Ministry of Defense of Georgia.
		The His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Ilia II, blessed the new flags of the Georgian Armed Forces at the Sioni Cathedral in Tbilisi today.
		The flags of Georgian armed forces will be first seen at the military parade which will be held on May 26, the day of Georgia's Independence.
	www.rustavi2.com.ge /view.php?id=7695 (106 words)

	Catholicos - Art History Online Reference and Guide
		It is also used in the Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church, whose head carries the title Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia.
		His Holiness, the Catholicos of All Armenians presides over the Supreme Spiritual Council (the Armenian Church's governing college of bishops), and is the head of the world's 7 million Armenian Apostolic Christians.
		Catholicos (plural: Catholicoi) is a title used by the head bishop of any of certain Eastern churches.
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Catholicos (129 words)

	Religious Persecution in Georgia--How Much Longer? - Jehovah's Witnesses Official Web Site
		On June 21, 1999, the Office of the Patriarch of All Georgia, in a letter to the head of customs inspection, insisted that "the distribution of foreign religious literature should be banned." In addition, Giorgi Andriadze, an official spokesman of the Georgian Orthodox Church, declared that Jehovah's Witnesses were dangerous and should be banned.
		Georgia's Public Defender, or Ombudsman, who is elected by parliament, therefore commented: "Human rights are violated by the very people who are obliged, by virtue of their jobs, to protect those rights.
		^Georgia is one of the 123 states that are party to the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
	www.watchtower.org /library/g/2002/1/22/article_01.htm (2366 words)

	ilia.htm
		On February 15 Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia and President of the World Council of Churches, Ilia II attended Sunday services at the [Protestant] church of Nydeck in Bern, conducted by the pastor, Kurt Mart.[7] Afterwards the Georgian delegation was received by the Federation of Swiss Evangelical Churches.
		Leading the delegation dispatched by Patriarch Pimen of Moscow to the funeral of Patriarch David was Metropolitan Alexis (Ridiger) of Tallinn and Estonia, the present Patriarch of Russia, and Pimen's direct successor.
		The Georgian Patriarchate has stated more than once that the Ecumenical movement is not a heresy; the purpose of the autocephalous Orthodox Churches' participation in the Ecumenical movement is one: so that every man would become a member of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Thebes/1865/ilia.htm (6247 words)

	The Georgian Times on the Web: Comprehensive news site, daily international, national and local news coverage , breaking news updates, sports, reviews.
		Parliamentary Chairperson of Georgia Nino Burjanadze met with former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko in one of the prestigious cafes of Kiev in an unofficial atmosphere on Friday.
		A residence of Georgia’s Ambassador to Ukraine won’t be built at 22, Gonchar Street in Kiev.
		We Have to Save Academy of Science, Patriarch Says
	www.geotimes.ge /index.php (942 words)

	Jehovah's Witnesses: Lawsuit of Guram Sharadze seeking revocation of legal registration of Jehovah's Witnesses in Georgia
		The Georgian Patriarch agrees with our evaluation of the above-mentioned literature (I have attached the opinion of Archpriest Levan Phirtskhalashvili, secretary of the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia).
		Especially terrifying is the distribution of anti-Orthodox literature, which they print in the Georgian language; all this is gradually and obviously taking banned contraband literature of an illegal propagandistic nature.
		On the basis of that set forth above, we demand that the Isani Region Court of the City of Tbilisi annul the registration of the Representation of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania (USA) in Georgia.
	www.jw-media.org /region/europe/georgia/english/legal_cases/e_990429.htm (228 words)

	Information on the Visit to Georgia of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic Panayotis Skandalakis
		In conversation with His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II, emphasis was laid on the need of strengthening cooperation between the Georgian and Greek Orthodox Churches.
		The same day, the Deputy Minister had a meeting with His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II.
		Aspects of bilateral cooperation and the issues of Greek support for Georgia in the process of its integration with the European and Euro-Atlantic structures formed the agenda of talks at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
	www.mfa.gov.ge /news.php?newsid=updates/EEklpZklFpuFzwufpg.php (460 words)

	The Catholicos Patriarch’s Foundation Against Drug Addiction
		On 28 March 2005 His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II summoned a press conference at the Patriarchate Residence.
		The press conference was opened by His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II.
		The Catholicos Patriarch especially noted the value of Uznadze's Theory of Aim.
	www.patriarchate.ge /ne/foundation_.htm (824 words)

