Irakli Kobakhidze Meets Representatives of Church Delegations Attending Symposium

Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze hosted representatives of church delegations. They are in Georgia as part of an international symposium dedicated to the 1700th anniversary of the proclamation of Christianity as the state religion in Georgia. The information is being disseminated by the Georgian government.

The head of the government thanked the heads of the delegations for visiting Georgia and emphasized the importance of their participation in the symposium.

According to the government, the meeting focused on the special role of the Georgian Church in preserving and strengthening spiritual values in the country. In this context, the many years of service of His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II were particularly noted.

The meeting was attended by the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi, and Metropolitan of Bichvinta and Tskhum-Abkhazia Shio III.