Patriarch Ilya II of Georgia will be buried on March 22 at the Zion Cathedral in Tbilisi.
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- Patriarch Ilya II of Georgia will be buried on March 22 at the Zion Cathedral in Tbilisi.
Patriarch of All Georgia, Catholicos-Patriarch Ilya II (in the world Irakli Gudushauri-Shiolashvili) will be buried on March 22 at the Zion Cathedral in Tbilisi. This was announced on March 18 by Metropolitan Job of Urbnisi and Ruisi after a meeting of the Synod of the Georgian Orthodox Church.
"His (patriarch's. — Ed.) They will be buried on Sunday in the Zion Cathedral," RIA Novosti quoted Vladyka Job as saying.
He added that foreign delegations are expected to arrive at the ceremony.
It was in the Zion Cathedral that Elijah II himself bequeathed himself to be buried. The final decision on this issue was made by the Synod of the Georgian Orthodox Church.
On March 17, the Georgian Imedi TV channel reported that Ilia II died at the age of 94 in a clinic. The Patriarch of All Georgia was elected to the throne on December 23, 1977, and two days later he was enthroned. The future primate of the Georgian Orthodox Church received his education at the Moscow Theological seminary and Academy.
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