	Orthodox Ecumenism:
		At his visit to the WCC last year, the Catholicos and Patriarch of All Georgia, Elia II, a wise and irenic man and a past president of the WCC, voiced his support for the Council and his gratitude for the help which his Church receives from and through it.
		The Church of Georgia is the most dramatic example, in its withdrawal from the WCC and the CEC.
		In addition, in conversation with Orthodox colleagues on the staff of the Council, he spoke of the intense need in his church and in the wider Orthodox world for literature -- pamphlets, books, etc. -- which would explain simply, pastorally and unpolemically the rationale, or even the necessity, for Orthodox involvement in the ecumenical movement.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/jim_forest/Boutenef.htm (2827 words)

	The Sacred Monastery of the Exaltation of The Holy Cross: Calendar -October, 2001
		His Divine Beatitude Ilya II, Catholicos - Patriarch of all Georgia, with our Very Reverend Elder, Archimandrite Dionysios, showing him the colossal new Cathedral Church in his historical see of Tbilisi, on 14 October 2000.
		We embrace You with Christ’s love and we thank You for Your hospitality to the Nuns representing the Patriarchate of Georgia.
		A multitude of the faithful flock to the Cathedral from all the ends of Georgia in order to venerate the Holy Tunic of our Lord and Saviour.
	www.fhc.org /holycrossmonastery/upload/en/calendar2001/october2001.htm (479 words)

	Directions to Orthodoxy - Synod of Georgian Orthodox Church Holds Session
		Synod of the Georgian Orthodox Church, headed by His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II Archbishop of Mtskheta - Tbilisi, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia is under way at the Patriarchy.
		The 34 Archbishops attend the meeting of the Synod of the Georgian Orthodox Church.
	directionstoorthodoxy.org /mod/news/view.php?article_id=2909 (187 words)

	Holy Confessor Ambrose
		In 1924 St. Ambrose and other members of the Patriarchal Council were released as part of an amnesty, but the already aged and physically weak Patriarch did not live much longer.
		At last, in 1917 St. Ambrose returned to Georgia and once again became an active participant in the struggle for the restoration of the Patriarchate.
		His undergraduate thesis, “Struggles of Christianity against Islam in Georgia,” was so successful that his professor advised him to expand it and apply for a master’s diploma.
	www.stmaryofegypt.org /devotion/stambrose.htm (675 words)

	EKLESIA
		His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II met representatives of the diplomatic corps of the countries of the European Union accredited in Georgia
		Extract from Television Statement by Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II
		Appeal by His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II and the Holy Synod
	www.patriarchate.ge /indexe.htm (342 words)

	Elder_sub
		With His Beatitude Elias, Catholicos Patriarch of all Georgia, Tbilisi, 11 October 1996.
		Addressing You in the love of Christ with all Our soul We express Our most warm gratitude for the noble hospitality of Your Very Right Reverence which You showed to the representatives of the Church of Georgia.
		The said delegation returned to Georgia exceedingly satisfied by Your hospitality and We uphold the hope for the closest binding of the brotherly links between our churches.
	www.fhc.org /holycrossmonastery/upload/en/elder_sub12.html (177 words)

	Historical Visit of Armenian and Georgian Catholicoi
		On the occasion of the Centennial of the Diocese of the Armenian Church in America, His Holiness Karekin I, Catholicos of All Armenians and His Eminence Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, the Primate greeted and welcomed His Holiness Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia to the Diocesan Cathedral of Saint Vartan.
		Accompanied by an entourage of Georgian and OCA Bishops and priests, His Holiness was met at the door of the Cathedral by the Catholicos of All Armenians and Archbishop Khajag.
		Following his inspiring words, the Catholicos Karekin I responded to His Holiness Ilia, pledging to work together for the common good of their peoples and to expand the mission of their Churches both in their ancestral homelands as well as in the diaspora.
	www.stnersess.edu /Resource-Center/News/1998-0515-Meeting-of-Orthodox-Leaders.html (543 words)

	PDS Russia Religion News March 2001
		Patriarch Alexis II of Moscow and all-Rus invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to make a pilgrimage journey to Valaam in July of this year to participate in the patronal feast of the most ancient Transfiguration of the Savior cloister.
		Patriarch Alexis recalled that the episcopate of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox church has spoken out against the pope's visit and they do not intend to have any meetings with him.
		His Holiness Patriarch Alexis criticized today the state authorities of Ukraine for planning an ostentatious meeting with the Roman pope against the backdrop of the infringement of the rights of Orthodox believers.
	www.stetson.edu /%7Epsteeves/relnews/0103g.html (3327 words)

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