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In his sermons, Ilia II has condemned homosexuality and abortion, demanded television be censored to remove sexual content, denounced school textbooks for "insufficient patriotism," lectured against what he calls "extreme liberalism," and warned against "pseudo-culture" from abroad. He has opposed
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organization the Georgian Orthodox Church had joined with other Soviet churches in 1962. In May 1997, a vocal group of conservative Orthodox clerics accused Ilia II of participating in "ecumenical heresy" and threatened schism. The patriarch hastily convened the Holy Synod and announced withdrawal
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ideology, to largely regain its former influence and prestige by the late 1980s. In 1988, there were 180 priests, 40 monks, and 15 nuns for a congregation variously estimated as being from one to three million. There were 200 churches, one seminary, three convents, and four monasteries. During the
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and the surrounding villages which were at the verge of humanitarian catastrophe. He also helped retrieve the bodies of deceased Georgian soldiers and civilians. Ilia II also blessed the September 1, 2008 "Stop Russia" demonstrations, in which tens of thousands organized
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In late 2007, concerned with Georgia's declining birth rate, Ilia II offered to personally baptize any child born to a family that already has at least two children, as long as the new child was to be born after his announcement. He conducts mass
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and the opposition, many members of which welcomed the patriarch's proposal. Ilia II favored the ancient house of Prince David Bagration of Mukhrani and initiated a marriage between this genealogically senior royal line and the
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In 2013, Ilia II described homosexuality as a "disease" and compared it to drug addiction. He urged the Georgian authorities to stop a gay rights rally planned for Tbilisi on 17 May 2013 to mark
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of Georgia. His father, Giorgi Shiolashvili, was from the village Sno, and his mother, Natalia Kobaidze, from the village Sioni. The Shiolashvili were an influential clan in the highlands of
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ceremonies four times a year. The patriarch's initiative contributed to a national baby boom, as being baptized by the Patriarch is a considerable honour among adherents of the
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and appointed a patriarchal vicar. From 1963 to 1972, he was also the first rector of the Mtskheta Theological Seminary—the only clerical school in Georgia at that time.
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The patriarch joined the people demonstrating in Tbilisi against the Soviet rule on 9 April 1989, and fruitlessly urged the protesters to withdraw to the nearby
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attempts to give other confessions equal status under Georgian law and has condemned international educational exchanges and working abroad as "unpatriotic."
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The patriarch oversaw the publication of a linguistically updated, modern Georgian version of the Bible, which was printed in the Gorbachev era.
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monastery. Ilia's statement prompted criticism in Georgia, where it was interpreted by some as support for the Moscow Patriarchate and Russia.
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whereby the Georgian Orthodox Church was granted a number of privileges, and holders of the office of patriarch were given legal immunity.
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had dispossessed of the Georgian crown early in the 19th century). The call coincided with rising confrontation between the government of
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and almost all other Orthodox Churches. As a productive theologian and church historian, he was conferred an Honorary Doctorate of
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Ramet, Sabrina P. (2006). "Orthodox churches and the "idyllic past"". In Byrnes, Timothy A.; Katzenstein, Peter J. (eds.).
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in 2010, and had the highest favourability rating among Georgian politicians (94%), according to a November 2013
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as a form of government for Georgia. On 7 October 2007, he publicly called in a sermon for consideration of
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The new patriarch began a course of reforms, enabling the Georgian Orthodox Church, once suppressed by the
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In December 2008, Ilia II visited Moscow to participate in the funeral service of Russia's late Patriarch
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As patriarch, he has received the highest Church awards from the Patriarchs of the Orthodox Churches of
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Tabula (June 29, 2017). Patriarch Ilia II’s Plan for Georgia: Five-Year-Old Prince Giorgi Bagrationi.
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Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, International Religious Freedom Report for 2015, Georgia
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Fairy von Lilienfeld, "Reflections on the Current State of the Georgian Church and Nation", 1993.
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Witness through troubled times: a history of the Orthodox Church of Georgia, 1811 to the present
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of the Church of Greece, the Patriarchate of Alexandria, and the Church of Cyprus in 2020.
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in the 1990s, he called the rival parties to find a peaceful solution to the crisis.
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with the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 2018, and later severed full communion with the
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The Georgian Journal (19 December 2013). Georgian Royal Family Divorce. Retrieved:
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last years of the Soviet Union, he was actively involved in Georgia's social life.
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by the Soviet troops, leaving behind 22 dead and hundreds injured. During the
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Head of Georgian Church Again Speaks of ‘Positive Agreements’ with Medvedev
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UOC-MP was moved to formally cut ties with the ROC as of May 27th 2022.
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and expressing his concern over the non-renewal of the right of the
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20th and 21st-century Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church
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In March 2023, Ilia II wrote a letter to Ecumenical Patriarch
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in 1960 and returned to Georgia, where he was assigned to the
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He later personally baptized the offspring of this union,
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Cathedral Church as a priest. In 1961, he was promoted to
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Ilia II was called "the most trusted man in Georgia" by
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in 1969. After the death of the controversial Patriarch
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Politicians Comment on Constitutional Monarchy Proposal
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Autocephaly or autonomy is not universally recognized.
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Initiative to increase Georgia's declining birth rate
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from the WCC. In 2002, the then-president of Georgia
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to avoid the bloodshed. This peaceful demonstration
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On 9 December 2008, he met Russia's President 312:(modern-day Vladikavkaz), an autonomous city of 1327:Georgia: A Political History Since Independence 947:Georgia: A Political History Since Independence 374:In 1967, Ilia was consecrated as the bishop of 1138:Patriarch Ilia II: Most trusted man in Georgia 664:expressing "great heartache" over the ongoing 303: 239: 2130:whose autonomy is not universally recognized. 1429: 1150:Politicians' Ratings in NDI-Commissioned Poll 823:List of heads of the Georgian Orthodox Church 363:. On 26 August 1963, he was chosen to be the 1253:"Patriarch Iliya II Calls For Gay Rally Ban" 1192: 1190: 697:. Ilia II has more than 47,000 godchildren. 587:St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary 339:and was ordained, under the name of Ilia, a 318:Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic 254:; born 4 January 1933), also transcribed as 1443: 726:Ilia II has a reputation as a proponent of 2122: 2120: 2101: 2099: 2097: 2095: 2093: 2091: 2089: 2087: 1436: 1422: 919: 721: 603:St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary 221: 81: 1808:Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia 1187: 1102: 541:Learn how and when to remove this message 439: 2044:Canon law of the Eastern Orthodox Church 756: 2117: 2108: 2084: 2067: 286:, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II." 14: 2145: 2034:Unrecognized Eastern Orthodox churches 1127:https://orthochristian.com/156880.html 1027:Head of Georgian Church Meets Medvedev 732:establishing a constitutional monarchy 335:Irakli Ghudushauri graduated from the 1454:Autocephalous and autonomous churches 1417: 1247: 1245: 1243: 944: 894: 866:See 'Владикавказ, автономный город', 628: 924:. 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Index

Ilia II
His Holiness
Beatitude
His Holiness
Beatitude
Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia
Mtskheta
Tbilisi
Bichvinta and Tskhum-Abkhazia

Georgian Orthodox Church
David V
Ordzhonikidze
North Caucasus Krai
Russian SFSR
Soviet Union
Georgian
Eastern Orthodox Church
Catholicos-Patriarch
Theologian
Alma mater
Moscow Theological Academy
Ilia II ილია II's signature
Georgian
romanized
Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia
Georgian Orthodox Church
Mtskheta
Tbilisi
Metropolitan Bishop

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