Georgia’s Orthodox patriarch to visit Moscow to mark Russian patriarch’s 70th birthday

Patriarch Kirill will celebrate his 70th birthday on November 20
Natalya Mihailova | 29 October 2016
TBILISI, October 22. /TASS/. Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II is expected to pay a visit to Moscow in November to mark Russian Patriarch Kirill’s 70th birthday, Georgia’s Patriarchate told TASS on Saturday, confirming media reports.
Georgia’s Orthodox patriarch to visit Moscow to mark Russian patriarch’s 70th birthday
© ITAR-TASS/Mikhail Metzel

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, had sent an invitation to his Georgian counterpart, the patriarchate said.

Patriarch Kirill will celebrate his 70th birthday on November 20.

Patriarch Ilia II was elected the head of Georgia’s Orthodox Church in December 1977. Being an advocate for peaceful resolutions to the country’s crises, he stands up for having normal relations with Russia. Over the past 12 years, he has made several visits to Moscow for talks with hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church and with top officials, including Russia’s president and prime minister.

The census carried out in November 2014 says that 83.4% of Georgia’s 3.713 million people are Orthodox believers, 10.7% are Muslims, 2.9% belong to the Gregorian Church, 0.5% to the Catholic Church and the rest are followers of other faiths.

Since you are here…

…we do have a small request. More and more people visit Orthodoxy and the World website. However, resources for editorial are scarce. In comparison to some mass media, we do not make paid subscription. It is our deepest belief that preaching Christ for money is wrong.

Having said that, Pravmir provides daily articles from an autonomous news service, weekly wall newspaper for churches, lectorium, photos, videos, hosting and servers. Editors and translators work together towards one goal: to make our four websites possible - Pravmir.ru, Neinvalid.ru, Matrony.ru and Pravmir.com. Therefore our request for help is understandable.

For example, 5 euros a month is it a lot or little? A cup of coffee? It is not that much for a family budget, but it is a significant amount for Pravmir.

If everyone reading Pravmir could donate 5 euros a month, they would contribute greatly to our ability to spread the word of Christ, Orthodoxy, life's purpose, family and society.