The godfather of the future patriarch was Archimandrite Taras, the secretary of the Catholicos Patriarch Kyrion. Ilia II (also transliterated as Ilya or Elijah; Georgian: áááá II) (born January 4, 1933) is the current Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia and the spiritual leader of the Georgian Orthodox Church.He is officially styled as His Holiness and Beatitude, Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi and Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia.. Patriarch Ilia II has led one of the world's oldest Christian societies for more than 30 years; According to a recent poll, 94 percent of Georgians rank Ilia II the most trusted man in the country In 1967, Ilia was consecrated as the bishop of Tskhumi and Abkhazeti and elevated to the rank of metropolitan in 1969. Ilia met the then Patriarch Kalistrate Tsintsadze at ⦠Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II is the only official in Georgia who has kept his ties with Russia. Biography. Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia celebrates Friday his name day: The Holy Prophet Elijah. The family was close to the clergy. Locum tenens is a person who serves as the patriarch, in case of ill-being, death, resignation or absence of the Patriarch of Georgia. âWith a meeting today I once again expressed our great respect, tremendous modesty and admiration to our Patriarch and the entire Church,â stated Irakli Garibashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia, after a meeting with His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, held today at the Patriarchy. âThe Program for the Intellectual and Spiritual Development of the youthâ 2014-2015 "Intellectual-Educational Studio" was founded by the International Foundation of the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, with the financial support of the International Organization âWorld Visionâ. After the August 2008 War, Russia and Georgia severed diplomatic relations. He is officially styled as Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, the Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi and Metropolitan⦠So for the past five years, Patriarch Ilia has been the only Georgian representative to visit Russia. Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II . He is officially styled as Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, the Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi and Metropolitan Bishop of Bichvinta and Tskhum-Abkhazia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II. Since 1977, Ilia II (born in 1933) has served as the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia and Archbishop of Mtskheta and Tbilisi. инÑкой ÐаÑÑиаÑÑ
ии Ð¾Ñ 9 маÑÑа 2021 года. The Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Ilia II, has appointed his locum tenens, Metropolitan Shio Mujiri of the Eparchy of Senaki and Chkhorotskhu. Ilia II was born as Irakli Shiolashvili in 1933 in Vladikavkaz. The first head bishop of the Georgia Church to carry the title of Patriarch was Melkisedek I (1010â1033). Ilia II, also transliterated as Ilya or Elijah (born January 4, 1933), is the current Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia and the spiritual leader of the Georgian Orthodox Church. In the letter, Mamaladze accused Deputy Chief Prosecutor of Georgia Mamuka Vasadze of attempting to pressure him into naming Ilia IIâs nephew, Metropolitan Dimitri Shiolashvili, and the former head of the Patriarchâs security service, Soso Okhanashvili as co-conspirators to the plot.