Ilia II of Georgia
20th and 21st-century Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ilia II (Georgian: ილია II, romanized: ilia II; born 4 January 1933), also transcribed as Ilya or Elijah, is the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, the spiritual leader of the Georgian Orthodox Church. 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."[1]
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Ilia II ილია II | |
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His Holiness and Beatitude, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, the Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi and Metropolitan bishop of Bichvinta and Tskhum-Abkhazia | |
Church | Georgian Orthodox Church |
Installed | 25 December 1977 |
Predecessor | David V |
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Born | Irakli Ghudushauri-Shiolashvili (1933-01-04) January 4, 1933 (age 91) |
Nationality | Georgian |
Denomination | Eastern Orthodox Church |
Occupation | Catholicos-Patriarch |
Profession | Theologian |
Alma mater | Moscow Theological Academy |
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